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	Support your Red Sox in the 2009 This Year in Baseball Awards, featuring five nominees in six categories. For the eighth straight year, you the fans will decide the top players, moments and performances from the big league campaign. Voting ends Dec. 11, so be sure to cast your ballots today!
	CLOSER OF THE YEAR Jonathan Papelbon 38/41 SVO, 1.85 ERA, 76 Ks, 1.15 WHIP Papelbon once again had little problem taming the fearsome lineups of the AL East, recording a stellar 1.85 ERA while collecting 38 saves in 41 chances.
	STARTER OF THE YEAR Jon Lester 15-8, 3.41 ERA, 225 Ks, 1.23 WHIP Virtually untouchable in the season's second half, Lester helped propel the Red Sox into the playoffs with 225 strikeouts and a .242 average against, both career bests.
	DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jacoby Ellsbury .994 fielding PCT, 357 putouts Tracking down everything in the crooked confines of the Fenway Park outfield, Ellsbury made just two errors all season for an impressive .994 fielding percentage.
	MOMENT OF THE YEAR Jacoby Ellsbury April 26: Ellsbury stuns Yankees with surprise swipe of home Proving the adage that speed kills, Ellsbury shocked the archrival Yankees by safely stealing home with two out in the fifth inning to spark the Red Sox to victory in front of the hometown fans.
	EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR Theo Epstein 95-67 record, AL Wild Card The Red Sox GM signed Ramon Ramirez and Takashi Saito to deepen the club's bullpen, then swung a midseason deal for Victor Martinez to bolster the lineup for the stretch run.
	MANAGER OF THE YEAR Terry Francona 95-67 record, AL Wild Card A steady hand at the helm, Francona led his squad to 90-plus wins and a postseason berth for the fifth time in six seasons with the Red Sox.

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