Scott Dierking Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 What the hell is that? While his defense has improved, he is hardly gold glove worthy. I saw Beltran got one too. What a joke of an award. People who vote for this ought to be ashamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 The fact that Coco Crisp didn't get one is insane. You're right, the voters should be embarassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeebers Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 The gold glove award is a joke. Love Wright, but his arm is too erratic to be a great fielding 3rd. This award is generally based on name recognition and offense IMO, besides Jeter's been getting this award for a while and he's arguably the 3rd best defensive SS in New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeShelter Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 The gold glove award is a joke. Love Wright, but his arm is too erratic to be a great fielding 3rd. This award is generally based on name recognition and offense IMO, besides Jeter's been getting this award for a while and he's arguably the 3rd best defensive SS in New York. The award used to be legite until Palmiero got one as mainly a DH....followed by Jeter winning not one but two....now Wright. I imagine the players must laugh when they see the GG's get awarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Another example of why I do not pay attention to these awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon88 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 3B in the NL should have not gotten a Gold Glove this year, nobody was worthy of it. Chipper and Rolen were hurt too much to get it and Zimmerman & Wright had way too many throwing errors. Nobody else should even have been considered. Also, why the hell do they pick 3 OF's??? Pick a LF, CF & RF!!! In the AL 3 CF's got Gold Gloves, and the NL picked 4 guys in the OF??? Gold Gloves are a joke to me, ever since Palmeiro got it playing something like 20 games a 1B a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 congrats to david wright this is the equivilant to winning a MTV VMA award these days but good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 This sums up what a joke the gold glove is http://www.joesportsfan.com/column.php?storyid=900 Not surprisingly, Greg Maddux won a 17th award. When you field a routine grounder and the announcing crew gushes "that's why he's a perennial Gold Glover", it's pretty much a guarantee you're going to win the award until the day you retire. Maddux's battery mate on the '07 NL roster is Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, who can now add the golden fielding apparatus to his '07 All Star roster spot. Martin had a great year offensively, hitting .293 with 19 HR and 87 RBI. But defensively, he led the National League with 14 errors. In addition, Martin threw out 28.7 % of all runners who attempted to steal on him, good for 4th in the NL and 9th in all of baseball. He also allowed 82 stolen bases, 4th most in the Majors. And yet, somehow, Martin won the Gold Glove award. Why? Surely there were more highly qualified candidates, right? Someone like Cardinals' catcher Yadier Molina had to be ahead of Martin in defensive ratings. The guy throws out half of all base stealers, not to mention his weekly 1 or 2 pickoffs of unfocused players leading off 1st base. And wouldn't you know it, Molina was more qualified, throwing out 50% of all base runners, a 23 out of 46 ratio. Bonus: Molina led MLB in assists per 9 innings. Much like a shut down corner in the NFL, teams didn't test Yadier: they attempted to steal 46 times compared to 115 tries on the winner. So what, exactly, is the point of a Gold Glove award and what is it awarded for? Molina played in just 107 games due to injury, but he still qualified for every defensive category and teams stole 30 bases in 35 tries in the 55 games Molina sat in the dugout. It's just really odd that managers and coaches vote for these awards and yet, overlook someone more deserving. That's not sour grapes from a homer in St. Louis, that's the truth. The facts sayeth so. And so we say to you, Rawlings, much like the baseball Hall of Fame inductions and the World Series, your Gold Gloves lose more and more reverence and luster with each passing year. Maybe more people will care when these inductions and awards are more clearly outlined, so that the requirements to achieve such "great standing" is universally known. I'm not holding my breath though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharrow Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I can't believe Brandon Phillips didn't win the 2nd base in the NL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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