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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iceteebone" data-source="post: 3489691" data-attributes="member: 549344"><p>This whole gold glove thing is a joke.  Pudge should've never won.  He won it on reputation or the catcher position is extremely weak in the AL.  At least half of Verlander's wild pitches could be blamed on Pudge.  Also the Tigers have one of the better staffs at holding on runners.  Only Jeremy Bonderman is below average at holding runners on.  Pudge isn't even top 5 defender on his team.  Granderson, Polanco, Inge, Magglio, and Guillen (1B) are better then Pudge.  I guess Granderson has to throw himself into walls like Sizemore, or flop around like a fish out of water to get recognition for a gold glove.  Apparently having good instincts, and taking good routes to the ball accounts for nothing.  You have to misread the ball, and then dive around the outfield to compensate for your poor judgement.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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