Theoldmole

You cannot pitch Jason Bay belt-high.

Castillo sparkling at second after two days off.

I found the answer -- 68.1 percent, by Roy Campanella of my beloved and mourned 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers.

What's the record for caught stealing percentage by a catcher?

Why aren't they called the Louisville Sluggers?

1948, to be specific. Of course, the Dodgers had the premiere farm system, under Branch Rickey -- 26 teams, from 9 in Class D to 2 in AAA, with some great names like the Lancaster Red Roses, Cairo Egyptians and Idaho Falls Russets. And every team in their system had at least one player who made it to the majors, at least briefly. The following are players who either had more than a cup of coffee with the Dodgers, or who never played for the Dodgers but had actual careers with other teams (*). D - Walt (Moose) Moryn - Sheboygan Indians Joe Pignatano - Cairo Egyptians Johnny Rutherford -- Olean Oilers C - Trois-Rivieres Royals - Billy Hunter* Santa Barbara Dodgers - Dick Williams Idaho Falls Russets - Ken Lehman B Newport News Dodgers - Danny Ozark* Nashua Dodgers - Dan Bankhead, Al Campanis, Don Hoak Danville Dodgers - Bob Milliken A Greenville Spinners - Danny O'Connell*, Rocky Bridges, Ray Moore Pueblo Dodgers - Clem Labine, Turk Lown* AA Mobile Bears - Cal Abrams, Wllie Ramsdell, George Shuba, Preston Ward, Rube Melton Fort Worth Cats - Toby Atwell*, Bobby Bragan, Carl Erskine, Dee Fondy, Irv Noren*, Willie Ramsdell, Chris Van Cuyk, Dick Williams AAA Montreal Royals - Jack Banta, Hank Behrman, Chuck Connors, Al Gionfriddo, Sam Jethroe*, Clyde King, Bobby Morgan, Don Newcombe, Bud Podbeilan, Marv Rackley. Art Schallock*, Duke Snider, Dick Whitman Saint Paul Saints - Bob Addis*, Toby Atwell*. Dan Bankhead, Roy Campanella, Phil Haugstad, Spider Jorgensen, Morrie Martin*, Danny Ozark, Bob Ramazotti, Harry Taylor I also looked up Pete Wojey, whose name I sort of remembered -- he pitched i 14 games for the Dodgers in 1954, which is more than a cup of coffee, 2 games for the Tigers in 1956 and 57, but he was a professional baseball player for 20 years -- 1941-1960, bouncing between AA and AAA, finishing up with a three-year stint in San Diego - during which period he was sent back to the lower minors a couple of times. Talk about your Crash Davis life.

Good Ollie in the 2nd.

You don't expect that.

I'm gonna borrow one of Elvis's old shotguns and shoot my TV the next time I hear someone start talking about what a number three hitter has to do.

There's more than one?

It is.

What former Met was in the battle for the bridge at Remagen?

It's Wright. That's even a pretty good caricature.

And Jason gets into the act.

How about Frenchy's glove?

How about Frenchy's arm?

Woo woo!

Gotta love it.

This was a great KTE.

The real arm burner was Billy Martin with Oakland, pretty much wiping Lankford, Norris, McCatty and Keough in one season. The other was the 1947 Boston Red Sox, who pretty much wiped out their pitching staff, particularly Boo Ferriss and Tex Hughson. Still and all, that's two pitching staffs in 40 years.

Mets have way improved themselves at catcher this year.