If you weren’t busy watching the election results or Game 7 of the World Series, you might have taken a few minutes to check in on the Gold Glove results on ESPN. And while you may have been disappointed to see that Addison Russell and Jake Arrieta missed out on taking home a precious metal mitt, Anthony Rizzo and Jason Heyward were good as gold.
This is Rizzo’s first Gold Glove and I have to think there are several more to come. Maybe I’m operating from some sort of bias or delusion, but I have always felt these awards were governed largely by popularity and history.