Derek Jeter wins a gold glove

[cjclong]

Re: Derek Jeter wins a gold glove

There are a lot of factors that go into fielding. Range is one, but positioning is another. I haven't heard that mentioned. A veteran player who know how to play the hitters may, by how he positions himself, get to balls a player with better range can't reach. There is the old saying that there are, "Lies, damn lies, and statistics." I'm sure some of these fielding stats have there place but only so far. They would not have reflected the play Jeter made to throw out the runner at home on as errant relay throw from the outfield in the 2001 playoffs vs the A's that probably saved the game for NY. That play was just one statistic, but it was a game winner. I'm not going to argue at his age Jeter has the most fielding range or that he is now the best shortstop, but he has been a damn good one over the years. You don't keep going to the playoffs and WS over the years with a shortstop who isn't very good.

[Fnazxc0114]

Re: Derek Jeter wins a gold glove

if you add 170 million around a crappy shortstop you still should have a chance to go to playoffs and ws So i guess he got the gold glove for a play he made almost a decade ago. You talk about positioning, if his positioning was so good wouldnt he of been in place to get to the balls that he never had a chance at due to his poor range factor?

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Derek Jeter wins a gold glove

Jeter is a joke as a gold glove winner. One of the local papers here in New York who normally sings his praises even had an article about how undeserving he was and the voting system needs to be fixed. Longoria over Beltre was a joke as well. Also Hamilton should have won in the outfield. The Mariners were lousy all year they don't rate two awards for anything. None of these choices are as bad as the year Palermiro won despite seldom actually playing first base, he had DHed the vast majority of the year that year.

[cjclong]

Re: Derek Jeter wins a gold glove

Fnazxc, if you would read what I said I stated that I did not say Jeter was the best fielding shortstop this year and did not say he should get a gold glove this year for what he did in 2001. I said that plays like he made in 2001 are simply noted as another statistic. That is why I think statistics can be misleading. A single fielding play in its importance can count way beyond the single number it adds to statistics. Derek Jeter has been an excellent shortstop over the years for the Yankees which is one of the reasons they have gone to the playoffs and won so mamy world series over the years. I know danm well the Rangers would have liked to have had him over that period of time.