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Omar Vizquel turned 44 years old this Sunday. He did it as you like: in the middle of the diamond, as second baseman for the White Sox.
Very few have been able to do on his birthday of Caracas. 82 years ago in the big leagues was not in the middle a player's age Vizquel. Yes, 82. The last was the immortal Johnny Evers, in 1929.
Vizquel, Evers, Bobby Wallace (in 1918), Kid Gleason (in 1912) and Arlie Latham (in 1909) are the only infielders who have defended the second coat after blowing so many candles, according to Baseball Reference.
The utility of the Chicago White Sox walk to assault the record books, at this time. On Thursday 21 April, for example, made three records with a single swing.
that day, with his first swing in no man's land exceeded the 444 doublets Andres Galarraga, for the second highest figure among Venezuelans turn left behind the 10,281 Cap Anson, to remain in the nineteenth place in history , and reached 600 extra-base hits his career, a number that have reached their compatriots only Galarraga (875), Bobby Abreu (861) and Magglio Ordonez (727).
Vizquel, on the following day, reached the 2,856 games played by Robin Yount in the place 14 of all time.
Another fact about the winner of 11 Gold Gloves, the career he scored on Thursday, 21 sent to 1,416 in its history, the same amount of the great Roberto Clemente.
But Vizquel was not the only oddities starring Venezuelan statistics in the last week of action.
Humberto Quintero is a good case. El Zulia is defrauded the run on Saturday and was the first was that attained in nine seasons which is in the majors. But it was the first time I went to the theft, in 2004, when he still belonged to the San Diego Padres, went twice and both times was blown. Andres Blanco
needed a swing to match on Sunday, the number of homers he had achieved in his career. The only Carabobo had thrown a ball, on July 29, 2009, in the uniform of the Chicago Cubs. Magglio Ordonez
aligned with the Detroit Tigers that day. It was his fourth straight game and the first time this season that challenges many games one after another due to physical discomfort. Francisco Rodriguez saved
the victories of the New York Mets on both Friday and Saturday. It should not be surprising, since it is the owner of the record for most saves in a championship. But no sooner was the second time this year that relieves Caracas on consecutive days.
Carlos Zambrano had 10 consecutive wins, counting from 2010, before he was arrested on Sunday. The ace of the Cubs is only the third Venezuelan to get a run of 10 or more laurels, emulating Johan Santana and Wilson Alvarez.
Jhoulys Chacin was punished by the Florida Marlins on Saturday. The law has received eight runs in 11 innings he has thrown on the road, but has not allowed a home streaks in 16 innings despite pitching in Coors Field.
The jewel of the week accounted for Anibal Sanchez. On Friday threw a complete game one indisputable. He kept the no-hitter until the ninth, when Dexter Fowler broke the magic. It would have been his second gem, after the no-no he did in 2006. Sánchez
thus reached three games in which it has complete one or fewer hits tolerated. Only Mark Buehrle will equalize, beginning in 2000. None has as many as Aragua, counting from his rookie season, in that triumphant 2006.
No other Venezuelan many games of a hit or less. In fact, except the native of Maracay, none have been do not even twice. Completing the list of "one-hitters" Ramón Monzant (1956), Alvarez (1991), Garcia (2005), Felix Hernandez (2007), Zambrano (2008) and Armando Galarraga (2010). The
Alvarez and Zambrano were no-hitters. As the first of the three that already adds Sanchez.
ESPNdeportes.com Published on Monday, April 25, 2011.
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