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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

Best Catcher Of the 00's
fackyouk.blogspot.com 6/3/2009 — A fortunate oversight on the part of Matt Waters and Rob Neyer provides an opportunity for us to give some love to Jorge Posada. Waters' left the catcher off his All-2000 team , Neyer re-posted the list offered his opinions but didn't notice that catchers were omitted. In turn, this allowed ...

Astros C Rodriquez Ties Fisk’s Catching Record
mkrob.com 6/17/2009 — Now that Tuesday’s game has now become an official game, Ivan Rodriguez has tied the Carlton Fisk’s all-time record for games caught with 2,226. On Wednesday he’ll break the record. Here’s how Hunter Pence, an Arlington native who grew up cheering for Rodriguez, ...

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 on Leyland: "He's a great person"
beck.mlblogs.com 6/27/2009 — After Jim Leyland suggested Thursday that he cares for Pudge despite the disagreements that they had, Pudge acknowledged as such  and said it was an emotional conversation they had when he was traded. "I love him, man. He's a great person," ...

The Most Average Player of Any Given Season
wezen-ball.com 7/5/2009 — In one of Kurt Vonnegut's books (I believe it was Player Piano ), a visiting dignitary is taken on a tour of the United States. He wants to meet the most average man in America, so the government runs through their massive databases and finds him, using statistics like age, birthplace, job, ...

On the Beat: Weekend Wrap by John Perrotto
baseballprospectus.com 6/15/2009 — The state of the Tigers, Damon vs. Torre, the White Sox at the crossroads, plus news and notes from around the leagues.

Ivan Pudge Rodriguez Most games Caught — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/18/2009
Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez broke the Record last night for most games caught, passing Carlton Fisk with 2,227 games. Pudge played for the Rangers from 1991-2002. He played for the Marlins in 2003, winning a World Series. From 2004-part of 2008 Rodriguez ...

Rangers-Astros: Rangers Win and Remind Me Why I Love Baseball So Much — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/18/2009
I was forced to go to the game by myself last night because I just couldn't find anyone to go with me and I had to go.  I've decided it is actually good to go to a game by yourself every once in awhile. I was able to really enjoy the game and ...

Rare bird: O's catcher Wieters is at home around the plate — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 6/19/2009
Great ones are hard to find. In the last half of the 20th century, only a handful of catchers rose above the crowd: Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Mike Piazza and Ivan Rodriguez combined the physical tools with the leadership ...

Houston Astros Eek Out Win Against Texas Rangers — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/19/2009
I'm very disappointed in the Houston Astros. Instead of going for perfection against the Texas Rangers, they ruined it. They won a game, for a change. Must be the lucky shooting-star Astros hat I'm wearing. The Astros finish the season 1-5 ...

Rare bird: O's catcher Wieters is at home around the plate — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 6/19/2009
Great ones are hard to find. In the last half of the 20th century, only a handful of catchers rose above the crowd: Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Mike Piazza and Ivan Rodriguez combined the physical tools with the leadership ...