Ichiro Wins Fielding Bible Award For Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 1, 2010 9:50 AM PDT
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PrintCongratulations to the little guy, who won his second right field Fielding Bible Award in a row. The guy who beat him in 2008 is the guy who now plays next to him every day for six months. This team can't do much, but at least it can dependably catch the fly balls its pitching staff allows entirely too often.
It's the third Fielding Bible Award of Ichiro's career, to go with nine Gold Gloves, a really good UZR, and an annual top or near-top finish in tangotiger's fan scouting report. I guarantee you that these, along with his million dollar mattress and comforter woven from the hair of celebrities, allow Ichiro to sleep comfortably at night despite having missed out on the playoffs for nine consecutive years. Sorry about the whole winning team thing, Ichiro. At least you have three Fielding Bible Awards.
The full group of winners (one per position):
C: Yadier Molina
1B: Daric Barton
2B: Chase Utley
SS: Troy Tulowitzki
3B: Evan Longoria
LF: Brett Gardner
CF: Michael Bourn
RF: Ichiro
P: Mark Buehrle
That outfield combined to hit three fewer home runs than Yuniesky Betancourt.
Also you night notice that, of the nine winners, exactly none of them are playing in the World Series. From this we can pretty safely conclude that baseball is 100% all about pitching and dingers.
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Utley wins in a season in which he played only 115 games.
That says a lot about Chase Utley and a little about his competition.
But this post is about Ichiro.
Congratulations on another season of quiet awesomeness.
It could just be a post about little dudes
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 1, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
You're calling Buster a little girly girl?
I hope you don’t know any Giant fans. Could be they’d do something to your testicles.
by nathaniel dawson on Nov 1, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
He had worked up to the point where he was almost a neutral defender at the end of last season
…and then just looked like crap this year
I had a nightmare last night that Ichiro got traded to San Fransisco...
At least he’s ridiculously consistent. I love the man :(
Should have been Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Fielding
Because repetition is funny, you guys.
Jeff is losing his edge
to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
But they’re really, really nice.
My god...
They’ve genetically engineered a new poster using stem-cell technology. They’ve finally done it. Refuse2Lose2010 was good, yes, but he didn’t have that thread of greatness necessary for success. Huskies2010 is bigger, better, faster, more well-endowed – able to accrue recs like flies to a dog and capable of creating gifs rivaling those of the late, great Scruffy Lefty (rest in peace, Scruffy). The above comment is indicative of only a tiny fraction of the potential humor readers of Lookout Landing will be able enjoy in future threads. Never before have I witnessed the mark of such a truly omnipotent being; my eyes are crimson from laughing at the above comment – nay – work of art, and my heart aches from the pure, unadulterated connectivity to the collective unconscious I felt while reading his finely crafted words.
My friends, I give you the single greatest achievement of modern blogosphere technology. Science bless you, Huskies2010.
by .Taylor on Nov 1, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
So, uh, where exactly did that come from?
I’m not clear on what a throwaway joke that took me one second to think of and five seconds to type did to merit that kind of response.
You should probably just let it go.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Nov 1, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not angry about it.
Just curious about what seemed like a massive overreaction. If my posts piss people off, I want to know why. If it’s just that guy, then whatever.
A) you missed the reference in the title of the post.
It was worded in a specific way for a reason. No biggee.
B) Any comment that comes across as demanding (why didn’t you do this, you should have done this, when are you going to do this, etc) of the authors is going to be poorly received. You get this content for free. Constructive criticism is fine -though usually better dealt with privately via e-mail- but anything that smacks of entitlement is not going to fly.
Especially for someone who doesn't comment all that much
we don’t know your sense of humor, huskies2010, so it’s hard to tell if you were kidding or not.
I suppose this is fair.
Let me be clear: it was a joke. I have nothing but respect for Jeff’s sense of humor, and although I don’t comment here all that much I wasn’t aware that my post would come across as a serious criticism.
You should comment more!
that way we’ll know your sense of humor and little incidents like this won’t happen.
Haha, I'll do my best.
Kinda tough to follow the M’s when I live on the East Coast, though. The Huskies and Seahawks are a little different because there’s a pretty dedicated fan contingent here, plus it’s only one game a week to watch, but I don’t really feel comfortable commenting when I don’t actually have a chance to watch the games.
Dot Taylor is even weirder.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Nov 1, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
*Ahem*
Webster’s dictionary defines excellence as “the state or condition of being excellent.” And now, the winner of the First Annual Fielding Bible Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence…
by Outshined_One on Nov 1, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Not knowing much about Buehrle...
is this award well-deserved, or is he just riding on that ridiculous through-the-legs play early in the season? i mean, i wouldn’t be surprised if that sealed it for him, and most pitchers can’t throw to first base in a straight line…
It's based on Plus/Minus, not an arbitrary judgement, so he's legitimately good.
At least by this one metric.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 1, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like there isn't that much good data about pitchers' fielding anyway, since they only field like 250 innings at the most.
And they don’t get too many chances to begin with.
Obligatory Molina brother, Ichiro and seven white guys.
Plus/Minus is just one big honky slurpee
by Matthew on Nov 1, 2010 1:00 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
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