tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post113788103991276169..comments2024-03-20T04:07:19.586-04:00Comments on The Baseball Card Blog: Catcherjosh Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212453263195870177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1149002639305828042006-05-30T11:23:00.000-04:002006-05-30T11:23:00.000-04:00I was a catcher in little league, admired and coll...I was a catcher in little league, admired and collected some of my favorite's cards: Carlton Fisk, Johnny Bench, Tony Pena, and that catcher from the Mets, when was it 81 or 84? Gary Carter? I dunno, I forget baseball. Too many bats to the side of the helmet.Jromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13434565342538166415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1141078480015720102006-02-27T17:14:00.000-05:002006-02-27T17:14:00.000-05:00I believe the catcher was Greg (one "g") Olson.I believe the catcher was Greg (one "g") Olson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1141002978360262632006-02-26T20:16:00.000-05:002006-02-26T20:16:00.000-05:00BEST CATCHER CARD IMHO???RICK CERONE, 1978 TOPPS.....BEST CATCHER CARD IMHO???<BR/><BR/>RICK CERONE, 1978 TOPPS...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20684429.post-1137895538051615182006-01-21T21:05:00.000-05:002006-01-21T21:05:00.000-05:00Case in point about the power of a good catcher an...Case in point about the power of a good catcher and the fact that certain co-GMs don't seem to understand, even though that's their job, that they can't just go and trade them without dealing with the consequences: the Red Sox made a medium-sized splash in the off-season by acquiring Mark "Sweet" Loretta from the Padres in exchange for backup catcher Doug Mirabelli. Okay, Mirabelli was a part-time catcher and Loretta is the quintessential utilityman who can start at third, short or second. But there was a reason why they were traded straight-up, even though the non-Red Sox fan would probably think the Sawx were getting a steal and a half. It's because Mirabelli caught Tim Wakefield. Varitek can't catch the knuckler and Mirabelli can. It's that simple. So why did they trade Mirabelli and retain Wakefield? Because the new co-GMs for the Sox didn't see Mirabelli as a strong catcher, they saw him as a <I> back-up</I> catcher. Plain and simple, they just don't care. And that sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com