Comments on: Mariners let catcher lead off for first time in 34 years http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 26 May 2013 01:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: foreverchipper10 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298642 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:07:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298642 Where has Dustin Ackley been all season? Seriously. I bet M’s fans have filed a missing persons report.

]]> By: tmohr http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298339 Thu, 10 May 2012 14:25:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298339 Craig Biggio hit leadoff during his catching days, but that was circa 1992.

]]> By: steve7921 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298296 Thu, 10 May 2012 13:49:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298296 “Jaso has a fair amount of experience leading off, having hit there in 51 games with the Rays.”

Most of those games were as catcher.

]]> By: acheron2112 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298235 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:38:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298235 Went to a Red Sox/Orioles game in… 2004 I think, where Varitek led off. This was the last game of the season with the playoffs already set, so the lineup was a bit random. That game also featured Doug Mirabelli pinch running, and Dave McCarty pitching, so.

]]> By: darthicarus http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298220 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:59:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298220 When was the last time a catcher hit lead-off for any team? I’m sure there’s another since Jason Kendall, but he’s the last I can think of quickly without doing any research.

]]> By: racksie http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298202 Thu, 10 May 2012 10:49:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298202 And then tragically od’d on heroin in 1995. Wasted two careers.

]]> By: nworca http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298198 Thu, 10 May 2012 08:21:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298198 Yeah, but it’s kind of weird to think of a baseball player, even a catcher, winding down his career when he is 19. But I guess he had to take care of his little brother.

]]> By: thepenaltyflag http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298197 Thu, 10 May 2012 08:05:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298197 Wonder if it worked out that well in 78?

]]> By: nworca http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298187 Thu, 10 May 2012 07:15:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298187 Jaso is becoming a bit of a local hero, having driven in the winning run in two of the last three games.

]]> By: mmason0071 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298179 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:43:23 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298179 Don’t snigger at our leadoff catcher. For once the M’s did something right. Jaso just drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.

]]> By: philliesblow http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/mariners-let-catcher-lead-off-for-first-time-in-34-years/comment-page-1/#comment-298159 Thu, 10 May 2012 02:08:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=145886#comment-298159 As he was winding down his playing career, Bob Stinson became a founding member of pioneering alternative rock band The Replacements.

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