Torii Hunter is Golden --- And Silver

Major League Baseball announced the Silver Slugger Awards for the American League yesterday.
Torii Hunter was awarded with his first Slugger Award in a move that surprised a lot of people. Hunter who was playing fantastic baseball and carried much of the Angels offense prior to his groin injury that put him on the shelf for 30 days.

The remaining awards went to:

POS	PLAYER	HR	RBI	AVG
1B	M. Teixeira, Yankees	39	122	.292
2B	Aaron Hill, Blue Jays	36	108	.286
3B	Evan Longoria, Rays	33	113	.281
SS	Derek Jeter, Yankees	18	66	.334
OF	Jason Bay, Red Sox	36	119	.267
OF	Torii Hunter, Angels	22	90	.299
OF	Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners	11	46	.352
C	Joe Mauer, Twins	28	96	.365
DH	Adam Lind, Blue Jays	35	114	.305

I do find it odd that Hunter joins; Mauer, Teixeria, Longoria, Jeter, and Suzuki as players who received the double honors. The Captain, certainly has made that Del Taco deal with Tony Reagins seem a smart move over and over again.