Gold Gloves for Vizquel, Matheny

From the AP by way of SFGate: Giants shortstop Omar Vizquel leaps over the Dodgers' Jeff Kent to complete the double play in April. Chronicle photo by Carlos Avila GonzalezSan Francisco shortstop Omar Vizquel won his 10th Gold Glove, his first in the NL after the nine straight he earned with the Cleveland Indians from 1993-01.

“I was doubting that people were going to vote for me again,” said Vizquel, who moved past Luis Aparicio into second place for Gold Gloves won by a shortstop, trailing only Ozzie Smith’s 13. “I think this has been the most emotional Gold Glove I had besides the first one because it marks a big thing in the history of baseball. I think I’m the second guy to reach double digits and it passes my idol for a long time, Luis Aparicio.”

Giants catcher Mike Matheny won his fourth overall and third straight. But he blamed himself for some of the pratfalls of the Giants’ repeatedly changing rotation.

“It definitely added to the challenge, but also the frustration,” he said. “I’m always pointing it at myself. I just didn’t seem to help these guys in any way I wanted to.”

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