I'll give the two most glaring injustices in this years Gold Glove awards..
First, Derrek Lee getting the Gold Glove over Todd Helton. Helton has 2 errors, in 1,545 chances, for a fielding % of .999...3 points higher than the 1B with the next best fielding %...Lee has 7 errors, 5 more errors than Helton, and Lee had almost 300 less chances than Helton had...and for those who say it's not all about errors and fielding %, Helton also has the best range factor of any 1B in the NL and is 2nd to Pujols in Zone Range..Lee's ranking for range factor, 9th (even worse than RYAN HOWARD), and for zone range, his ranking is 6th...
SO, Helton had the least amount of errors (2) than any 1B in the NL even though he had the 2nd most chances...Helton had the best fielding %, the best range factor and the 2nd best zone range...
Lee had 7 errors, with almost 300 less chances than Helton, he was tied for 4th in fielding %, he was 9th in range factor and 6th in zone range...but HE wins the Gold Glove...he wasn't even the 2nd best fielding 1B...more like 4th...at best...
NOW, injustice number 2, that would be Rollins winning the Gold Glove over Tulowitzki...they both had the same amount of errors, but Tulowitzki had 117 more chances. Tulowitzki had the best fielding % for a SS not only in the NL, but in baseball...Tulowitzki also ranked 1st range factor in the NL AND, you guessed it, he'd be tops in the AL too...he was 2nd in zone range to Visquel in the NL...and 2nd would be his MLB ranking in zone range as well...
Rollins, in the NL, is 3rd in fielding %, 6th in range factor, and 6th in zone range...so, Tulo gets him in every category, like Helton did over Lee at 1B, and Tulo also has a better arm than Rollins...
Pure nonsense...you'd think players and managers would know better than to make these kind of awards about popularity, instead of truly awarding it to the best fielders at each position...I guess credibilty was already slipping when Jeter got awarded any gold glove, much less 3, but now it's pretty much a meaningless award...
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Hey Jim, who won the gold gloves?
EFB **** THE MODS!!
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well, duh. if you played decent defense and had a great year at the plate, the GG is yours. see: Derek Jeter.
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The Rollings pick is alright by me. However, Todd Helton getting snubbed is an injustice. This has become a glorified popularity contest- like everything else, who will bring in the most money. Answer: Derek Lee. ********.
Wallace has been…
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My gold glovers are a **** load better.
EFB **** THE MODS!!
Jim Edmond's Ville, QQ
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AL:
Youks(no errors, but 2nd to last in range factor for qualifying AL 1Bs...so he caught all the balls thrown to him that were able to be caught and he caught everything that was one step to his left or right)
Polanco
O. Cabrera
Beltre
Hunter
Ichiro
Sizemore
IRod
Santana
NL:
Lee(B.S.)
Hudson
Rollins(great defender, but Tulo is better)
Wright (another BS call, he makes some great plays, and I'm a huge fan of his, but he's 9th in fielding % for 3Bs, 7th in range factor, and 8th in Zone Range)
Beltran
Jones
Rowand
Martin
Maddux.
Jimmer69
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My bad, Franceour was also got one cause he tied with Rowand in the voting...they gave out 4 OF gold gloves in the NL
Jimmer69
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Don't they, like, review the stats before they vote? Is it THAT lenient that they just walk in and point to the picture of the most famous guy and say "That guy."?
Cardsox
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I mean seriously, how did Julio Lugo NOT win the Gold Glove?
Cardsox
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'Don't they, like, review the stats before they vote? Is it THAT lenient that they just walk in and point to the picture of the most famous guy and say "That guy."?'
It really does make you wonder, doesn't it?
As far as AL SS Gold Glove, for me, it was between O. Cabrera and John McDonald...Cabrera lead in fielding %, but McDonald was right behind him by .001 AND McDonald would have been 1st in range factor and 1st in zone range in the AL for SS if had qualified. Problem is, McDonald only had 102 games at SS, so he doesn't show up in the stats area, but he was very good. If Hunter could win it with less than 100 games played in 2005, and Palmeiro could win it with, like 30 games played a few years back, surely McDonald should have been considered...
Jimmer69
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Sadly, name recognition is a factor as is offense when it is purely a defensive award!
[The] Coach
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yeah, and that's a shame...you'd think that an award given by the managers, coaches and players would be a whole lot more fair than awards given by writers...
Jimmer69
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You're correct on what the GGs have become. They are really just thrown around now. They don't have much meaning anymore.
Coletrain
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Unless it is for Grady Sizemore.
Chengy: bye FN
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Here's another example: Jeter won three straight
The Pitt Panther…
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