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Crawford's Catch Robs Granderson of MVP in All-Star Game?
Written by Bob Biscigliano   
Wednesday, 15 July 2009 00:07

Granderson has made the same catch before, and better.

cg catch

And arguably even bigger as this one below literally saved the Tigers from losing to the Indians earlier this year on what would have been a walk off, 2-run bomb off the bat of Grady Sizemore.  It not only saved the Tigers a win, but it saved Justin Verlander's 1-0, complete game shutout, too. 

game saver

After the fact, the only thing this Carl Crawford catch saved was extra innings and more Joe Buck and Tim McCarver because the AL scored in the next half.

Carl Crawford's catch came in what was mostly a highlight free All-Star Game.  It wasn't necessarily game deciding, but it was huge in the situation.  As a result, Carl Crawford's snag in the bottom of the 7th to prevent Brad Hawpe and the National League a go-ahead home run won him the All-Star Game MVP award.  Many probably believed it  served as a catalyst for the American League to mount their one run rally in the top of the 8th inning, started with Curtis Granderson's triple, and followed by an Adam Jones' sacrifice fly. The catch was huge, there is no doubt about that, but should it have been enough to win him the MVP award?  One thing is probably sure, without it Granderson is your 2009 All-Star Game MVP.

My guess is that the options for the AL MVP were Adam Jones for knocking in the go-ahead run, Curtis Granderson for hitting the triple and scoring the go-ahead run, and Carl Crawford for his home run saving catch (and he had a hit, too).   I wouldn't call it a no-brainer, but there's enough reason to give the award to Carl Crawford, although it would have been nice to see Curtis Granderson get the award in his first All-Star appearance.

Either way, the Tigers will have home field for the World Series in the Fall.  No complaints about that.

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written by Dave, July 15, 2009
So you are - with a straight face - saying that a regular season homerun saving catch against Cleveland (with nobody watching), is bigger than Crawford's snag?
Funny. But incorrect.
Maybe a better catch. But not bigger.
If Granderson makes a big catch and nobody outside of Detroit notices...did it really even happen?
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written by Detroit4lyfe, July 15, 2009
As it says in the writing, arguably. For argument's sake, Granderson's catch actually saved the game as he robbed a 2-run walk off home run in the bottom of the 9th, a game that wound up being a 1-0 complete game shutout nonetheless. Crawford's prevented the NL from taking a lead they would have lost the very next half (thanks to Grandy and Adam Jones)

Since it was the All-Star game and millions are watching at once and the winner determines home field advantage of the world series, Crawford's was a bigger deal. That's what I believe, too. I just made the point for homers, er, argument's sake. C'mon, Dave.

By the way, A LOT of people noticed Granderson's catch, it was number one play and replayed on Sportscenter for a week.
Nope no rob
written by Paul, July 15, 2009
I don't think Carl robbed Curtis at all. There's only one way to look at it. Carl's catch saved a run before Curtis triple. Therefore if Curtis triples and scores the American league is only tied.

So Carl put Curtis in the position to win the game.
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written by ice_for_dyess, July 15, 2009
No surprise then that Granderson making that catch against the Indians was Sports Centers No. 1 HR robbery of the season?

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