Reds Are "Golden"

The awards season of baseball continues, and the Reds dominated the Gold Glove awards, while the Yankees dominated the AL winners.

For the complete NL winners, click here: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5788835.
For the AL, here: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5784846.

There were three Reds that won Gold Gloves, and there could have been more. Third baseman Scott Rolen earned his 8th Gold Glove in his third different uniform (he won 4 with the Cardinals, and 3 with the Phillies before that). Brandon Phillips took his second, and Bronson Arroyo won his first.

The Arroyo award surprised me a little, but he is a solid fielder, and didn't make any errors all year. Rolen and Phillips were very much deserving, and you can make the argument that Votto should have won at first, Bruce in right, and Stubbs (maybe) in center. Certainly Bruce deserved one.

Nonetheless, it was good to see the media recognize the fact that the Reds were built with solid defense this year. And they played that way all season long.

I'm most happy to see the 35 year old Rolen win his award. Don't let anyone fool you. No one deserved it more than him. I can't even remember him making errors this year. Not to mention, at third, his defense was more valuable to this club than any other third baseman in the game was to their club.