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He's pitching now but has chosen to still wear no. 31. Best of luck Mike.

Our friend Sky Kalkman discusses the three all-time catchers at the Hardball Times. He also posted a picutre of their career paths at Beyond the Boxscore not in the article (I'll post it in another fanshot). Long ago, smart baseball men convinced me I was overrating Pudge but putting him in the class of these guys. It warms my heart that the more I look at advance metrics the more it looks like they were wrong.

MLB Trade Rumors is reporting the Reds will neither confirm nor deny they're negotiating with Mike Piazza.

I was at that game and this fellow could hardly even scale the set of stairs in section 123. What a nutjob who is obviously going to lessen other teams' views about what true Angels fans are all about.