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 ...

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.

MLB: Pudge Rodriguez on the verge of history
examiner.com 6/14/2009 — He will pass Carlton Fisk as the game's all-time leader in games caught -- on Wednesday in Texas, of all places

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 ...

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 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," ...

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, ...

On the Beat: Weekend Roundup by John Perrotto
baseballprospectus.com 6/21/2009 — Pudge`s milestone, Mauer`s hit parade, a full-up Fenway, plus news and notes from around the leagues.

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 ...

Pudge Rodriguez passes Carlton Fisk for most MLB games caught — ESPN.com - MLB 6/18/2009
Ivan Rodriguez set the major league record for most games caught on Wednesday.

Pudge sets record for games caught — Major League Baseball News 6/18/2009
Ivan Rodriguez, who broke into the Majors as a 19-year-old rookie with the Rangers on June 20, 1991, officially surpassed Carlton Fisk and became the record-holder when Wednesday's game became official in the fifth inning.

Pudge tops Fisk's mark for games caught (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/18/2009
David Murphy hit a game-winning RBI single with one out in the 10th inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 5-4 Wednesday night, taking advantage of two throwing errors by Ivan Rodriguez on the day he set the major league record for ...

Pudge breaks Fisk's mark as Astros fall to Rangers — Boston.com -- Baseball News 6/18/2009
Ivan Rodriguez sounded more relieved than jubilant after he became the all-time leader in games caught.

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 ...