Dustin Goes Gold

Dustin Pedroia, the diminutive second baseman of the Boston Red Sox, notched his first Gold Glove Award today. It was the only Gold Glove a Red Sox player won, a year after Kevin Youkilis took home the hardware.

His closest competition was Mark Ellis of Oakland, and it was basically a dead heat between them. I’m guessing Pedey’s higher stature (in terms of name recognition, not height!) got him the award.

The other winners:

C Joe Mauer

1B Carlos Pena

3B Adrian Beltre

SS Michael Young

OF Torii Hunter

OF Ichiro Suzuki

OF Grady Sizemore

P Mike Mussina