The Fielding Bible Awards

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 31, 2008 9:04 PM EDT

Full results can be found here. Although none of the winners are all too surprising, one of the ballots surely is. Mike Murphy's ballot is absolutely puzzling. Here's a look at some notable snubs and votes from his ballot alone.

1B: Votes Kotchman the best, Pujols the fourth best.

2B: Does not vote for Ellis or Phillips (the winner) at all, votes Utley 9th, and his 1st, 5th, and 7th place votes do not qualify for the top 10.

3B: Beltre 10th, Longoria 6th, doesn't vote for Rolen ,Crede, or Hannahan, and his 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 9th votes do not qualify for the top 10.

SS: 1st place vote does not qualify for top 10.

LF: Votes Crawford 9th, Willingham 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 9th votes do not qualify for top 10.

CF: Does not vote for Cameron, 2nd, 4th, and 6th place votes do not qualify for top 10.

RF: Does not vote for Ichiro.

C: Does not vote for Mauer.

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Derek Jeter finished with one vote, anyone wanna guess who voted for him?

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His ballot is certainly odd

He doesn’t happen to be the guy giving out Gold Glove awards is he?

by BraveBronco0121 on Oct 31, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions

I'm trying to figure out...

…how Michael Young got 17 points.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 31, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply actions

Oh my goodness.

This is the same Mike Murphy who has a show in Chicago. I live in Chicago, and while we here have good overall sports radio, Murphy is by far the worst, most odd host of them all, and thats including Terry Boers, who is the strangest old man I have ever seen/heard. Once I realized that it was that Mike Murphy who filled out this ballot I was not surprised in the least bit.

by dakoose on Oct 31, 2008 11:25 PM EDT reply actions

From the "About the Panel" page

On Chicago sports radio for more than twenty years, Mike Murphy’s many strengths include keen baseball observations. He currently hosts a daily show on WSCR 670 AM The Score.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 1, 2008 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions

i suppose this is what happens when you attempt to create "balance" in a vote.

of course, not all attempts at balance are necessarily good.

by larry on Nov 1, 2008 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Phillips wins over Utley.

Unbelievable. More believable looking at how the ballots shook out, though.

by philkid3 on Nov 1, 2008 12:14 AM EDT reply actions

Interestingly, Phillips comes out ahead of Utley in the Fans Scouting Report

Utley’s not even even in the top ten, although he’s still above average (64/100).

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Nov 1, 2008 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Either Phillies fans don't know how good he is, or everyone else that voted for the Phils are clueless.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 1, 2008 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions

It's ok, Jeter got 1 point

if you find that Manny Ramiraz also got 1 point.

by HubertL on Nov 1, 2008 9:56 AM EDT reply actions

Wow, I didn't notice that.

Delmon Young got 16? Raul Ibanez 11?

Goodness.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 1, 2008 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Utley +47?!

head explodes

McLouth -40 in CF. Very nice!

For a few of the positions, you can tell who Mike Murphy voted for. His 1st place 2B pick had to be Kennedy, Iwamura, or Lopez. His 1st place 3B vote was Glaus and his 2nd place 3B vote was Kouzmanoff. Yes, Kevin Kouzmanoff.

by VictorW on Nov 1, 2008 10:21 AM EDT reply actions