Rays’ Longoria wins Gold Glove
November 12, 2009 by BattersUp
Filed under Baseball Equipment, First Base Mitt
It was great to see the Tampa Bay Rays’ third baseman Evan Longoria win his first Gold Glove award. He is an amazing player and often looks like poetry in motion. Just watch as he snags a rocket of a ground ball and fires a bull’s eye across the infield to Carlos Pena, who scoops it into his Rawlings first base mitt.
At only 24, Longoria is the youngest player in the American League to win a Gold Glove at any position since Eric Chavez, at age 23, did it for the Oakland A’s back in 2001. Longoria has said it is the one award he has really wanted to win since he started playing pro ball. He takes a lot of pride in his defensive play, as you can tell just by watching him.
Longoria’s fielding percentage at .970 was second in the League, and he led all major league third basemen by starting 43 double plays. He was also second in the American League with assists with 302. I won’t even mention his power at the plate! Talk about an all around player. What a bright future he has-and a majoy asset for the Rays!
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