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    Congratulations to this year's winners!
    Here are the final vote tallies for the 2002 This Year in Baseball Awards.
    Hunter's All-Star Catch
    Torii Hunter jumped high above the wall to rob Barry Bonds of a first-inning home run at the 2002 All-Star Game.
    56K | 300K    		 Giambi's Grand Slam: 26%
    Tejada's Game-Winning HR: 16%
    Berkman's on the Hill Catch: 14%
    Long Robs Ramirez: 13%
    Grace the Ace
    Mark Grace did his best Mike Fetters impersonation during a rare relief appearance for the Diamondbacks.
    56K | 300K    		 Piniella Gets Tossed: 22%
    Millar Takes a Dive: 10%
    Miscues of Jason Lane: 9%
    Anncr. Calls It Like He Sees It: 9%
    Chris Hammond - Atl
    With a 0.95 ERA, Hammond became just the third pitcher since 1900 to produce a sub-1.00 ERA with 70-plus innings.
    56K | 300K    		 J.C. Romero - Min: 25%
    Octavio Dotel - Hou: 19%
    Arthur Rhodes - Sea: 11%
    Alan Embree - Bos: 9%
    Torii Hunter - Min
    Hunter won his second straight AL Gold Glove Award in 2002.
    56K | 300K    		 Andruw Jones: 23%
    Omar Vizquel: 13%
    Ichiro Suzuki: 11%
    Mike Bordick: 9%
    Jim Edmonds: 8%
    Darin Erstad: 8%
    Bengie Molina: 2%
    John Smoltz - Atl
    Smoltz set the NL single-season record with 55 saves. He posted a 1.60 ERA in his final 50 IP.
    56K | 300K    		 Barry Zito - Oak: 19%
    Randy Johnson - Ari: 16%
    Pedro Martinez - Bos: 15%
    Eric Gagne - LA: 13%
    Derek Lowe - Bos: 6%
    Curt Schilling - Ari: 4%
    Alex Rodriguez - Tex
    Rodriguez tallied monster numbers in 2002, leading both leagues with 57 home runs and 142 RBIs.
    56K | 300K    		 Barry Bonds: 16%
    Alfonso Soriano: 14%
    John Smoltz: 10%
    Albert Pujols: 8%
    Miguel Tejada: 5%
    Randy Johnson: 4%
    Pedro Martinez: 3%
    Vladimir Guerrero: 3%
    Eric Gagne: 3%
    Barry Zito: 2%
    Curt Schilling: 1%