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Originally posted by crackpott
I just wanted to pipe in because people keep pointing out A-Rod's gold glove. If you're going to argue that Tejada didn't deserve the MVP because he wasn't statistically the best player, that's fine. But then you can't turn around and argue A-Rod was actually the best defensive shortstop in the AL when Bordick had one of the best seasons at SS in a long time.
A-Rod: .987 4.73 RF
Bordick: .998 5.07 RF
edit: Yes, I'm aware of the number of innings. Which may hurt Bordick's gold glove chances, but you can't legitimately claim A-Rod was the best defensive shortstop last year. Hell, these are the same people who voted a DH in as a gold glove winner a few years back.
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there really wasn't that much to it crackpott- while Bordick had more fielding winshares as well (7.56 to 7.07), that translates to 0.1 games. Rodriguez is far more defendable as a GG winner than Tejeda is as MVP.