I don't know how I stumbled across a Rob Neyer article today on espn.com. I probably haven't read anything that dipshit has written in years, because he's a stat geek whose articles mainly seem to consist of VORPs, UZRs, and a bunch of numbers so he can prove to us how smart he is. "See?? I threw out acronyms and numbers that you can barely comprehend and/or cause you headaches because of their impossibility to follow! That means I'm smart!"
Anyways, this fucktard decided to blog his comments on the AL Gold Glove winners that were announced today. Namely, he took issue with Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, and Joe Mauer winning Gold Gloves. He even took a slight dig at Torii Hunter and Ichiro winning Gold Gloves as well, which completely flabbergasts me. Sure, Hunter is a fucking moron who can't keep his mouth shut, and maybe he's a LITTLE overrated, but find me two better defensive outfielders at their respective positions than Hunter and Ichiro. Franklin Gutierrez probably should have won for CF's, but it's pretty fucking tough to be pissed at Hunter winning. And Jeter definitely was not the best defensive shortstop in baseball, so I have no problem with his griping there.
My problems are his comments about Teixeira. In his blog, he says Tex was probably a solid defender, but was not the best first baseman in the league. In Neyer's fucked up opinion, he had Kevin Youkilis as the Gold Glove winner for 1B. That's right, he had that fat piece of shit, who only played HALF THE SEASON (81 games) at first base, as a Gold Glover. Tip to Rob: watch the fucking games. Yes, your fucking sabermetric stats have some place in the game, but so does actually watching what fucking happens. Tex played twice as many games at the position as Youk, and solidified an infield that you yourself essentially admitted was inferior to that of Youk's (since Pedroia deserve a GG at 2B and Jeter was so undeserving). But hey, glad to see you're a believer in the Raffy Palmeiro corollary. And thanks for reminding me why I should never read anything you ever write ever again.
