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lonestarball.com - 11/6/2008
Michael Young and the gold glove awards
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Gold glove announcements are coming tomorrow, and both Evan Grant and Jeff Wilson seem to think Michael Young could win the gold glove for the shortstop position. Yes, that would be an enormous joke, but Wilson points out that Young's fielding percentage is great.  He also, however, ...
AL Gold Glove Awards: How Did We Do?
baseballreflections.com - 11/10/2008
AL Gold Glove Awards: How Did We Do?
— baseballreflections.com — AL Gold Glove Awards Last week, Bill announced his picks for the AL Gold Glove Awards . MLB announced the official list yesterday afternoon, lets see how he did: Pitcher: the official winner was Yankees starter Mike Mussina (another older player as the NL choose Greg Maddux ), (more) AL Gold Glove Awards: How Did We Do?

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AL Gold Glove Winners, EARLY!
slanchreport.com - 11/6/2008
AL Gold Glove Winners, EARLY!
— slanchreport.com — Ooops! Looks like no one told the Sporting Goods Newswire that the AL Gold Glove winners weren’t being announced until 4pm, because they released the winners early. AND THE WINNERS ARE: P - MIKE MUSSINA - YANKEES C - JOE MAUER - TWINS ... (more) AL Gold Glove Winners, EARLY!

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mlb.mlb.com - 11/6/2008
Young states position with Gold Glove | texasrangers.com: News
— mlb.mlb.com — ARLINGTON -- Rangers shortstop Michael Young made the routine play and turned the double play better than anybody at his position in the American League this year. His reward was the first Gold Glove of his career. "From an individual award ... (more) Young states position with Gold Glove | ...

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ESPN Feed: neyer rob:  Young another bad Gold Glove choice

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Young another bad Gold Glove choice
ESPN Feed: neyer rob — ... the majors. Over those four years, he was roughly 100 plays worse than the average major league shortstop. This season, he improved some and might have cost his team only 10 hits rather than 20 or 30. Sure, it might have been a one-season fluke, but you have to give the guy credit for doing better. You don't have to give him an award suggesting he's the top defensive shortstop in the AL. Look, it's not just me and a bunch of sabermetric whack jobs. Here's a bit of Lone Star Ball's Adam Morris on Young's new-found honor : Indeed. The Yankees have been stuck with the same ...

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Sizemore earns second Gold Glove | indians.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 11/6/2008 — CLEVELAND -- Just call him Gold Glove Grady. For the second straight year, Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore is being recognized for his all-out hustle and willingness to sacrifice his body to make the stellar defensive play. Because, for the ...
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Michael Young
trsullivan.mlblogs.com 12/9/2008 — The Rangers are not "quietly shopping" Michael Young at the winter meeting, according to Rangers officials. That was a rumor put out on an internet site but Rangers officials shot it down on Tuesday morning. Said one club official, "N ...
SPORTSDAY
rangersblog.dallasnews.com 11/9/2008 — Which came first yesterday: Michael Young winning the Gold Glove or baseball pundits such as Rob Neyer , supposedly bearing lots of metrics, ripping the selection? It was a bang-bang play, I'll give you that. Many of y'all were even quicker, taking ...
Reyes talks Mets
nydailynews.com 11/26/2008 — Jose Reyes typically heads to the Dominican Republic on Nov. 25 to spend the rest of the winter preparing for the upcoming baseball season. This year, he’s stuck a little longer in New York as he awaits a green card, which he’s sought ...
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Pena, Pedroia lead list of AL Gold Glove winners — SI.com - MLB 11/6/2008
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