Baseball Notes: Suzuki leads AL Gold Glove list

NEW YORK - Ichiro Suzuki won his 10th straight Gold Glove for a full season of fielding excellence. Mark Buehrle won again, perhaps clinching his spot with an acrobatic play on opening day.

Derek Jeter, well, his selection is likely to set off another loud round of dispute over whether the award is relevant anymore.

Rawlings announced the American League honors Tuesday. Managers and coaches vote for players in their leagues and can't pick players on their own teams.

Also chosen were first baseman Mark Teixeira and second baseman Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees; third baseman Evan Longoria and outfielder Carl Crawford of the Tampa Bay Rays; Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer; and Seattle outfielder Franklin Gutierrez.

The NL awards will be announced Wednesday.

Suzuki tied the AL record for Gold Gloves by an outfielder shared by Ken Griffey Jr. and Al Kaline. The Seattle rightfielder has won every year he's been in the big leagues.

The overall record for outfielders is held by Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente with 12 each. The awards started in 1957. Angels outfielder Torii Hunter's streak of nine in a row ended this season.

Jeter won for the fifth time at shortstop - at 36, the New York Yankees captain is the oldest AL shortstop to win the Gold Glove since Luis Aparicio was the same age in 1970. Only Ozzie Smith, Omar Vizquel, Aparicio, and Mark Belanger have won more total Gold Gloves at shortstop than Jeter.

Gutierrez and Suzuki each receive $50,000 bonuses. Buehrle, Crawford, Longoria, and Mauer get $25,000.

Skip the party. World Series MVP Edgar Renteria has asked that a celebration in his honor be called off in his home country, with the money donated to Colombia flood victims.

Renteria led the San Francisco Giants to the World Series title last week. The shortstop made his request about the tribute from Miami. He is expected to arrive Thursday in Barranquilla, Colombia, where his family lives.

Fixing up the Yard. Camden Yards will be getting a facelift in preparation for its 20th season as home for the Baltimore Orioles. The upgrades will reduce the seating capacity of the ballpark to 45,971 from 48,290.

More choices for Mets. New Mets general manager Sandy Alderson plans to hire a new manager by the winter meetings and has added Ken Oberkfell to his list of candidates.

No second blood test. A Florida judge said prosecutors cannot use results of a second blood test in the DUI manslaughter case of former major-league ballplayer Jim Leyritz. Leyritz faces between four and 15 years in prison if convicted of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed 30-year-old Fredia Ann Veitch.