Showing posts with label Gold Glove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gold Glove. Show all posts

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Congratulations to The MLB Gold Glove Winners!


Greg Maddux won a record 18th Gold Glove.

The MLB Gold Glove Award Winners were unveiled this week. If you missed it, here is a quick recap of the winners.

National League
P, Greg Maddux, LAD
C, Yadier Molina, STL
1B, Adrian Gonzalez, SD
2B, Brandon Phillips, CIN
3B, David Wright, NYM
SS, Jimmy Rollins, PHI
OF, Carlos Beltran, NYM
OF, Nate McLouth, PIT
OF, Shane Victorino, PHI

Greg Maddux won a record 18th Gold Glove, and I was not expecting Adrian Gonzalez to be on the list. However, Adrian was one of the few bright spots the Padres had this season. Ditto with Nate McLouth on the Pirates.

And In The American League:
American League
P, Mike Mussina, NYY
C, Joe Mauer, MIN
1B, Carlos Pena, TB
2B, Dustin Pedroia, BOS
3B, Adrian Beltre, SEA
SS, Michael Young, TEX
OF, Torii Hunter, LAA
OF, Grady Sizemore, CLE
OF, Ichiro Suzuki, SEA

It was good to see a Ray get on this list. All of Baseball knew about Carlos Pena's offense, but his defense is why he is one of the best first basemen in the American League. I was expecting to see Jacoby Ellsbury's name on the list.

Congratulations to all the Gold Glove Winners.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Welcome To The North Side, Jim Edmonds!



The Chicago Cubs signed former Cardinals and Padres Outfielder Jim Edmonds to a low risk, minimum contract. The Signing of Edmonds meant the Cubs sent struggling Center Fielder Felix Pie to Triple-A Iowa to work on his swing and fundamentals.


The Cubs will now platoon Reed Johnson and Jim Edmonds. The Cubs believe Edmonds tried to come back too quickly from his calf injury.

This move also means the Cubs have added another Left Handed Bat in the outfield. Kosuke Fukudome and Jim Edmonds are both Left Handed Hitters. Let's not forget that Edmonds is an Eight Time Gold Glove Winner and has earned the nickname "The Human Highlight Reel" due to his fantastic catches he has made.

I Can't Wait to see the reaction from Cardinals fans when the Cubs and Cardinals play each other again.

Welcome to the North Side, Jim Edmonds!