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Chris, a proud resident of Federal Hill and recent alumnus of Loyola College started as an intern at WNST in June '08 and now serves as the producer of The Mobtown Sports Beat and Fantasy Flavor with Thyrl Nelson. In his years on the Evergreen Campus he spent time as the on-campus student radio station's Sports Director and host of "Loyola Sports Talk," and still serves as their voice of the Greyhounds, providing play-by-play for the men's basketball team.
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As chosen by the players and managers of the American League, you can add ‘Gold Glove Award winner’ to the list of accomplishments achieved this past year by O’s center fielder Adam Jones.
Jones’ stellar outfield play in his second big league season helped earn him his first career All-Star selection in July and now makes him the first Orioles Gold Glover since Mike Mussina in ‘99. Jones also becomes just the second Orioles outfielder to ever to be honored; Paul Blair took home a Gold Glove eight times between 1967-1975.
In the field Jones registered a .986 fielding%, while committing just 5 errors in 363 chances. The 24-year old also flashed his strong arm by recording 9 assists from his spot in center. Jones batted .277 at the plate with 19 HR and 70 RBI in 119 games this past season before suffering a season ending left ankle injury on September 1st.
The other American League outfielders recognized were Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners and Torii Hunter of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Each were recipients for the 9th time.
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November 10th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
http://camdencrazies.com/2009/11/07/breaking-news-adam-jones-wins-gold-glove
According to FanGraphs, while Jones’ fielding numbers were good last year at +9.9 UZR they were below average this year at -4.7 UZR (ranked 5th out of 7 qualifying AL center-fielders). The Fan Scouting Report has him as having good speed and acceleration, but not great reactions or instincts. His arm is rated as strong (and he did have a +7.3 arm component of UZR), but not that accurate. No idea how much blowing a bubble while making a catch is worth, but Jones may have led the league in that category.
He’s probably a plus out there with the glove, but not amongst the premier defenders in the league. I’d rank Franklin Gutierrez and BJ Upton well ahead of him, and then there’s Ichiro and Carl Crawford in the corners. I’m happy for Adam personally, but he wasn’t deserving in my opinion. That doesn’t mean he won’t rightly add to that hardware in the future though.
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November 10th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
To be honest, I couldn’t agree with you any more. My immediate reaction when I heard the news was that I thought the guy standing next to Adam in right field was more deserving.
When Allen McCallum was in-studio with Ray and myself today we spoke about some of the exact same items you bring up.
And man, the Franklin Gutierrez call…. love it. Patrols a huge outfield, tremendous athlete. I’m on board with you there. Could you imagine a Safeco Field outfield with Jones, Gutierrez, and Ichiro? Whoa.
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November 10th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
The gold glove Award is almost as big a sham as every other ’subjective’ award in MLB. But hats off to a guy we should see a lot more flash from if he can (stay healthy and learn how to take a pitch)
Downside - Chris Singleton
Upside - Torii Hunter
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November 11th, 2009 at 10:09 am
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