Johnny Bench The Greatest
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people talk about pudge throwing out a higher % of runners.....thats true....he did......but the slide step had not been put into practice during johnny bench's era.....most of the successful bases stolen "against" bench were actually stolen off of the pitchers.....its a lot easier to throw runners out now than it was then.....also, theres more to being a great catcher than how many guys you throw out.....johhny went A WHOLE YEAR without a passed ball...both were great but ill take bench
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heeeeeeeeerrs Johnny Gives me chills!!! 47yo fan from indianapolis
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He revolutionize the catcher position. All todays catchers are molded from style.
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Johnny..........the best.
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yeah hes from my town
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Bench was the best catcher, a childhood hero of mine. He could really throw and hit HRs too...
The big red machine, pretty good lineup there, Rose, Griffey, Morgan, Bench, Perez, Foster...not bad...
They had Lee May too before Morgan came, good deal getting Morgan geronimo and Billingham for May
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Bench, the greatest catcher, ever, period, end of discussion!
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I'd like to see a comprehensive video of Bench throwing runners out at second (and first and thrird too, of course). Ideally it would have info on the the teams, dates of the games and the situation at the time of the throw. Does such a video exist?
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Isn't it funny that the greatest catchers last name was bench when it looks like a catcher is sitting on a bench. It was meant to be!
Bench was the greatest!!!
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The "Big Red Machine" proved that you can't dominate a league, no matter how good an offense or defense you have (and the Reds had the best starting lineup in history), without good pitching. It's too bad. I hated the Steve Garvey/Ron Cey Dodgers.
Johhny Bench the Greatest All Around Catcher in MLB History.
FrsBigeasy 2 years ago 21
I am of the opinion that the 1975-76 Big Red Machine, were the greatest team in baseball history!!
AND I AM A YANKEE FAN!!
jkoff76 2 years ago 18