baseballmusings.com - 6/18/2009
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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 1991 season.
He already had an AL MVP award, ...
sportsjudge.blogspot.com - 6/19/2009
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This week I witnessed first hand a record
that may never be broken again. Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez...
is now the All-Time leader in game caught and he did it in front of the fans that have supported him the most in Texas, the Rangers fans. 2227 is a Number that will stick with me just because I was ...
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And Now You Know!: Pudge
mlb.mlb.com - 6/17/2009
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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 ...
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Pudge ties Fisk for most games caught | astros.com: News
thebiglead.com - 6/17/2009
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Texas 6, Houston 1: Pudge Rodriguez, who turns
38 in November, homered for the losers. Surprisingly, Pudge...
was not named in the Mitchell Report. He was, however, on the Rangers in 2002 with Palmeiro and Juan Gone. T hings that make you go hmm m. ...
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Yardwork: Pudge, Kinsler … See Where We’re ...
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Pudge Is Old School
Babes Love Baseball —
... Champ in 2003, a seven-time Silver Slugger, 13-time Gold Glover and was selected as the American League's most valuable player back in 1999. In his first season with the Houston Astros, he received a few standing ovations from the Rangers crowd, mostly because he had his sixth career two-error game and the since 2004, and sixth in his career. Both of those blunders led to Texas runs. Nice work on the milestone, Pudge. [AP] | [Knuckle Curve] | [Baseball Musings] ...
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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 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 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...
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 ...
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 ...
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," ...
Pudge was never the answer
umpbump.com 8/11/2009 — Back in March we lambasted the Washington Post’s Cameron Smith for suggesting that Pudge Rodriguez represented a huge step forward for the Astros. (Frankly, I’m still a little shocked he wrote that post. Maybe he lost a bet?)
Today, I’m here to … [ visit site to read more ] ...
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, ...
Rodriguez to top Fisk for games caught (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/18/2009
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 1991 season. He already had an AL MVP award, 10 Gold Gloves and 10 All-Star appearances when the Rangers let ...
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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 ...
