In a year where it seemed that so few things went right for the Baltimore Orioles, and so few players seemed to be able to grab the bull by the horns, perhaps last night the team got a bit of redemption. Catcher Matt Wieters and right fielder Nick Markakis were awarded their first ever Rawlings Gold Glove awards for their work in the field this past season. (J.J. Hardy was also nominated for shortstop, however the Angels’ Erick Aybar was given the award, and probably deservedly so.) Wieters and Markakis are the first Oriole Gold Glovers since Adam Jones won it in 2009, and it’s the first time that multiple Orioles have won the award since 1998 when Palmeiro, Alomar, and Mussina each won the award. One stat I didn’t know until last night was that the Orioles now have 61 Gold Gloves in their history (including Wieters and Markakis), which is third league-wide behind only the Yankees and the Cardinals. I’d be remiss if I didn’t work in the fact that this n...
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