Pudge Catches Record, Passes Pudge
baseballmusings.com 6/18/2009 — Ivan Rodriguez set the record tonight for most games caught , passing the first Pudge, Carlton Fisk: Ivan Rodriguez was 19 when the Texas Rangers promoted the fresh-faced catcher with a cannon for an arm to the major leagues midway through the ...

Pudge ties Fisk for most games caught | astros.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 6/17/2009 — By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com 06/17/09 12:07 AM ET ARLINGTON -- For at least one day, two guys nicknamed "Pudge" share the distinction of having caught more games than anyone else. Astros catcher Ivan Rodriguez donned a catcher's mask for the 2,226th ...

BLS poll: Is Fisk or Rodriguez the best 'Pudge' in catcher history?
sports.yahoo.com 6/18/2009 — Who's your Pudge? Baseball fans have enjoyed having a Pudge behind home plate in major league games for most of the past 40 years. Classmates gave Carlton Fisk the nickname "Pudge" in grade school, long before Ivan Rodriguez was born, ...

Pudge Is Old School
babeslovebaseball.com 6/18/2009 — Ivan Rodriguez caught his 2,227th major league game Wednesday night, passing legendary backstop and all-around ornery bastard Carlton Fisk, to become to all-time leading catcher in games started behind the plate. And he did so against the team who raised him...

Pudge Rodriguez to make history
bases.newsvine.com 6/16/2009 — Ivan Rodriguez is poised to tie Carlton Fisk's all-time games-caught mark tonight and, knees willing, break it tomorrow. Best of all, it's going to happen in Arlington, where his remarkable career got started.

Pudge ties Fisk's mark for games caught (AP)
sports.yahoo.com 6/17/2009 — Ivan Rodriguez rounded the bases to a standing ovation from the Texas Rangers fans, who got to salute one of their former stars and still celebrate a victory. Rodriguez homered leading off the fifth for the only Houston run in a 6-1 loss to the ...

All good: Pudge sets record; Texas Rangers win in 10
dallasnews.com 6/18/2009 —

Ivan Rodriguez Catches No. 2227
thepaintedbaseball.blogspot.com 6/18/2009 — B ASEBALL IS POETRY . How fitting it was that Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez would set the all-time games record for a catcher by facing the Texas Rangers, the team where it all began for him. Pudge caught his 2227th game, surpassing the other "Pudge", Carlton Fisk to become the most durable catcher ...

Pudge ties MLB catchers mark in Astros' loss
sports.espn.go.com 6/17/2009 — Ian Kinsler homered twice and the Rangers beat the Astros 6-1 on Tuesday night, when Rodriguez matched the major league record for games caught.

Of Pudges and Persistence
sox35th.com 6/18/2009 — It has always bothered me to no end hearing people refer to Ivan Rodriguez as “Pudge,” as though the juicing and backpedaling somehow put him in the company of possibly the surliest, toughest backstop of all-time. It’s as though playing the same position as one of the all-time ...

Right place, time for Pudge's moment — Major League Baseball News
In Tuesday's opener of an Interleague Series against the Texas Rangers, Ivan Rodriguez will catch for the 2,226th time, tying Carlton Fisk's all-time record at the position.

Sunday's Texas Rangers game highlights — dallasnews.com: Baseball: Rangers

Rangers aim for third straight Silver Boot — Major League Baseball News
The Rangers will be going for the Silver Boot when Kevin Millwood takes the mound on Tuesday night and faces the Astros at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Astros go on the offensive, down D-backs — Major League Baseball News
Home runs by Lance Berkman and Hunter Pence sparked Houston to its fifth consecutive series victory on Ivan Rodriguez's milestone day.

Billingsley gets ninth win as Dodgers beats Texas Rangers, 6-3 — dallasnews.com: Baseball: Rangers