Catching is in the Vowels

A little blurb of a story caught the Fan's eye on MLB.com on how the Reds got some catching depth by signing Humberto Cota to a minor league contract. The name is what struck the Fan the most. It seems suddenly fashionable to have catchers with two syllable names that end in a vowel.

There is now Cota, LaRue, Jaso, Soto, Bako, Coste, Blanco and Budde. Is that weird or is the Fan just off his rocker? Just to be stupid, here is a full list of catchers with vowels at the end of their names. It seems that Posada started this craze:

• John Jaso - Bay Rays
• Geovany Soto - Cubs
• Paul Bako - Cubs
• Ramon Castro - Mets
• Jason LaRue - Cards
• Chris Coste - Phillies
• Chris Iannetta - Rockies
• three Molina brothers
• Miguel Montero - Arizona
• Paul Lo Duca - Nationals
• Mike Rebelo - Marlins
• Henry Blanco - Cubs
• Mike Rivera - Brewers
• Raul Casanova - Mets
• Johnny Estrada - Nationals
• A. J. Perzynski - White Sox
• Dioner Navarro - Rays
• Kenji Jojima - Mariners
• Mike Napoli - Angels
• Miguel Olivo - Royals
• Jarrod Saltalamacchia - Rangers
• Jorge Posada - Yankees
• Dane Sardinha - Tigers
• Sal Fasano - Indians
• Adam Melhuse - Rangers
• Ryan Budde - Anges
• Humberto Cota - Reds