The time of year when the Hall of Fame vote is announced is
fun for me. Christmas is just ending, the New Year is upon us, most of the
major free agents are generally signed and we as a fan base are starving for
anything baseball related to talk about. As a blogger this is generally the
dead time and you guys know me, I don’t do dead time all that well. The Hall of
Fame vote gives us something to talk about and debate for a while and when this
year’s debate feels like beating a dead horse into the ground we can move onto
next year’s class and start all over again. This year will be no different as
we begin to talk about the Hall of Fame resumes for Vladimir Guerrero and a
couple notable catchers that will undoubtedly go down as two of the best
catchers in Major League Baseball history in Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez and former
Yankees great Jorge Posada.
With Mike Piazza, arguably the best hitting catcher of
all-time, getting into the Hall while Pudge and Jorge hope to follow next
season I thought this would be a great opportunity to look at the Top Ten
catchers in MLB history. This list is my own although I did sample the general
idea from AboutSports.com while adding a few tweaks and changes of mine own. Like the list?
Share it. Don’t like the list or feel like I snubbed some or left some too high
or too low? Leave your thoughts below in the comments section of the site.
1. Yogi Berra
2. Johnny Bench
3. Roy Campanella
4. Mike Piazza
5. Mickey Cochrane
6. Carlton Fisk
7. Pudge Rodriguez
8. Gary Carter
9. Bill Dickey
10. Thurman Munson
I couldn't stop at ten... I'm sorry. I couldn't leave Mr. Torre and Hip Hip off the list.
11. Jorge Posada
12. Joe Torre
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)