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Punto For Gold Glove


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After a nice civil debate, I agree with everything you said on your last post. Go Twins!

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Can't have a gold glove 3 bagger that's not a run producer at 3rd.


Why not? I am confused as to what the award is for again?

Oh wait here is what the award is for. I guess it doesn't mention anything about RBI production or really anything about hitting ability at all. Go figure.

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In American baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to simply as the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the major league player judged to have the most "superior individual fielding performance" at each position (in each league), as voted by the managers and coaches in each league


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Well if your confused, watch Punto continue to play the way he has and watch someone else win the gold glove.

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And after he continues to slump offensively, watch him from the bench.

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WHat's the lowest batting average to ever win a Gold GLove?

I bet it isn't .225

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While Punto has a great glove, it's hard to say he's Gold Glove caliber when we don't see every 3rd baseman on a regular basis. Plenty of home town bias here.

Great glove or not, he won't last long as an everyday player if his average continues to struggle to stay above the .200 mark.

When Doug Mientkiewicz was here, plenty of people were very against getting rid of him because he had a great glove. How many of these people would trade Morneau right now to get Dougy back? He's still got the great glove!

Aaron

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WHat's the lowest batting average to ever win a Gold GLove?

I bet it isn't .225


for third basemen Robinson 1969 .234

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While Punto has a great glove, it's hard to say he's Gold Glove caliber when we don't see every 3rd baseman on a regular basis. Plenty of home town bias here.

Great glove or not, he won't last long as an everyday player if his average continues to struggle to stay above the .200 mark.

When Doug Mientkiewicz was here, plenty of people were very against getting rid of him because he had a great glove. How many of these people would trade Morneau right now to get Dougy back? He's still got the great glove!

Aaron


Oh, how quickly we forget!! Doug Mientkiewicz led the majors in batting over half of the season the year he won his gold glove. I know my argument has been hitting shouldn't have anything to do with the award- but I am just pointing out how good old Dougie hit that year.

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PS- I am just waiting to hear about the bad throw that busted Justins schnoz. He could have caught the throw, but the baserunner kind of blocked his vision. Eric Chavez threw the ball 2 rows deep into the stands on an errant throw to first today, too. Just wanted to get that out.

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Dougie M. did have one good year at the plate, this is true. My point is simply that no matter how good your glove is, you probably won't last long if you can't hit. Teams continue to take a flyer on Mientkiewicz because of his well deserved reputation in the field. But there's a reason he doesn't stay in one place very long.

Aaron

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A huge reason he doesn't stay in place for too long as well is his salary:

2003 Twins:$1,750,000

2004 Twins/Red Sox:$2,800,000

2005 Mets:$3,750,000

2006 Royals:$1,850,000

Alot of dough for a decent hitter, with a superb glove.

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  • 1 year later...

BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP.

Good time to get this thread going again.

While hitting should never come into play when deciding a gold glove, unfortunately it does. Puntos stock is getting more valuable every game.

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ESPN's John Kruk called Punto a Web Gem God. Sounded like he is a genuine fan of Punto's fielding abilities. It would be interesting to see stats on which players have been featured on Web Gems or Play of the Day the most often. Punto would have to be right up there.

Funny, I haven't seen much of the Punto bashers here lately. They have to be miserable because their beer is cold, the weather is awesome, and Punto is playing well. Nothing to b1tch about.

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I put this back on here and he goes 0-5 last night. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. I am kidding, BTW, he will be fine.

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since you put it back to the top, I still don't like him.

Chicagos 7 hours east. I'm sure with the real estate market, you can find a place. grin

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ouch

Thought he was a Sux fan. My bad. IDK how you can't like a guy that's on Web Gems. EVERYNIGHT

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Sled, I will eventually come around on Young, but his "D" drastically needs to improve. I don't mind Kubel anymore, and a year ago- I didn't think that was possible.

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I don't watch baseball to see web gems.

You must be asleep half the game. Watching Twins games definitely isn't about the HRs.

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