It's widely accepted that the one part of baseball not adequately covered by statistics is fielding. There are a ton of metrics out there but none has established itself as the gold standard for evaluating a player's skill. One thing they all agree on, though, is that Manny Ramirez is heading to the Hall of Fame because of his bat and not because of his glove.
Well, almost all of them agree on it. The Manny Ramirez Model of Fielding Excellence has a different finding. Ramirez thinks he's the best left fielder in Red Sox history and long overdue for a Gold Glove.
"Why not?" he said. "If Kevin Youkilis can win one, why can't I? I only made two errors last year. Put a good word in for me."If the Gold Glove was an award for sheer entertainment value, Manny would have a dozen of them by now. Alas, the awards are supposed to be for fielding excellence. I know, I know, Rafael Palmeiro and Derek Jeter have won them but two wrongs do not make a winning argument for Manny.
They should come up with some kind of award for that throw he cut off in the outfield, though. After 100 years it's tough to do something in baseball that no one has ever seen, or even conceived, before.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. manny is alright with me, met him in boston, what a great guy, you would never know it, people are talking about the rays taking the east, yea right, just like obama, people will learn!
Posted at 6:35PM on May 12th 2008 by beret7
2. Manny has made the difference in the game time and time and time again. If he doesn't deserve the Gold Glove by now then someone is awfully blind. I've often thought he was a team within a team. He's legend.
Posted at 10:53PM on May 13th 2008 by racendirt
3. HI MANNY GO TO THE YANKEES GEORGE NEED HIM FOR HOME RUNS ALL THE WAY TO WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR. GEORGE BUY MANNY RAMIREZ PLS PLS GEORGE LET GO YANKEES.
Posted at 11:12PM on May 13th 2008 by james
4. Hey , even Michael Jackson had a gold glove
Posted at 8:38AM on May 14th 2008 by hicadence