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Article: Gold Glove team has a surprise
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- Daily Breeze
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- August 23, 2007
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Willie Mays making that over-the-shoulder catch. Brooks Robinson
barehanding a bunt. Roberto Clemente unleashing a rifle throw.
Think of the most spectacular fielding plays in baseball history
and those spring to mind. They're also what helped put those greats
on the all-time Rawlings Gold Glove team released Wednesday.
Big Red Machine teammates Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan, glove whiz
Ozzie Smith and current stars Ken Griffey Jr. and Greg Maddux were
picked in the fan voting.
Plus, on the 50th anniversary of the first Gold Glove awards,
there was a surprise among the big names: Wes Parker, a Dodgers
defensive ace in the 1960s and early 1970s, beat out the likes of Don ...