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33-501: In 2006, John Dewan issued The Fielding Bible , a 241 page book, based on analysis of every ball put into play in during the 2005 season, resulting in rankings at each defensive position for all regular players in Major League Baseball (MLB). Dewan, with co-authors, has issued several additional volumes of the book, most recently The Fielding Bible, Volume V in 2020. Dewan and other panelists have annually gone through

66-519: A defenders' range. The traditional standard of a high fielding percentage could be impacted by a player who does not make many errors but also does not get to many balls. Members of the award's voting panel have included Dewan, sabermetric pioneer Bill James , and writers Peter Gammons , NBC Sports' Joe Posnanski , SB Nation editor Rob Neyer , and ESPN analyst Doug Glanville . The 2024 panel's 15 members included Tyler Kepner of The Athletic , Eduardo Pérez of ESPN, and Bobby Scales of

99-590: A half because of ill health. At the time there were three daily competitors – the Evening Mail ; The Kansas City Times ; and the Kansas City Journal . Competitor Times editor Eugene Field wrote this about the new newspaper: Nelson's business strategy called for cheap advance subscriptions and an intention to be "absolutely independent in politics, aiming to deal by all men and all parties with impartiality and fearlessness.". He purchased

132-573: A player as few as six times all season. Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times said the votes for the Gold Gloves rely largely on a player's past reputation. Jeff Wilson of The Southern Illinoisan believes that Gold Glove results are unduly influenced by a player's offensive prowess. Derek Jeter , winner of multiple Gold Gloves, believes that many defensive factors cannot be quantified. Rustin Dodd of The Kansas City Star noted that people "point out

165-520: A ranking process for each defensive position, with the players judged to be the best at each position being named the Fielding Bible Award winners for the MLB season in question. Dewan felt that statistics in addition to visual observation and subjective judgment are integral in determining the best defensive players. The Fielding Bible Award attempts to address the deficiencies Dewan saw with

198-628: A six-part series in which the paper promised to deeply examine past coverage by the paper and its former sister paper the Kansas City Times , in coverage he described as routinely sickening the reporters who worked on the story. The newspaper has won eight Pulitzer Prizes : The newspaper has been a finalist for Pulitzers on three occasions: In 2018, the paper received two awards at the Scripps Howard Foundation 's National Journalism Awards . The paper itself won in

231-485: Is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes . The Star is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as the newspaper where a young Ernest Hemingway honed his writing style. The paper is the major newspaper of the Kansas City metropolitan area and has widespread circulation in western Missouri and eastern Kansas . The paper, originally called The Kansas City Evening Star ,

264-625: The Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in a four-game sweep in the World Series , winning their first championship since 1917. As of the 2024 season, this is the last season in which no no-hit games were pitched; 2005 was also only the 6th year since 1949 in which no such games were thrown. This was the first season since 1993 that all teams played at least 162 games with no cancellations. Note: Two teams in

297-736: The Detroit Tigers Radio Network . There have been some major differences between the player selections made for the Fielding Bible Awards and the Gold Glove Awards. The Boston Globe writer Peter Abraham said the Fielding Bible Awards "are far more accurate (and accountable)" than the Gold Glove awards since statistics are used along with the opinions of the expert panel. The Gold Gloves are selected by managers and coaches that may have seen

330-598: The Gold Glove Award , previously the only organized subjective judgment of fielding. The voting for the Fielding Bible Awards are for the entire MLB, and not separated between the National League and the American League ; playing defense was not perceived to be any different between the two leagues. The voters select the best defensive player at each position with the best player given 10 points,

363-707: The Kansas City Evening Mail (and its Associated Press evening franchise) in 1882. The paper name was changed to The Kansas City Star in 1885. Nelson started the Weekly Kansas City Star in 1890 and the Sunday Kansas City Star in 1894. In 1901 Nelson also bought the morning paper The Kansas City Times (and its morning Associated Press franchise). Nelson announced the arrival of the "24 Hour Star ." In August 1902, future president Harry S. Truman worked in

