All-Time Gold Glove Team

Yet another "all-time" list, the kind of thing that I devour like Vienna Fingers.

All-Time Rawlings Gold Glove Team.

1. An unabashed Ken Griffey, Jr. fan, I am a little puzzled that Griff barely beat out the third outfield spot over Jim Edmonds. To be sure, Edmonds will long be remembered for a series of incredible plays in center. He has 8 Gold Gloves, and if he had won in '99, he would have had a run of Gold Glove awards from 1997 until 2005.

2. I never got a chance to see Joe Morgan in his prime. Still, his inclusion elicited some strong debate. I loved the line from one commenter that "How Joe Morgan even made the cut from 250 to 50 finalists, unless he was heading the panel, is beyond me." I'd vote for Roberto Alomar over Morgan: a record 10 Gold Gloves, and he played in an era of power hitting, not all of which was hallmarked by balls driven out of the park.

3. Derek Jeter continues to benefit from the New York/national media attention and several admittedly phenomenal, jaw-dropping plays. Here's a smart article and brief analysis of Jeter as an infielder:

Jeter's fielding. And the attention continues even on this blog, as I devoted as much type to Jeter as he warrants in the original article linked at the top.

Overall, there are no glaring, credibility-shattering omissions from this list. Keep in mind, though, the Gold Glove is a post-WWII era annual acknowledgement, so we are missing everyone who played the game from the first half of the modern era and before it, too.