BBTF's Newsblog Discussion :: Let’s Hope Fans Give Bengie Molina Ovation He Deserves

Baseball Primer Newsblog
— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Let’s Hope Fans Give Bengie Molina Ovation He Deserves

Has France considered keeping the retirement age the same, but making everyone move at Bengie Molina speed?

?Bengie Molina is a winner. And he’s got the hardware to prove it. Whether the Rangers or Giants capture the World Series, Molina is walking away with a World Series ring. And then he’ll retire.

The District Attorney Posted: October 27, 2010 at 03:01 PM | 17 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Tags: giants, rangers

Reader Comments and Retorts

Go to end of page

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

1. Alex_Lewis Posted: October 27, 2010 at 05:44 PM (#3676939)

He's a whiny #####, but I'll still give him a hand.

2. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 05:52 PM (#3676945)

#### that. Dude is trying to take away a World Series away from you. No quarter! Wait for interleague meaninglessness to be nice to him.

3. Cowboy Popup Posted: October 27, 2010 at 05:55 PM (#3676950)

Whether the Rangers or Giants capture the World Series, Molina is walking away with a World Series ring.

That's gotta be one of the sweetest set ups in sports history. Talk about no pressure.

4. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars Posted: October 27, 2010 at 06:00 PM (#3676959)

If the retirement sticks, Bengie will be the leader among non-All-Star catchers in hits and RBI, and he'll be second (behind Chris Hoiles) in HR. A 103-stolen base season next year would have put him in first in steals too.

5. phredbird

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 06:02 PM (#3676965)

i knew he was fat, but did not realize until i watched the ALCS how incredibly big his stomach is. wow.

6. North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan Posted: October 27, 2010 at 06:12 PM (#3676976)

Uhhh what? You mean with mouths full?

7. Srul Itza Posted: October 27, 2010 at 06:18 PM (#3676984)

From the Article

Glancing at Molina's career statistics, a case could be mounted that he's the best catcher the San Francisco Giants have ever had.

Really? 4 years in SF with a WAR of 1.5, career of 8.6? Even allowing a huge margin of error for WAR catcher defense, you think he's better than Tom Haller (7 years in SF, 18.8 WAR, 29.3 overall)? I think I'd also take Dick Dietz over him (6 years in SF, 11.9 WAR, 13.0 overall) -- or even Bob Brenly or the last gasp of Benito Santiago.

8. TerpNats Posted: October 27, 2010 at 06:29 PM (#3676996)

Hey, he paved the way for Buster Posey.

9. The Curly W Theory Posted: October 27, 2010 at 06:40 PM (#3677005)

Yeah, I wouldn't mount that case. If that case was a horse, its name would be Glue.

10. 3Com Park Posted: October 27, 2010 at 08:58 PM (#3677143)

Bengie was a good Giant. It wasn't his fault that he was asked to be a cleanup hitter.

But the incessant whining about being disrespected ever since the Giants started talking about Posey as the catcher of the future is tiresome. The Giants paid him $20 million for less than four seasons of work. It's a fair price.

Enjoy your ring you fat ####. I'll be there tonight, and I'll give you everything you deserve -- and more.

11. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: October 27, 2010 at 09:07 PM (#3677152)

That's gotta be one of the sweetest set ups in sports history. Talk about no pressure.

Plus, he's in line to get a pretty good chunk of a World Series share. Probably something like .5-.75 of Texas' share and maybe .25-.5 of the Giants' share. That's pretty good.

12. Eric P. Posted: October 27, 2010 at 09:08 PM (#3677153)

Yeah, I'm failing to see why a guy who let his body go to hell the way Molina did deserves any sort of ovation. Pissing away a good bit of your talent by becoming an immobile load isn't something to admire and definitely doesn't suggest he cared deeply about winning, as the article tries to argue.

13. Steve Treder Posted: October 27, 2010 at 09:22 PM (#3677169)

Plus, he's in line to get a pretty good chunk of a World Series share. Probably something like .5-.75 of Texas' share and maybe .25-.5 of the Giants' share. That's pretty good.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that both the Giants and the Rangers had voted both Molina and Chris Ray full shares. That sounds bizarre, but that's how I understood it to be.

14. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: October 27, 2010 at 09:33 PM (#3677179)

Eyeballing Bengie Molina, I'd say two shares is about right.

15. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: October 27, 2010 at 09:45 PM (#3677186)

I seem to recall reading somewhere that both the Giants and the Rangers had voted both Molina and Chris Ray full shares. That sounds bizarre, but that's how I understood it to be.

And thus we have the moment when I find out that Chris Ray (a) is still pitching in the Majors and (b) pitched for Texas and San Francisco this year.

Was Ray on the DL at some point? I know there's rules about guys on the DL ending up with a full share, because they are considered on the roster, which is how Carl Pavano ended up with a full share throughout his entire Yankee career.

16. Steve Treder Posted: October 27, 2010 at 10:25 PM (#3677206)

Was Ray on the DL at some point?

Yeah, he was on the DL for a couple of weeks from late August to early September. Thus he's been eligible to be on the Giants postseason roster, but they haven't activated him for any of the series.

17. Steve Phillips' Hot Cougar (DrStankus) Posted: October 27, 2010 at 10:46 PM (#3677221)

@10 pretty much sums it up.

You must be Registered and Logged In to post comments.

<< Back to main

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Let’s Hope Fans Give Bengie Molina Ovation He Deserves

Reader Comments and Retorts

Support BBTF

Bookmarks

Hot Topics