Placido Polanco Wins Gold Glove Award. Someone Cares, Somewhere.
by WholeCamels on Nov 2, 2011 7:47 AM EDT
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PrintPhillies third baseman Placido Polanco has won the Gold Glove Award for "best" "fielding" National League third baseman.
Fellow third base nominees Ryan Zimmerman and Scott Rolen were seen applauding the announcement, smiling and later saying how "happy" they were for Polanco. "It's an honor just to be considered," a visibly intoxicated Zimmerman said before guzzling his seventh Amstel Light.*
As John Finger reports, with Polanco's award the Phillies have now received 15 of the 55 National League Gold Glove's at third base since the Award's inception (Mike Schmidt: 10; Scott Rolen: 4).
Shane Victorino's string of three straight Gold Glove's was broken, with the Dodgers' Matt Kemp claiming the award for center field, and Carlos Ruiz came in behind the Cardinals' Yadier Molina, Prince of Neck Tattoos, for the catching award.
List of National League Winners:
P - Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
C - Yadier Molina, Cardinals
1B - Joey Votto, Reds
2B - Brandon Phillips, Reds
3B - Placido Polanco, Phillies
SS - Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies
LF - Gerardo Parra, Diamondbacks
CF - Matt Kemp, Dodgers
RF - Andre Ethier, Dodgers
* This didn't really happen.
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I suppose I should clarify the above and say that it’s possible that Ryan Zimmerman binge-drank to cope with the pain of losing the award, but there’s no confirmation.
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by WholeCamels on Nov 2, 2011 7:49 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
It is irresponsible to speculate that Zimmerman got wasted? In fact, it is irresponsible NOT to.
by ThinMountainAir on Nov 2, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, let’s look at it this way. Would you? Of course you would.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Nov 2, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I just like going to the story on mlb.com about this and watching all the Yankee fans bitch and moan over there… Apparently, Brett Gardner is the greatest fielder in the league, yet he lost the GG to Alex Gordon. Lulz ensued.
Gardner is possibly the best defensive outfielder in the league, but one is forced to wonder if those same Yankees fans felt Derek Jeter deserved his gold glove awards
My buddy who’s a Yankees fan told me as a joke that for the longest time that he thought Jeter’s first name was “Pastadiving.”
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Nov 2, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I had to read that a couple times before I realized it wasn’t about Jeter’s love of spaghetti.
Bob.
by The Dark on Nov 2, 2011 12:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Pollyanna. Whoever was chirping for the Phils to sign Chone Figgins come forward, repent, and take yer public beating.
Chirp chirp….
This season, if I were Reuben, I would let Victorino Referee a UFC style WWE “money in the Bank” match: between Polanco, David Wright, and Aramis Ramirez.
Whoever beats the living shit out of the other two, climbs the ladder, and retrieves the briefcase gets a 5 year guaranteed contract to play 3rd, trade details blah blah blah….
I’m hoping that just as Polly is about to climb the ladder, Shane pulls a heel turn, levels Polly, and Bautista (Jose, not the WWE Bautista) comes in and climbs the ladder for the win.
25.8/106 "Winter is coming" -Eddard Stark
Why does my iphone constantly suretype “Ruben” as “Reuben”?
25.8/106 "Winter is coming" -Eddard Stark
Something I’ll never understand. Pretty much everyone agrees that the Gold Glove is meaningless and the process for voting for the Gold Glove winnners is a sham, and yet on the majority of profiles for recent Hall of Fame position players you almost inevitably the player was an (insert number here) time Gold Glove winner. It’s almost like football where nobody cares about the Pro Bowl but Hall of Fame profiles almost always include how many times a player went to the Pro Bowl.
Everything's more important with bunting.
So what are the qualifications for a Gold Glove Left Fielder?
“Best defensive outfielder who is too poor defensively to play center or right”?
Or maybe “Best third-best defensive outfielder on his own team.”
It’s like being the smartest caller on WIP.
by Cormican on Nov 2, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe, and I mean this in a totally hypothetical way, the left fielder came up as a right fielder, but then his GM freaked out and traded a bunch of prospects for an established right fielder, so the first right fielder went back to the minors and learned to play left field. Not that ever would happen, of course…
by topherstarr on Nov 2, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was my first reaction but UZR actual kinda liked Ethier this year. You can make a case the entire d’Backs outfield should have swept
doubly amazing considering how long he played hurt.
by Wet Luzinski on Nov 3, 2011 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s cool for Polly, I guess, but I’d rather the Phils have the hardware the stupid m-effers in StL just received.
Two Dodgers won? Maybe that’s how MLB is getting McCourt to agree to sell the team. Supposed to happen by opening day. Cuban was interested, but turned down Frank’s original 1B-1.2B price tag. That’s a lot of samolians.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
I loved Cubans comments on how interested he was in owning the Dodgers.
“For more than 1 billon? Not at all. Less than 1 Billion? Interested.”
25.8/106 "Winter is coming" -Eddard Stark
Yeah, wtf is McCourt thinking? The guy almost single-handedly destroyed the franchise and he wants over 1B for it?
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
Here’s what I wonder: does the individual or team buying the Dodgers get all the companies or just the team? McCourt split LA into a bunch of separate entities so he could borrow against them: concessions, ticket agency, parking, facility and team. It’s ridic.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
the thing is though he’ll probably get it.
Everything's more important with bunting.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Nov 2, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
In other news, a statue of Albert Pujols has been unveiled, in front of a restaurant owned by Albert Pujols:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7182254/albert-pujols-statue-unveiled-star-restaurant
Something about this I find hilarious.
Everything's more important with bunting.
At least they finally got around to awarding it to Tulowitzki…
by Airedale260 on Nov 2, 2011 3:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I’m mostly amused by the contrast of Polly’s great big watermelon head next to Parra’s itty bitty head.
What3v3r.
by ww2b on Nov 2, 2011 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I dislike Yadier Molina with an intensity that borders on unhealthy.
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Nov 2, 2011 8:14 PM EDT reply actions
One of my coworkers is a Cards’ fan. She loves “Hottie Yadie,” above all others, and she never stops talking about him.
You should live up to your nickname, make some Mr. Freeze puns, and turn St. Louis into a frozen hell as an ironic punishment.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Nov 3, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
In what universe is he “hot”?
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
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