Ausmus Wins 3rd Gold Glove
Brad Ausmus, the Astros steady receiver behind the plate won his 3rd gold glove this year.
Ausmus, also a Gold Glove recipient in 2001 and 2002, led all catchers in games caught (138), starts (124), fielding percentage (.998), total chances (994) and innings caught (1,124 2/3). He committed only two errors and allowed one passed ball.
One passed ball?!?! That's crazy considering how many innings he caught off Brad Lidge and that sick, sick slider. The Astros keep Brad for his defense and the way he handles the Astros pitchers, so it's really nice for him to get some gratitude from the league for his fine work.
To all of you Cardinals fans crying foul saying that Molina got robbed... Go cry yourself to sleep. Yes we all know Brad had more runners advance on him this season. Brad led in basically every important category except the stolen bases categories... then take into consideration that he had almost 200 more put outs than Molina and it's a no contest. Molina had a fine year... a great defensive year... but Brad was better and deserved the award. Molina will get his gold glove eventually... probably year after next when Brad retires though.
On another note, Adam Everett who is in my opinion is the best defensive short stop in the game, failed to claim the gold glove this season being beaten out by 11-time gold glove winner Omar Visquel. Some Astros fans say he got robbed, but saying that Adam got robbed is basically just home town prejudice. Visquel is one of the best defensive short stops in the game... ever. Visquel also had a better fielding percentage this season beating out Adam's .990 with a .993. It would have been nice for Adam to win the gold glove, and I'm pretty sure he will in the near future. But Omar deserved it this year as well... so him winning it isn't robbing Adam in any way.
| 2006 NL GOLD GLOVE WINNERS | ||
| Name | No. | |
| P | Greg Maddux | 16 |
| C | Brad Ausmus | 3 |
| 1B | Albert Pujols | 1 |
| 2B | Orlando Hudson | 2 |
| SS | Omar Vizquel | 11 |
| 3B | Scott Rolen | 7 |
| OF | Carlos Beltran | 1 |
| OF | Mike Cameron | 3 |
| OF | Andruw Jones | 9 |
I thought that Everett got robbed initially as well until I actually did the research to see the differences in the fielding %'s and stuff.. Was a fairly close race in categories that involved making mistakes, but Everett was ahead in chances, assists and double plays. And I'm sure when it comes to range Everett would win as well but I think errors and fielding % are just as big or bigger so.. Kudos to Vizquel and even more kudos to Ausmus who definatly deserved the GG!! I was reading the article on Astros.com and I was prepared to see Garner make a comment about wanting Ausmus to keep playing so he doesn't take Garner's job :)
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Ya.. some people think that 2-3 years after Ausmus retires, he'll take over for Garner..
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Lol, I love how you don't mention the fact that ausmus had more chances for put outs than molina did. Not to mention Ausmus has Clemens and Oswalt pitching to him (giving him more put outs).
You told me not to let my Cardinal bias get in my way and yet you are blinded by your Astro bias. Molina's fielding percentage was nearly the same as Ausmus' and the difference between a runner on first and a runner in scoring position is HUGE.
Molina was robbed and Ausmus won on his reputation (just as Vizquel wins on his rep now).
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Look, you could make an argument saying that Yadier deserved to win the Gold Glove, as I can make an arguement backing up Ausmus winning it... But saying that Yadier got "robbed" is reaching... Ausmus had more chances to screw up and still made half as many errors as Yadier... No way can you make a logical non-biased argument that Yadier got robbed for not winning.
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Every time someone mentions the name Brad Ausmus, my fiancee and I are reminded of the interview he did (to the best of my recollection it was with ESPN) about the out of the closet former big leaguer Bill Bean. Ausmus was a teammate of Bean's for a while and it seemed about every time they mentioned Ausmus during the show, they added the caveat, "Ausmus, who is not *****," as though it were a prerequisite to his being involved in the story. Molina's going to win his share of Gold Gloves eventually. He's just a kid. Ausmus is a great defensive catcher.(And he's not *****.)
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The filter starred out my innocuous comment, but everyone should be able to decipher it. It's harmless.
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ONE passed ball?!
Jee-zus. Go Brad.
-The Baseball Collector
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