Gold Glovin' Mets (Split from 2007 Awards)

[nymr83]

]I actually don't think this is all that ridiculous. Feliz probably should have won, but he can't hit his way out of a paper bag and Wright's definitely not the first player to get bonus GG points with his bat

no, he's not. but it is ridiculous that a guy's hitting should matter even one iota.

[Valadius]

Larry Jones, Jackass:

]Chipper Jones can't believe Wright won Gold Glove Sunday, Nov 11, 2007 8:00 am EST A report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution earlier this week said that Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones can't figure out how David Wright of the New York Mets won the NL Gold Glove. "When I find out [Wright won] I was speechless, for quite some time," Jones said. "Certainly the guys with the least amount of errors and best fielding percentage quite obviously didn't win it." The report also quoted Jones as saying, "I wouldn't have been disappointed had someone like [Pedro] Feliz or [Aramis] Ramirez won it. I'm a little confused by the final tally, that's a head-scratcher for me." Wright told The New York Post: "I don't take anything he says to heart. Obviously I think I can be better defensively. But I have a Gold Glove, and that's the bottom line, and that's something I'm very proud of, and I feel like I'm getting better and better defensively, and obviously managers and coaches have seen that." Source: New York Post

[Fman99]

Valadius wrote: Larry Jones, Jackass: ]Chipper Jones can't believe Wright won Gold Glove Sunday, Nov 11, 2007 8:00 am EST A report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution earlier this week said that Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones can't figure out how David Wright of the New York Mets won the NL Gold Glove. "When I find out [Wright won] I was speechless, for quite some time," Jones said. "Certainly the guys with the least amount of errors and best fielding percentage quite obviously didn't win it." The report also quoted Jones as saying, "I wouldn't have been disappointed had someone like [Pedro] Feliz or [Aramis] Ramirez won it. I'm a little confused by the final tally, that's a head-scratcher for me." Wright told The New York Post: "I don't take anything he says to heart. Obviously I think I can be better defensively. But I have a Gold Glove, and that's the bottom line, and that's something I'm very proud of, and I feel like I'm getting better and better defensively, and obviously managers and coaches have seen that." Source: New York Post

I don't like to use profanity, or be rude or whatever, but ol' stupid Chipper Jones is a whiny little bitch.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Fman99 - "I don't like to use profanity, or be rude or whatever, but ol' stupid Chipper Jones is a whiny little bitch."

Sure, but this time he actually has a valid point. Wright's defense has improved over the past two seasons, but there are still other third basemen better and more deserving than Wright. Feliz, Zimmerman, and Ramirez come to mind.

[metsmarathon]

he says the same things we're saying...

[soupcan]

He says the same things we were saying and he has a valid point HOWEVER he's a douchebag for saying it because of who he is and because of the attention HIS comments will get.

If nothing else it shows a huge lack of respect for his colleague.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"...I was speechless, for quite some time."

Pretty funny.

[Fman99]

soupcan wrote: He says the same things we were saying and he has a valid point HOWEVER he's a douchebag for saying it because of who he is and because of the attention HIS comments will get. If nothing else it shows a huge lack of respect for his colleague.

That was basically my point, though I didn't articulate it well. It's more fun to just call Larry Jones names because of who he is, I guess.

[metirish]

] "It's not like I was voting for myself," Wright said. "There aren't too many people out there that can say they won a Gold Glove, whether there are questions behind it or not. It's unexpected as any individual award is unexpected, but I'm going to put that right in the middle of my trophy case."

[Guest Edgy DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I imagine that Wright getting this trophy he didn't necessarily deserve could lead to another.

Or there could be a backlash, as a lot of people who never gave two thoughts about Pedro Feliz are now thinking about him. Doug Flynn's award, in fact, may have been a backlash on his slight of a year earlier.