Monday, February 02, 2009

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

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