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Ichiro and Beltr

Posted: Fri Nov 7, 2008 12:06 am
by BlackMamba
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/ar ... p&c_id=sea

the M's won something!!!!!!!

Right fielder Ichiro Suzuki made it 8-for-8 during his Major League career, and third baseman Adrian Beltre received his second straight Gold Glove, which is emblematic of fielding excellence.


Besides being the only AL team with more than one Gold Glove winner this past season, the Mariners now have had at least one recipient for 22 consecutive seasons -- beginning with left-handed pitcher Mark Langston in 1987, the first player in franchise history to strike gold.


The 35-year-old, who started the season in center field and moved back to right field midway through the season, finished tied for fifth in the AL with 11 outfield assists. That increased his MLB total to a league-high 78 during his eight-year career.


Beltre led his AL counterparts with 272 assists, ranked second in putouts (100) and double plays (27) and was fourth in fielding percentage (.964). Of his 14 errors, only three of them occurred during the final 62 games of the season.