rico Posted June 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 minute ago, IUFLA said: Ramierez was pretty good, and Cey could at least drive in some runs...but he had the range of my dishwasher... But other than that, yeah, pretty sorry... Steve Ontiveros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 minute ago, rico said: Steve Ontiveros? Reitz, Martin...not to mention we even forced Sandberg over there. I'm sure there's an article out there somewhere but rough guess is we've probably had 25 players at that position since late 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Seems to me growing up in the 70's that every team had at least one "jackrabbit." Stealing bases was a norm for most teams. Backstops were a requirement...and it seems to me that most squads had a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 11 hours ago, rico said: Steve Ontiveros? Hadn't heard that name in a while... Steve Buschele, Luis Salazar, Gary Gaetti, Willie Greene... Yeah, not the Cubs best position... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 You know with the possibility of the automated strike zone, I wonder how much of a premium we will still have on defensive first catchers? Pitch framing would be irrelevant. As we all know, sometimes kids are drafted as catchers and they get moved off the position because an organization gets concerned about defensive warts. But with stolen bases down as it is, as @Rico pointed out, if you take pitch framing out of it, maybe we will see more hit-first catchers. Teams may no longer tolerate the .230 hitting catcher if he doesn’t have defense to hang his hat on. PS My favorite era for baseball would be like 1975-1992 or so. How about the catchers of the 1970s? Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Ted Simmons. Studs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 5:28 PM, 5fouls said: If you can hit and play catcher, you can hit and play first base. Not sure why someone would choose to catch unless they needed to in order to get to the big leagues. Joe Mauer comes to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 I can still see it in my mind to this day. Pete Rose running over Roy Fosse in an All-Star game. Fosse was never the same guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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