Ivan Rodriguez News

Nationals' Dunn hits 300th career home run: Washington Nationals slugger Adam Dunn hit his 300th career home run Saturday, ending Braves rookie Tommy Hanson's consecutive scoreless innings streak at 26 with the blast.

Every so often a baseball player does something that gets people talking about the unwritten rules of baseball.

Brandon Backe will try to catch on with another team. He declined an offer by the Astros to pitch in the minor leagues and was placed on waivers .

Summary of First Week 1 Bette Davis 2357 2 David Farragut 2259 3 John Ross 2050 4 Crazy Horse 1977 5 Booker T. Washington 1857 The other 50 players move on to the second day beginning July 8th on the rails between Deadwood City and the Big Muddy.

In the duel between catcher and base runner, success and failure are separated by fractions of a second.

Remove from the list... Carl Pavano AJ Burnette Not too shameful, but questionable... Shawn Chacon Roger Clemens Tony Clark Ivan Rodriguez Angel Berroa + - don't leave the bullpen out...hawkins, gordon and the already release veras, oh yeah marte...should i keep going all setup men whom have failed FARNSWORTH + + - I was refering to Roger Clemens ...

Jim Leyland says the same thing about Ivan Rodriguez now that he said when he managed the future Hall of Famer.

The tribute video playing on the scoreboard at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington was still a few seconds from completion when Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez waved to the crowd, pulled his catcher's mask over his face and got back in his familiar crouch.

Managing interleague : Brian Tallet was not pleased to get the hook after just five innings in Washington, but so goes interleague baseball.

EXTRAORDINARY :: Texas beat Houston 5-4 after taking advantage of two throwing errors by Ivan Rodriguez on the day he set the major league record for games caught AFP AND AP, ARLINGTON, TEXAS Friday, Jun 19, 2009, Page 19 Houston catcher Ivan Rodriguez acknowledges cheers from fans after a video tribute was played during the third inning of the ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Former Tigers catcher Pudge Rodriguez has caught more games than anybody else -- and fittingly, he set the record in Texas where he broke into the major leagues.

Ivan Rodriguez was 19 when the Texas Rangers promoted the fresh-faced catcher with a cannon for an arm to the major leagues midway through the 1991 season.

Ian Kinsler homered twice and the Texas Rangers beat the visiting Houston Astros, 6-1, last night in an inter-league game in which Houston's Ivan Rodriguez matched the major league record for games caught.

A day after the Tampa Bay Rays ended the longest winning streak in the majors, the Colorado Rockies returned the favor.

Ivan Rodriguez rounded the bases to a standing ovation from the Texas Rangers fans, who got to salute one of their former stars and still celebrate a victory.

's career has been marked by quality play resulting in individual recognition and contributing to team success: 1992: Rodriguez's talent is recognized in his first full season as he is named an All-Star and wins a Gold Glove at age 20.

The Rangers will be going for the Silver Boot when Kevin Millwood takes the mound on Tuesday night and faces the Astros at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Predictably, the list of the best catchers in major-league history reads like a New York Yankees roll call.

Ivan Rodriguez had a choice: go to the major leagues immediately or wait a day so he could get married.

Every player, upon reaching the big leagues, strives to be the best. Whether it's hitting home runs or striking out batters, every player wants to be remembered as one of the greatest to ever play the game... by Cody Swartz 8 60 reads Opinion Every player, upon reaching the big leagues, strives to be the best.