Gold Gloves and Rookie of the Year are meaning less awards

Towards the end of the season i got in a heated arguement with some other Cubs fans that said Alex Gonzalez will win the Gold Glove. I told them .220 hitters dont win Gold Gloves. Of course they said batting doesnt matter in Gold Gloves, but try telling that to the people who hand out these kind of awards.

I told them Edgar Renteria was a lock for the NL SS Gold GLove. .330 BA, 100 RBI. Who cares if his fielding % was .975 and Alex Gonzalez was .984. If you want to win a Gold Glove you better swing a big stick or forget about it. Doesnt sound fair does it? Oh well.

But the biggest travesty was the NL rookie of the year winner. Dontrelle Willis? Gimme a break. Its official Willis is the most overhyped player in baseball. Another award where they dont look at the stats and just award it out of pure popularity.

The winner should of been Brandon Webb of Arizona. Besides record Webb destroys Willis in every major pitching category and almost all of the smaller categories as well

Willis 14-6, 3.30 ERA, 142 SO, 58 BB, 1.28 WHIP, .245 OBA, 160 IP, 148 Hits
Webb 10-9, 2.84ERA, 172 SO, 68 BB, 1.15 WHIP, .215 OBA, 180 IP, 140 Hits

Its a pure and simple blow out. Webb was also rated one of the top 5 starters in the NL for most of the year. Willis never even cracked the top 15. Does this award mean anything anymore? Nope.