In other baseball news, Baltimore’s Mike Bordick just set a major league record for consecutive errorless games at shortstop — at 102. Still, in a league beset with glamor shortstops (A-Rod, Jeter, No-Mah, Tejada), what do you think the odds are that an unflashy defensive specialist like Bordick wins the Gold Glove? Slim to none, I’d say. If A-Rod or Jeter had broken this record, it’d be all over the news. Instead, you have to cut to the actual write-up of the game to learn of Bordick’s feat.

Remember, just a few years ago, the Rangers’ Raffy Palmero won the AL Gold Glove at 1st base, despite the fact that he was hurt, and played DH for 90% of the year?

I say nix the vote for Gold Gloves, and award them solely on fielding percentage.

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