Venom Strikes » Gold Glove http://venomstrikes.com An Arizona Diamondbacks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 04:47:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 D-backs Outfield Should Make A Lot of Noise in 2012 http://venomstrikes.com/2012/02/06/d-backs-outfield-should-make-a-lot-of-noise-in-2012/ http://venomstrikes.com/2012/02/06/d-backs-outfield-should-make-a-lot-of-noise-in-2012/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:37:27 +0000 Scott Allen http://venomstrikes.com/?p=2990 The Arizona Diamondbacks outfield was already considered pretty strong defensively and for the most part offensively in 2011.  That was before the arrival of Jason Kubel.  With Gerardo Parra in left field, Chris Young in center field, Justin Upton in right field, and now Kubel, the D-backs have a fairly good balance between offense and [...]

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Oct 5, 2011; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks outfielders Gerardo Parra (left), Chris Young (center) and Justin Upton celebrate following the game against the Milwaukee Brewers during game four of the 2011 NLDS at Chase Field. The Diamondbacks defeated the Brewers 10-6. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

The Arizona Diamondbacks outfield was already considered pretty strong defensively and for the most part offensively in 2011.  That was before the arrival of Jason Kubel.  With Gerardo Parra in left field, Chris Young in center field, Justin Upton in right field, and now Kubel, the D-backs have a fairly good balance between offense and defense from the outfielders.  How they mix it up will be up to spring training performances and match-ups with others.  Kubel is now the assumed starter in left over Parra, you know, the guy that won the Gold Glove.  That’s how deep this outfield is.

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]]> http://venomstrikes.com/2012/02/06/d-backs-outfield-should-make-a-lot-of-noise-in-2012/feed/ 0 Dbacks Gerardo Parra Wins NL Gold Glove in Left Field http://venomstrikes.com/2011/11/01/dbacks-gerardo-parra-wins-nl-gold-glove-in-left-field/ http://venomstrikes.com/2011/11/01/dbacks-gerardo-parra-wins-nl-gold-glove-in-left-field/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:26:20 +0000 Scott Allen http://venomstrikes.com/?p=2754 Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Gerardo Parra has won his first career Gold Glove.  It is a well deserved award and quite honestly, Dback or not, there should have been no other choice.  Parra finished with a .990 fielding percentage with 12 assists, 5 double plays, and 288 putouts.  Granted Milwaukee Brewers Ryan Braun had a [...]

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]]> Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Gerardo Parra has won his first career Gold Glove.  It is a well deserved award and quite honestly, Dback or not, there should have been no other choice.  Parra finished with a .990 fielding percentage with 12 assists, 5 double plays, and 288 putouts.  Granted Milwaukee Brewers Ryan Braun had a slightly better fielding percentage of .996, however Parra’s arm could not be ignored.

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