jimmykc Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Very unusual for a player to stay with the same team for his whole career. Best wishes to him for the next phase of his life. mwm89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49r Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Pretty enviable career at that. 7 time Gold Glove, 3 time All Star and one world title. Most baseball players would kill for half of that. mwm89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hskr4life Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Will be in the Royals HOF. mwm89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 I'd imagine an Alex Gordon statue will be forthcoming at Kauffman Stadium. He's earned it. mwm89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskerpapa Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Watched him playing since he was a fourth grader. Hard to believe he is retiring... mwm89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 Gordo was one of my primary reasons to go to a KC Royals game, it won't be the same...basically it will feel somewhat like 2020 to me with "no attendance" this season being the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmykc Posted October 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 I haven't taken the time to look this up but would be interested in whether Gordon or Erstad will be perceived to have had the better major league career for a UNL grad.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49r Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 13 hours ago, jimmykc said: I haven't taken the time to look this up but would be interested in whether Gordon or Erstad will be perceived to have had the better major league career for a UNL grad.? That's a good question. I'll go for Ersty in this case (despite the fact that Gordo had the objectively better numbers) simply because Erstad played in much bigger cities for all of his career. Also, Erstad won the Silver Slugger, Gordo didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Ersty won Gold Gloves as both a center fielder and first baseman. Gordo switched from third base to become the Gold standard of left fielders with 7 Gold Gloves. Ersty had the much higher ceiling, especially with what he did in 2000. And Gordo had the better small-market career by playing in K.C. his whole career. Both won the World Series, Darin in 2002 & Alex in 2015. Tough decision as they both excelled at the roles taken on for their respective franchises, in my opinion. Both Ersty & Gordo are highly respected by their ballclubs & fandom. And, closely looking over their career stats on "Baseball Reference," the pair of former Huskers really don't seem all that far off from each other while both played for 14 years at the highest level. They're my top two, as far as favorite Husker baseball players who played in the Majors. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/erstada01.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gordoal01.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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