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Joe Morgan has a pretty good article on Andruw Jones today in which he compares Mr. Jones with other outfielders, both contemporary and archaic. (Although he still insists on using the old Batting Average/RBIs/HRs metric in comparing offensive statistics. But hey. He's old school. Or maybe just old.)

Anyway, I just had to chuckle at a passage in the section where he ranks the all-time best defensive center fielders. His list goes:

1. Willie Mays
2. Ken Griffey Jr.
3. Andruw Jones

Fine. I especially like him remembering the "old" Griffey, rather than the much-maligned current version. Although maybe he's just sticking up for the son of his old pal on the Reds.

So what is his explanation for this particular ordering? This is where Old Joe waxes eloquent:

Much of this is a matter of taste. Griffey is more like Mays, who did things with a flair. Jones gets the job done with consistent excellence – he just goes and makes the catch.

When Mays and Griffey (in his prime) went after the ball, they did so with a certain flair – there was something special about every step as they pursued the baseball, forgetting the wall and everything else but the ball. Jones does the same thing, just without the same Willie Mays-like flair.

So what you're saying is....