End of the line for Pudge?

Mid 30s? He's Forty and had 27 hits last year. He'll never reach 3000.

I feel fortunate that I watched him in his prime.

He was pretty good.

Saw Pudge many, many times. I can't remember a catcher over the past 20 years with a better arm. He could have been a pitcher. Great bad-ball hitter, too. HOF material.

Pudge needs to sign with texas as either a back up or a DH. Than retire as a Ranger.

In a perfect world Pudge would get a chance to get to 3K, with a team like Detroit giving him a shot to play first( if he could make the team out of spring training ). Alas, this is not a perfect world, for if it was, the Chicago Cubs would be defending Champs ;)

Sorry, Pudge but there aren't any PEDs that will make you any younger.

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Originally posted 09:38 AM ET  01.20 by williewilliejuan

Sorry, Pudge but there aren't any PEDs that will make you any younger.

True, but he got his moneys worth out of that era.

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Originally posted 08:33 AM ET  01.20 by Flea Biscuit

Mid 30s? He's Forty and had 27 hits last year. He'll never reach 3000.

Well, it's not like he was playing every game or anything. If he could get more playing time, he might get there in a couple of years.

Morning TBR - I like the new avatar.

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Originally posted 09:52 AM ET  01.20 by The Moose

Morning TBR - I like the new avatar.

Thank you sir!

Look at how puny he looks now. Pudge? That no longer fits him obviously. Once the steroid scandal hit he disappeared.

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Originally posted 09:19 AM ET  01.20 by RFD

Saw Pudge many, many times. I can't remember a catcher over the past 20 years with a better arm. He could have been a pitcher. Great bad-ball hitter, too. HOF material.

+1

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Originally posted 09:19 AM ET  01.20 by RFD

Saw Pudge many, many times. I can't remember a catcher over the past 20 years with a better arm. He could have been a pitcher. Great bad-ball hitter, too. HOF material.

Yup... And he will be one of those from the juice era that gets in the HOF.

I wouldn't vote for him for HoF, I believe he used.

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Originally posted 10:54 AM ET  01.20 by AllStarz Ruinating the Nation

I wouldn't vote for him for HoF, I believe he used.

+1

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Originally posted 10:32 AM ET  01.20 by Otis B. Driftwood

Yup... And he will be one of those from the juice era that gets in the HOF.

Not so sure about that. McGwire is not in. I think that whole era of players is under a different standard. And the should be.

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Originally posted 10:07 AM ET  01.20 by Yogi-Zen

Look at how puny he looks now. Pudge? That no longer fits him obviously. Once the steroid scandal hit he disappeared.

The last TEN years of his career he hit a total of 64 homeruns. An average of 6.4 a year, and that includes ten years ago when he hit 13 home runs.
I don't think he meets the standard for HOF now any way you look at it. Catchers do have the weakest batting totals as a rule of all entries. Still, I don't think he ever gets in.

if he could find a team who could use him as everyday catcher,, then he may be able to reach the milestone, about the pirates? perhaps the indians??

Being as he can no longer stick himself w/a rig of steriods or hgh / STICK A FORK IN HIM-he's probably done !!!