This caps a really good season

Congratulations, Adam Jones. You're a Gold Glove Award winner.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones added a fitting coda to his breakout season Tuesday, when he was awarded a Rawlings Gold Glove in recognition of his stellar defensive play.

Jones, who was also elected to the All-Star Game, established himself as one of the American League's most dynamic two-way players in 2009.

The 24-year-old distinguished himself with several catches at the wall and recorded nine assists in 2009, and the award carries special meaning because it's voted on by the league's managers and coaches. Jones had more putouts (349) than he did in 2008 (336) despite playing in 11 fewer games and nearly 100 fewer innings.

This part freaks me out...

Jones, who was acquired from Seattle as part of a five-player haul for Erik Bedard before the '08 season, helped erase some sordid recent history for the Orioles.

Oh, wait. That's the part that freaks out Mariners fans. Here is the part that freaks me out.

[The Orioles] hadn't seen an outfielder take the award since Paul Blair in 1975.

John Lowenstein and Gary Roenicke didn't win one in 1979?

Jones was a shortstop for the Rattlers in 2004. He is the first Timber Rattler Alum to win a Gold Glove Award. Alex Rodriguez, an Appleton Fox in 1994, won as a shortstop with the Texas Rangers in 2002 and 2003.