Adam Jones Wins Golden Glove Award

Adam Jones, center fielder for the Baltimore Orioles, is the first outfield Oriole to receive the Golden Glove Award since 1975. The last time the O’s won a Golden Glove was 10 years ago, in 1999, received by pitcher Mike Mussina, and in 1998, received by Roberto Alomar and Rafael Palmeiro.

Although Jones had been hoping to win the award for several years, he was still surprised that he won, comparing himself to teammates such as Nick Markakis. Jones, who is only 24 years old, has only played two full seasons as an Oriole. Unfortunately, Jones had to end his season earlier this past year due to a sprained ankle, and was out for the season starting September 1st.

Among the 2009 Golden Glove recipients are: Mark Buehrle, Joe Mauer, Mark Teixeira, Placido Polanco, Evan Longoria, Derek Jeter, Adam Jones, Ichiro Suzuki and Torii Hunter.

Other Oriole recipients include: Roberto Alomar, Luis Aparicio, Mark Belanger, Paul Blair, Bobby Grich, Davey Johnson, Eddie Murray, Mike Mussina, Rafael Palmeiro, Jim Palmer, Cal Ripken Jr., and Brooks Robinson, who received the award 16 consecutive years.

O's Win!

No, that is not a typo. Hard to believe it myself. After 13 consecutive losses, the O’s managed to beat the Ray’s 3-2 in Florida. The O’s decided to start left-handed pitcher Chris Waters, who has never started a game before this one. He managed to only allow a solo home run by the Ray’s Ben Zobrist. One thing that helped the O’s win this game was being able to score in the first inning. This is the first game that the O’s won while Nolan Reimold has been out with an injury. Adam Jones has been out with an ankle injury, Felix Pie has minor injuries, Luke Scott was not able to play last night due to a sore foot. Because Scott was out, Jeff Fiorentino was called up to play center field.

The O’s will take on the Toronto Blue Jays at home tomorrow night at 7:05pm. Go O’s!