As soon as I rant about this, everyone starts proving me wrong. Its a good thing though.

Why is Angel Berroa playing instead of Ramiro Pena? Jose Molina has looked very shaky on defense today, something he should be good at! Why is Matsui, who is raking, not in the lineup? Angel Berroa is a failure and I don’t think anyone trusts Molina to hit in the clutch. Who did Girardi consult when he made this abomination of a lineup, and does he really expect this pathetic lineup to beat Lester?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/05/04/arod.pitch.tipping/

something to read if we get a rain delay today…

That’s because you never caught me
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LOL Raf!

One exception though, the last few summers i’ve been playing vintage baseball…1800s rules and 1800s ball, unis, etc. The LAST place you want to be is behind the dish catching that hard baseball with your bare hands. Playing that kind of ball makes you seriously consider how crazy the early catchers of the game were…which is extremely insane if you ask me.
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Yikes! I’ll stick to this era’s baseball, thank you very much. I don’t think I’d care to stick my bare hand out there to receive a pitch. You’re LOCO buddy!

There was no place on the diamond that I’d rather have been than behind the dish
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One exception though, the last few summers i’ve been playing vintage baseball…1800s rules and 1800s ball, unis, etc. The LAST place you want to be is behind the dish catching that hard baseball with your bare hands. Playing that kind of ball makes you seriously consider how crazy the early catchers of the game were…which is extremely insane if you ask me.

There was no place on the diamond that I’d rather have been than behind the dish.
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Amen brother.

There was no place on the diamond that I’d rather have been than behind the dish.
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That’s because you never caught me

I tried catching for one inning using the Dale Long method, and that was more than enough for me. Don’t envy you guys one bit.
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Funny, I tried playing at 3B and RF and hated them both. 3B was just scary with the balls flying past me and RF was the most boring place on earth.

There was no place on the diamond that I’d rather have been than behind the dish.

Bill Dickey finished with the most career pride points, again, IIRC.
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I’d love to see that list. Do you happen to know where Yogi ranked? Considering he caught the Larsen game and two no-no’s by Allie Reynolds, plus all those All-Star games, etc. he must be up there too.