Erick Aybar Wins Gold Glove
by Rev Halofan on Nov 1, 2011 8:30 PM PDT
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Angels shortstop Erick Aybar has been selected to the 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Award team, in an announcement made Tuesday evening by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Company on a stupidly-delayed ESPN2 awards telecast. This marks the first such honor for Aybar.
The Dominican native posted a .980 fielding percentage (third in the AL). Aybar committed just 13 errors in 659 total chances. He totaled 240 putouts, 406 assists and tied for the league lead being involved in 102 double plays. Aybar also posted several offensive career highs, including 30 stolen bases, the most ever by an Angel shortstop. In perusing his advanced defensive stats on FanGraphs, I frankly could not decipher them, but in comparison to the 2011 of last season's AL SS GG, Aybar's numbers were superior at all points.
Aybar, 27, joins Orlando Cabrera (2007) and Jim Fregosi (1967) as the only shortstops in franchise history to win a Gold Glove. The Angels have had a Gold Glove Award recipient in 21 of the last 26 seasons - most recently outfielder Torii Hunter in 2009. Hunter lost out in the RF category to Baltimore's Nick Markakis in Tuesday's ballotting. Also nominated were Pitcher Dan Haren (lost to repeat winner Mark Buehrle) and CF Peter Bourjos (lost to the East Coast biased September introvert Jacoby Ellsbury). This year saw the award given to Outfileders by strict position. Had it been the top three outfielders there is little doubt Bourjos would have taken one home.
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It's not a trap!
Atta boy Admiral!
My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General
by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Nov 1, 2011 8:33 PM PDT reply actions
Need to post it here too
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
by ryanfea on Nov 1, 2011 8:35 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Nice, but this is still my favorite
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Nov 1, 2011 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Yep
this one gets my rec
"Take a Prozac and calm down. I guarantee that Omar Minaya will NOT be the next GM of the Halos." Mustard Man (10/28/11: He was right!!)
Oh my!
That really cheers me up. How can I save that as an animated gif on my own computer? Or do you have a link to it on photobucket or some such site?
Trust the Deception
by Rally Manatee on Nov 2, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
That doesn't save it as an animated gif,
it just saves frame by frame still shots.
Trust the Deception
by Rally Manatee on Nov 3, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Here you go
http://media.photobucket.com/image/aybar%20swarm%20gif/lsb_gallery/aybarbees.gif
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Nov 3, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
After Orlando Cabrera won his Gold Glove, he was traded…nice knowing you Aybar!
"Stay loyal to the Angels. As for me, I'm jumping on the Nationals bandwagon, later." -Daniel Sirca
by migfig on Nov 1, 2011 9:05 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Hey ain't going anywhere
That’s Arte’s favorite player
Representing the Angels in Sin City.
by maze88 on Nov 1, 2011 9:08 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
of 2010
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
by ryanfea on Nov 1, 2011 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
BULLSHIT
JACOBY he would be a 5th outfielder in Salt Lake for our team
I take it you don't have the DOV Secret Decoder Ring
You need to drink more ovaltine
-Quad Fin Rider
by DAD OF VLAD on Nov 1, 2011 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
YES IT IS
I take it you don't have the DOV Secret Decoder Ring
You need to drink more ovaltine
-Quad Fin Rider
by DAD OF VLAD on Nov 2, 2011 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ironically
He was probably the least deserving of the Angels’ four candidates, although he was not a bad choice by any means.
by Suboptimal on Nov 1, 2011 10:00 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I bet he eats with the dip in his mouth.
by Halowitz on Nov 1, 2011 10:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
The little girls over in Taiwan are swooning over Aybar right now at the All-Star Games.
“He Gold, He Gold!”
Napoli's 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th homers of the year (four more than Jeff Mathis' career total) rained down on Angel Stadium like knives from the ceiling.
Looking at the list of winners, I can just feel the pain of the managers and coaches who couldn't
garner enough votes to give the award to either Jeter or Scutaro.
Yay Aybar!
Vernon Wells / #10 / LAA / LF 2011-2014
2011 - $23M / '12-'14 - $21M(x3)
Pay the man
Aybar’s GG earned him a $75,000 bonus
"Take a Prozac and calm down. I guarantee that Omar Minaya will NOT be the next GM of the Halos." Mustard Man (10/28/11: He was right!!)
I am glad to say Aybar totally proved me wrong this year.
In 2010, I was convinced that he is just plain stupid, which was my reasoning for why he couldn’t bunt or steal bases, and sometimes blew routine plays at SS. But in 2011, he proved me wrong on all accounts. He really came into his own this season. Now he seems like one the premiere shortstops in the game.
Trust the Deception
Aybar won me over
on that Sunday game against the Tigers, when he layed down a nice bunt in Justin MF Verlander’s face. Too bad it was called a throwing error, Aybar had it beat. He was awesome this year, in the field, at the plate, and on the basepaths. This GG is a nice reward.
That was bush league. You don't break up a East Coast Player's no-no, even if you're only a few runs down.
Similarly, you shouldn’t hit a home run if the opposing team is “East Coast” and pitching a shut out.
F*** you, Verlander!
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Aybar is not getting the respect he deserves for this gold glove.
He goes back on popups to shallow outfield with grace, turns double plays with ease and is cunning with how he drops catches to get a dp, or keeps tags on when a player slides through. MLB Network I am disappoint.
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