"To the fans, perfection is not only boring, it's useless. It defeats the purpose of caring in the first place. The reason that baseball is interesting at all is because it's hard, because it can never be played perfectly. The value of sports is not in watching perfection, but in watching players try to achieve perfection while inevitably failing, just like the rest of us do in real life every day."
"Last night's award won't be Ceddanne's last. Barring something catastrophic, fifteen years from now Ceddanne will have collected so much gold he could be cast as a Bond villain. The Gold Glove winners will be announced, we'll read his name in the press release, and we'll shrug our shoulders and say, "yeah, duh, obviously." Ceddanne winning the Gold Glove will become, dare I say it, boring."
Sports derive their value from the difficulty and imperfection inherent in play; perfection would remove drama and purpose. Fans find perfection boring and useless because it defeats the reason for caring. Baseball is compelling because players attempt perfection and inevitably fail, mirroring human experience. Ceddanne Rafaela performs defensive feats that few can match, producing jaw-dropping plays and consistent elite fielding. He won his first Gold Glove alongside teammate Wilyer Abreu. Unless something catastrophic occurs, Ceddanne's defensive excellence will continue, and his repeated awards will become expected, reducing novelty without lessening the brilliance of individual plays.
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