Ellis, Kouz, Barton, Oakland in general snubbed again.

Somehow I envision the Gold Glove voting process to be like being a contestant on the Price is Right. Rather than thinking intently about the right answer, the voters just look behind into the crowd, and hold up fingers that say "Derek Jeter" and "Mark Teixeira," and whatever name is yelled back the most profoundly in the chaos becomes the vote. This doesn't seem academic.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=fld&lg=al&qual=y&type=1&season=2010&month=0

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pretty ironic that the one video they show is of ellis batting in oakland and ichiro making a sliding catch in LF

C'mon Beane! Close off the bottom deck and reopen the top!

by proevn on Nov 9, 2010 3:24 PM PST reply actions

Just read a Rob Neyer article

To sum things up, the big name players – Jeter, Mauer, Cano etc. didn’t deserve the award.
He mentions his vote was for Barton, Ellis and Suzuki.

by HRH on Nov 9, 2010 4:51 PM PST reply actions

That would have been beyond amazing

"You ain't got nothin to say, it was perfect" -Dallas Braden, 05/09/10

by MissOakland on Nov 9, 2010 5:17 PM PST up reply actions

DEREK FUCKING JETER?!?!

Wow.

AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.

by stranahanahan on Nov 9, 2010 4:52 PM PST reply actions

I know, right?

They. Just. Don’t. Get. It.

It’s remarkable.

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by PaulThomas on Nov 9, 2010 5:49 PM PST up reply actions

I mean, voting has been bad in the past, but this is disgusting

UZR from Fangraphs:

Teixeira: -2.9
Cano: -0.6
Jeter: -4.7
Longoria had 6.9, so I guess he’s deserving at least, but the rest of that infield is average at best.

AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.

by stranahanahan on Nov 9, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions

I'm seeing 11.1 for Longoria.

Which still doesn’t stand up to Kouzmanoff’s 16.1.

"I wasn't able to extend so I had a serious lack of extension."--Dallas Braden

by StJosephBurningTheOakTreesToTheGround on Nov 10, 2010 8:20 AM PST up reply actions

Longoria beats out Kouz in other metrics though

including the Fielding Bible and TotalZone.

I don’t have a qualm with Longoria winning it—-totally fair.

Jeter, Cano, and Teixeira winning were ridiculous.

by Blicks on Nov 10, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions

You're right about Longoria.

I was looking at his WAR.
wow.
When you mistake a players’ WAR for his UZR and the UZR still would have been pretty decent, that is a scary good ballplayer at 25…

AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.

by stranahanahan on Nov 10, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions

Are we surprised about this?

The gold glove has been a joke for a while. It has stopped being an award for defense, and more an award for offense and Derek Jeter (who has the distinct honor of being terrible both offensively and defensively this year). I mean, 3/4 of the GG infield is from the Yankees??? Really? And the one Yankee who actually deserved a gold glove (brett gardner) was overlooked. The A’s had the best defensive infield in the majors…by a wide margin, and not even a sniff. But I’m not surprised. The Gold Glove means nothing anymore.

It’s just sad that true defensive prowess is so disrespected in baseball these days.

"If you can accept losing, you can't win." ~Vince Lombardi
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by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 9, 2010 11:40 PM PST reply actions

You're correct: I'm not surprised.

Unfortunately it has been the norm for a long time. I posted this as a fanshot because I know this is not startling enough to warrant a full fanpost, and it’s probably worth only a post in the DLD if there was one. It’s expected, but depressing every time.

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by Rebuilding Season on Nov 9, 2010 11:46 PM PST up reply actions