Comments on: Gold Glove Awards Announced

By: Imjengrl

Imjengrl — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:33:20 +0000

I think that the coaches and managers that voted for the gold glove are blind and insane as well. The Gold Glove should go to the most outstanding player at each position. Brandon Phillips deserved the award instead of Hudson. It should not be a popularity contest from one year to the next. I think the voters just took the lazy way out.Apparently, they did not want to be bothered with looking at stats.

By: KC2HMZ

KC2HMZ — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:29:46 +0000

FWIW, I live near Buffalo and saw Phillips play here for four years at Class-AAA, mostly at SS, and I think he’s a better 2B than a SS.

HMZ

By: Richard Burg

Richard Burg — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:10:51 +0000

Phillips should have won it hands down! No doubt about it and I’m in Atlanta. He is a joy to watch. He plays the game with joy and verve. I’m envious of the Reds. If they play it right they will have this SuperStar for years to come.

Think he’s good at second…..you should see him play short!

By: KC2HMZ

KC2HMZ — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:03:12 +0000

Here are the numbers if you extrapolate Hudson’s numbers to 156 games started (Hudson missed a month):

STAT BP OH
Innings 1371 1365
T.Chances 782 756
Put Outs 341 297
Assists 433 446
Errors 8 11
DPlays 113 110

Then again, was there ever really any question about the GG after Rafael Palmeiro won the 1999 AL award at first base, despite playing 135 games as a DH?

Definitely a bunch of hooey.