Third

Edgy DC
Aug 23 2007 01:22 PM

Keith Hernandez finished third among firstbasemen on the Rawlings All-Time Gold Glove Team.

Third.

Behind Don Mattingly.

Misinformation as marketing --- why I wear Mizuno.

metirish
Aug 23 2007 01:34 PM

Gary Cohen was pissed about this,saying that this was Keith's HOF and that it would have been better in his opinion if those same people who voted for the HOF voted for this and not the fans who he all but called idiots.

Still surprising that Keith finished third.

sharpie
Aug 23 2007 01:37 PM

King Kauffman in Salon had a good story on this:

http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/08/23/thursday/

Nymr83
Aug 23 2007 01:38 PM

Alomar over Morgan please.

Edgy DC
Aug 23 2007 01:42 PM

Can't say I have any clue as to how Wes Parker looked around the bag.

I saw plenty of Don Mattingly, though. He had as much range as Hernandez --- he was better down the line, Hernandez better in the hole. Hernandez's work on the bunts, though, brought a whole new dimension to the position and the game. Even Phil Rizzutto knew it.

I watched a lot of ball then, did very littly homework, and thought that a lot of Mattingly's contemporaries were good --- Mattingly protecting the line, Hrbek making the pick off the turf, Buckner making the cutoff, Driessen the best athlete. If any of them had any pride in his game, he watched Hernandez. He was the whole package and then some.

Edgy DC
Aug 23 2007 01:42 PM

Nymr83 wrote:
Alomar over Morgan please.

That one doesn't particularly bother me.

How about Maddux over Kaat?

Nymr83
Aug 23 2007 01:52 PM

i honestly know nothing about jim kaat's fielding.

Edgy DC
Aug 23 2007 01:56 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2007 02:20 PM

Well, he was to pitching as Hernandez was to first, except perhaas moreso, completely eradicating the bunt from the opposition arsenal.

If I'm going to object to second, it's going to be in favor of Bill Mazeroski, who was as far ahead of the field on the doubleplay* as Hernadez was in charging the bunt.

* According to statistiics and reputable observers

OlerudOwned
Aug 23 2007 02:13 PM

Fitting that the all-Gold Glove team is as much a joke as the award itself.

Frayed Knot
Aug 23 2007 02:33 PM

The problem with this "award" is that it's nothing more than a popularity contest on account of it being a write-in vote yet, because it's sponsored by Rawlings, it'll carry the reputation of being some kind of official proclamation.

metirish
Aug 23 2007 02:37 PM

OlerudOwned wrote:
Fitting that the all-Gold Glove team is as much a joke as the award itself.

Yeah seriously will the likes of Maddux always win even if they don't deserve it,Vizquel the same way,Gary Cohen a few times this season mentioned that Reys will win a Gold Glove someday just not when Vizquel is in the league.