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At first base, San Diego Padres slugger Adrian Gonzalez repeated his 2008 crown by tying for fourth in the league with a fielding percentage of .995. Gonzalez made only seven errors in 1,367 total chances in the midst of his second straight All-Star campaign.

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Adrian wins at 1b

Zimmerman wins at 3rd.
That sounds good.

by strummer on Nov 11, 2009 12:28 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Congrats, Aid

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
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by Axion on Nov 11, 2009 12:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Suck it Poo Holes!!

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Nov 11, 2009 12:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Nice

Maybe this will increase his trade value.

by parvulesco on Nov 11, 2009 12:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

bite your tounge

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Nov 11, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Popularity award.

This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman

by Padres_Hobo on Nov 11, 2009 12:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

It certainly has its flaws,

but if it were just a popularity award, a Padre, Astro, and National would not have won.
Zimmerman and Adrian are not the two most popular players at their positions.

by strummer on Nov 11, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

After seeing Jeter win at SS yesterday

I can’t believe it has any other meaning than a popularity award.

This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman

by Padres_Hobo on Nov 11, 2009 2:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I go along with that,

But that is a far cry from Hobo implying that Jeter winning means the whole thing is a farce.

by strummer on Nov 11, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I do think the whole thing is a farce, somewhere along the line

offensive stats got mixed in with defense. Then lazy voters just pick the popular easy choice. I am sure much like the coaches poll in college football most don’t give it much thought.

This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman

by Padres_Hobo on Nov 11, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

So,,,,,,,,,

AGon is more popular than Pujols? And has better offensive numbers than him?

by strummer on Nov 11, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Where did I say that?

Agon was better defensively and put up great offensive numbers. If he put up a year like 2006 offensively and the same defensive numbers as this year he wouldn’t have won, I am sure it would have been Lee or Pujols. There are picks every year that are suspect or just the same old choice. Was no one better than Hunter or Ichiro in nine straight years?

This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman

by Padres_Hobo on Nov 12, 2009 8:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You claimed

“the lazy voters just pick the popular easy choice”.

Since when is AGon or Zimmerman the “popular easy choice”?

by strummer on Nov 12, 2009 8:30 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I believe he was 4th overall in UZR in the AL

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Nov 11, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

popularity + offense

"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers

by jodes0405 on Nov 11, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How in gods name did Kouz not win it

his glove is in the hall of fame

by 1210pads on Nov 11, 2009 1:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Kouz no doubt had a great year, but Zimmerman arguably had an even better year. He has a ridiculous range at 3rd base:

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=3b&stats=fld&lg=nl&qual=y&type=0&season=2009&month=0

by DougOLis on Nov 11, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nicely done.

"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers

by jodes0405 on Nov 11, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

.255/.302/.420

You need to hit a whole lot better than that to win a Gold Glove.

by field39 on Nov 11, 2009 2:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Congrats adrian

And I thought it was called a gold glove because it involved specifically defense and the best defensive efforts. There’s a silver slugger award for Hitters at each position

by TheAxManCometh on Nov 11, 2009 2:22 PM PST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

The voters got this one right.

Though it was close between Adrian and Derek Lee of the Cubs. Adrian’s UZR, ErrR, and DPR were higher than Lee, while Lee edged Adrian in UZR/150 and RngR.

Pujols definitely didn’t deserve it this year (his defense was barely above average), though I expected them to give it to him because of who he is.

We're boned.

by maestro876 on Nov 11, 2009 3:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Overall though

Adrian’s fielding value was 3.8 runs above average, beating out Lee’s 3.7 for best 1B in the National League.

We're boned.

by maestro876 on Nov 11, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

YOOOOOO ADDDRIAN

Thats all people ever yelled in 2006
such a solid baseball player he has become

Big kid tested, mother fucker approved

by CurbEnthusiasm on Nov 11, 2009 5:51 PM PST reply actions   0 recs


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