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Also, Omar's reputation defensively is over-inflated. He was a plus defender for many years that won Gold Gloves on a few spectacular plays.

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Man that is sooooooooooooooo wrong. I'll play the Bill James card here though, defense is probably overrated in that an excellent fielding shortstop vs. a decent fielding shortstop who hits a ton better than the excellent fielding shortstop prefers the latter.


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Your second sentence is certainly correct. Maybe I didn't frame my statement as well as I could have. Omar was a very, very good defender, and worthy of several of the gold gloves he has. He just wasn't always head and shoulders above everyone else like Ozzie was defensively. There were years in his prime where there were other SS who fielded roughly as well as Omar.