Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira have both been awarded Gold Gloves for their stellar defense during the 2009 campaign, one which ended with a World Series championship, and more importantly, a photo-op with Mayor Bloomberg (which is, of course, the most often cited reason players give for wanting to become Yankees).
Upon receiving the award, Jeter immediately had the glove melted down, sold, and donated the money to Charity. Teixeira has not said what he'll do with his, but has refused to play with it on. "It's too heavy, and it doesn't really bend," complained Teixeira. "What the hell's the point of this?"
Robinson Cano, who has often been commended by his manager and teammates for playing spectacular, gold-glove caliber defense, was not awarded a Gold Glove. The fact that Cano has never even tried, is simply miraculously talented, but didn't even start playing baseball until the Yankees called him up in 2005, hurt him in the final voting.
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The problem with a guy like Robbie winning a gold glove is that the AL is stacked with amazing defensive second baseman. That and he's a giant for his position. He'll be overlooked simply on principle.
Hahaha, okay, he'll get one, if only because he's a giant turning two on a regular basis.
No Red Sox shortstops got a Golden Glove. WHAAAAT!?!?!
I think my brother is right about Robbie's size. Though it's not that he's too big, it's just that his size makes what he does look easy, hence the reputation for not working so hard, which is BS, but it is what it is. People think Pedroia works so hard, but it's just that he's 5'8", so everything he does looks harder than it is. The opposite is true of Cano, and it affects people's perceptions in unfortunate ways. And as our good friend Fred Trigger has often mentioned, the fact that Cano is black doesn't help the perception that he's just talented but doesn't work hard.
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