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396-807: The Star reported, "Printing of The Star will move up Interstate 35 to the Des Moines Register ". On December 21, 2020, the paper issued an apology for a history of racism in its news coverage. A column by Mike Fannin, president and editor, said "For 140 years, it has been one of the most influential forces in shaping Kansas City and the region. And yet for much of its early history—through sins of both commission and omission—it disenfranchised, ignored and scorned generations of Black Kansas Citians. It reinforced Jim Crow laws and redlining. Decade after early decade it robbed an entire community of opportunity, dignity, justice and recognition." His column launched

429-609: The Times and Star ended in 1977 with their purchase by Capital Cities . In 1990, the Star became a morning newspaper taking the place of what was then the larger Kansas City Times which ceased publication. The Walt Disney Company acquired Capital Cities/ABC in January 1996. Disney sold the paper to Knight Ridder in May 1997 as Disney moved to concentrate on broadcast rather than newspaper investments. Under Capital Cities ownership,

462-406: The World Series . Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909 , 1913 , 1921 , 1927 – 1928 , 1932 – 1933 , 1936 , 1939 , 1942 – 1943 , 1949 , 1959 , 1982 , 1985 , 1989 , 2000 and 2005. The Kansas City Star The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri . Published since 1880, the paper

495-453: The Truman administration in its closing days filed antitrust charges against the Star over its ownership of WDAF-TV . The Star launched radio station WDAF on May 16, 1922, and television outlet WDAF-TV on October 19, 1949. The Star lost its case and had to sign a consent decree in 1957 that led to the sale of the broadcast stations. With the influence of the Star in Truman's hometown,

528-534: The company was then distributed among other employees. Virtually all proceeds from the sale and remains of Nelson's $ 6 million personal fortune were donated to create the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on the site of Nelson's home, Oak Hall. Both papers were purchased by the employees in 1926 following the death of Nelson's daughter. The Star enjoyed a pivotal role in American politics beginning in

561-734: The first edition of the Star came out from the new presses with a major redesign in the sections and the logo. The new paper design involved shrinking its broadsheet width from 15 to 12 inches and shrinking the length from 22 3 ⁄ 4 to 21 1 ⁄ 2  inches. Other broadsheet newspapers across the country, including the Wall Street Journal , are moving to the smaller standard size. The McClatchy Company bought Knight Ridder in June 2006. In February 2020, McClatchy filed for bankruptcy and Chatham Asset Management LLC bought it at auction. On November 10, 2020,

594-627: The late 1920s when Iowa-native Herbert Hoover was nominated at the 1928 Republican convention in Kansas City and continuing through 1960 at the conclusion of the presidency of Kansas favorite Dwight D. Eisenhower . Editor Roy A. Roberts (1887–1967) was to make the newspaper a major force in Kansas politics. Roberts joined the paper in 1909 and was picked by Nelson for the Washington bureau in 1915. Roberts became managing editor in 1928. He

627-611: The mailroom for two weeks, making $ 7.00 the first week and $ 5.40 the second. In 1950, then-president Truman half joked in an unmailed letter to Star editor Roy Roberts, "If the Star is at all mentioned in history, it will be because the President of the U.S. worked there for a few weeks in 1901 [ sic ]." The paper was first printed on the second story of a three-story building at 407–409 Delaware. In 1881, it moved 14 W. 5th Street. In 1882, it moved to 115 W. 6th. In 1889, it moved to 804–806 Wyandotte. Sometime between 1896 and 1907, it

660-597: The newspaper and Roberts were the subject of an April 12, 1948, cover issue of Time magazine. In 1954, Topeka correspondent Alvin McCoy won a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles questioning the business dealings of the Republican national chairman. Roberts reported the Pulitzer Prize in a four-paragraph item. Roberts semi-retired in 1963, officially retired in 1965, and died in 1967. Local ownership of

693-494: The newspaper won three Pulitzer Prizes ( 1982 , 1982 , 1992 ). Knight Ridder's legacy is a massive $ 199 million, two-block long, glass-enclosed printing and distribution plant on the northeast side of the Star' s landmark red brick headquarters at 1729 Grand Avenue. The plant began printing in June 2006. It took nearly four years to build and is considered a major part of the effort to revitalize downtown Kansas City. The plant contains four 60-foot-high presses. On June 4, 2006,

