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i have to assume he meant the molina hall of fame, because yadier will be buying tickets to get into cooperstown for the rest of his life
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abravesfan said:
Yadi could go down as the greatest defensive catcher of all times.
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Kinda early bud, but who knows.
As far as defensive catchers go, I want to say my grandfather said Campanella was the best he'd seen. I might be waaaaaay off though...
As far as defensive catchers go, I want to say my grandfather said Campanella was the best he'd seen. I might be waaaaaay off though...
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all I see is good eats. Might have to check this mag out.
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I was thinking the same thingAll In Cards said:
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All In Cards said:
It took me a bit, but I finally noticed GINA CARANO on the cover too!! I am going to buy this when I get off work!!
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abravesfan said:
Yadi > McCann
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George_Calfas said:
That's what I have been saying to Gilmore for like ever now!!!!!!!!
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Sam Banks said:
That's what I have been saying to Gilmore for like ever now!!!!!!!![/quote:12vd30g5]
Please explain how?
McCann leads Yadi in EVERY single offensive category in 1 season less of play.
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thenumberonemetfan said:
Please explain how?
McCann leads Yadi in EVERY single offensive category in 1 season less of play.[/quote:2l555pm4]
You have to lead a pitching staff as a catcher, the Cards would be a sub par team without him behind the plate.
Offense is not everything.
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thenumberonemetfan said:
Please explain how?
McCann leads Yadi in EVERY single offensive category in 1 season less of play.[/quote:1tnoac64]
I said CATCHER!!!!
Why can people not distinguish CATCHING and HITTING when a debate over who is the better CATCHER comes up?
That's what Chris does.
I'm not talking about hitting, and I didn't say HITTING! I said catching, and I meant CATCHING!
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George_Calfas said:
Please explain how?
McCann leads Yadi in EVERY single offensive category in 1 season less of play.[/quote:2y69np4c]
You have to lead a pitching staff as a catcher, the Cards would be a sub par team without him behind the plate.
Offense is not everything.[/quote:2y69np4c]
McCann calls a great game behind the plate not as good as Yadi but that doesn't make up for the fact that he is behind McCann in EVERY single offensive category.Yadi also has an experienced pitching staff while McCann has Jair Jurrjens,Tommy Hanson,Kenshin Kawakami.
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Sam Banks said:
Please explain how?
McCann leads Yadi in EVERY single offensive category in 1 season less of play.[/quote:3usu1rys]
I said CATCHER!!!!
Why can people not distinguish CATCHING and HITTING when a debate over who is the better CATCHER comes up?
That's what Chris does.
I'm not talking about hitting, and I didn't say HITTING! I said catching, and I meant CATCHING![/quote:3usu1rys]
Part of being a catcher is being able to hit a baseball.If thats not the case then lets call Mike Matheny an elite catcher.
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thenumberonemetfan said:
You have to lead a pitching staff as a catcher, the Cards would be a sub par team without him behind the plate.
Offense is not everything.[/quote:rymolpku]
McCann calls a great game behind the plate not as good as Yadi but that doesn't make up for the fact that he is behind McCann in EVERY single offensive category.Yadi also has an experienced pitching staff while McCann has Jair Jurrjens,Tommy Hanson,Kenshin Kawakami.[/quote:rymolpku]
OK, your right...
McCann is behind in 1 big category though
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thenumberonemetfan said:
You have to lead a pitching staff as a catcher, the Cards would be a sub par team without him behind the plate.
Offense is not everything.[/quote:3gg6tfgk]
McCann calls a great game behind the plate not as good as Yadi but that doesn't make up for the fact that he is behind McCann in EVERY single offensive category.Yadi also has an experienced pitching staff while McCann has Jair Jurrjens,Tommy Hanson,Kenshin Kawakami.[/quote:3gg6tfgk]
If he was a good enough catcher then he'd be able to know his pitchers strengths and weaknesses and know what to call and not to call with certain pitchers on the mound and certain batters at the plate. Like Yadi, he knows everything about every pitcher on his staff, and knows their history with every batter on the opposing team. Dude is such a beast behind the plate. And that doesn't surprise me, because his mentor was Mike Matheny. Another GREAT cather, who wasn't a beast of a hitter in his own right.
But the Cardinals have said for years that they really don't care what Matheny or Yadi hits because their primary job is to be well aware of their main duty and handle the pitching staff as well as possible. And that's what both of the have done (or did, in Mike's case). And they have done it well. And every Cardinal fan really doesn't get on Yadi for not being a great hitter, because everyone realizes and accepts this. Yadi makes up for his lack of hitting sometimes TEN FOLD with his work behind the plate.
And for someone who apparently sucks at hitting, he sure does have one the biggest hits in Cardinals history in that 06 NLCS. Yadi's hitting is coming around, and the only people who bash him for his hitting are people who are just stat geeks, or McCann fans who want to justify that McCann is better than Yadi.
Yadi's really gotten much better at the plate and will only continue to get better.
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thenumberonemetfan said:
I said CATCHER!!!!
Why can people not distinguish CATCHING and HITTING when a debate over who is the better CATCHER comes up?
That's what Chris does.
I'm not talking about hitting, and I didn't say HITTING! I said catching, and I meant CATCHING![/quote:1zhc5qio]
Part of being a catcher is being able to hit a baseball.If thats not the case then lets call Mike Matheny an elite catcher.[/quote:1zhc5qio]
Matheny WAS an ELITE catcher. And anyone who says otherwise is an idiot. Not calling you an idiot, just saying.
Hence the All Star and World Series apprearances, and his mantle full of Gold Gloves. And his high reguard all around MLB.
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George_Calfas said:
Great find! That's fantastic.
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All I know is that if I were picking one catcher that's in the game today to be my general behind the plate, Yadi is my pick all the way.
McCann isn't even close in my mind.
McCann isn't even close in my mind.
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