Ivan Rodriguez has yet to catch on with New York Yankees

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Published 8/21/2008 by Mark Serio (munsoned1@yahoo.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... the infamous Farnsworth the headline writers pretended Pudge was arriving with a time machine. Reality has a way of rearing it's ugly head: "While Rodriguez has won a record 13 Gold Gloves as a catcher, he seems to have had trouble getting in synch with the Yankees' pitchers.Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte have continued to pitch to Molina (Pettitte worked with Rodriguez once before that was abandoned), and with Rodriguez catching, Yankees pitchers have a 6.21 ERA.The Yankees have gone 3-7 in ...

Desperate Yanks showing ... desperation
Published 8/21/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . Pardon us for chuckling. Hard to disagree with the notion that Pudge hasn't been a boon to the Yankee lineup just yet. At this point, we would not expect the team to re-sign him at the end of the season; we would think Posada will have to catch at least half of next year's games, which is a little scary. We're more than happy ...