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726-635: The paper bought the Flambeau Paper Mill in Park Falls, Wisconsin to provide newsprint. The mill was to be cited for pollution problems and have labor problems, and the Star was to eventually divest itself of the mill in 1971. Roberts was elevated to president of the Star in 1947. The Star was not particularly kind to hometown Democrat Harry Truman , who had been backed by famed big city Democratic Machine boss Tom Pendergast . In 1953,

759-617: The paper's famous and often used style guide : Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative. Nelson's wife died in 1921; his daughter Laura Kirkwood died in a Baltimore hotel room in 1926 at the age of 43. Laura's husband Irwin Kirkwood, who was editor of the paper, led the employee purchase. Kirkwood in turn died of a heart attack in 1927 in Saratoga Springs , New York , where he had gone to sell thoroughbred horses. Stock in

792-547: The primitive nature of defensive stats — even if that's more perception now than reality." In 2013, Gold Glove organizers partnered with the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) to add a sabermetric component to its vote. Afterwards, Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated wrote that the Gold Gloves "appear to have significantly closed the gap on their more statistically-driven counterparts." 2005 Major League Baseball season The 2005 Major League Baseball season

825-488: The public. In 2014, an award was added to honor a player who plays multiple positions (often referred to as a utility player ), with a minimum of 600 innings played at any position but no more than 70 percent of those innings at a specific position. Beginning with the 2023 awards, the announced list of winners now also includes one player named as an overall Defensive Player of the Year. Voters use sabermetrics to account for

858-560: The same division could not meet in the division series. ±hosted the MLB All Star Game This was the fifth season that national TV coverage was split between ESPN and Fox Sports . ESPN and ESPN2 aired selected weeknight and Sunday night games , and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televised Saturday baseball , the All-Star Game , selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and

891-410: The second best nine points and so forth. From the award's inception, the specific outfield positions have been picked individually instead of choosing three generic outfielders, a practice employed by the Gold Glove Awards from 1961 to 2010. Each voter selects 10 players for each position. The candidates for each position are defined beforehand to eliminate the possibility of a vote going to a player who

924-527: Was founded September 18, 1880, by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel E. Morss . The two moved to Missouri after selling the newspaper that became the Fort Wayne News Sentinel (and earlier owned by Nelson's father) in Nelson's Indiana hometown, where Nelson was campaign manager in the unsuccessful presidential run of Samuel Tilden . Morss quit the newspaper business within a year and

957-453: Was instrumental in pushing Kansas Governor Alf Landon for the Republican nomination in 1936; Landon was defeated in the general election by Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1942, the Journal , the last daily competitor, ceased publication. The Journal had offered unwavering support of Tom Pendergast 's political machine; once Pendergast had fallen from power, the paper suffered. In 1945,

990-554: Was located at 1025–1031 Grand. In 1911, it moved into its Jarvis Hunt -designed building at 18th and Grand. Nelson died in 1915. Nelson provided in his will that his newspaper was to support his wife and daughter and then be sold. Ernest Hemingway was a reporter for the Star from October 1917 to April 1918. Hemingway credited Star editor C.G. "Pete" Wellington with changing a wordy high-schooler's writing style into clear, provocative English. Throughout his lifetime, Hemingway referred to this admonition from The Star Copy Style ,

1023-409: Was not really playing the position. ( Rafael Palmeiro won a 1999 AL Gold Glove as a first baseman despite being primarily a designated hitter and appearing in only 28 games at first base that season.) The voting for awards is summarized and published for each position, identifying who each panelist voted for. This aims to instill accountability among the voters and provide insight into the process to

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1056-616: Was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the BALCO scandal, which enforced harsher penalties than ever before for steroid use in Major League Baseball. Several players, including veteran Rafael Palmeiro , were suspended under the new policy. Besides steroids it was also notable that every team in the NL East finished the season with at least 81 wins (at least half of the 162 games played). Additionally it

1089-626: Was the first season featuring a baseball team in Washington, D.C. since the second iteration of the Washington Senators last played there in 1971; the Washington Nationals had moved from Montreal, the first relocation of a team in 33 years and currently the most recent time this has occurred in the majors . The Anaheim Angels changed their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim . The season ended when

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