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. Keeping with the negative tone, Ian Kinsler hit ...
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
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 ...
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Pudge Catches Record, Passes Pudge
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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...
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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 ...
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playerpress.com 6/18/2009 — Despite Changing Teams Four Times, He's Really Still Here With Us....
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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 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 ...
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