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Spurminator
11-03-2006, 05:06 PM
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3-Time Winner.
T Park
11-04-2006, 12:29 PM
I always thought Jeter was a damn good defensive shortstop.
DarkReign
11-04-2006, 12:34 PM
I always thought Jeter was a damn good defensive shortstop.

You and everyone else.

I thought he would be dripping with those. He only has 3?

I find that more surprising.
leemajors
11-04-2006, 06:06 PM
adam everett got robbed.
King
11-04-2006, 08:37 PM
It was more of a joke when Palmerio won it after playing only like 30 games at first base.
timvp
11-04-2006, 11:01 PM
Jeter is a horribly overrated defensive shortstop. He has average to below average range and an average arm. He's clutch and a great leader but there's no way in hell he should be winning gold gloves.
BeerIsGood!
11-04-2006, 11:23 PM
The Lady Bing award is the most meaningless in sports. It's hockey's way of basically calling the winner a giant pussy.

After that would be the Heisman. That award is constantly given to the wrong person - the downtown athletic club is a joke and should never be taken seriously.
MajorMike
11-06-2006, 11:19 AM
The Lady Bing award is the most meaningless in sports. It's hockey's way of basically calling the winner a giant pussy.

After that would be the Heisman. That award is constantly given to the wrong person - the downtown athletic club is a joke and should never be taken seriously.

The Heisman has been a crap award for almost 20 years. Barry Sanders was the last player to win it who was the BEST player in all of football, not just the best player on a team that has a shot to win it all. The year Barry won it, we were 10-2 with no championship hopes. We were only on TV twice that year, and lost both times (Neb/uo). He wasn't even on the pre-season watch list that went out. He got noticed because he was that good. Try finding a player from a 2-loss team that no one heard about before the season even getting a trip to NYC today.
Spurminator
11-06-2006, 11:38 AM
If Jeter was a Brewer he would never sniff any kind of defensive award.
MajorMike
11-06-2006, 11:43 AM
Word. ALTHO... veteran 2B Gruz won his 1st ever while playing for the Royals. I thought that was nice.
Spurminator
11-06-2006, 11:43 AM
It was more of a joke when Palmerio won it after playing only like 30 games at first base.

True. That would be Exhibit B.
v2freak
11-07-2006, 09:02 PM
I'd go so far as to venture that most SS are better defensively than Jeter