Santana Wants Blanco as his Personal Catcher
Written by Kerri Senno, Saturday February 27 2010
When famous (and even not so famous) musicians comply to play certain venues, it often comes with a large list of somewhat bizarre demands. Whether they require staying at a certain hotel, a carton of cigarettes or a cold Strawberry Kiwi Snapple, it is always something. It is not so different for baseball players.
The average player requests seats for their family members, while Carlos Beltran requires a special pitching machine, Troy Glaus requires equestrian lessons for his wife, and overseas players necessitate a translator. The caliber of the player is often correlated with the list of demands. With that said, Johan Santana can ask for all of the hot dogs at Citi Field, if he so fancied Nathan’s hot dogs.
Instead, Santana is giving relevance to a somewhat irrelevant Henry Blanco. When the Mets signed a myriad of sub-par catchers this off season, I was confused and annoyed, but now at least one of them makes sense.
Santana pitched to Henry Blanco for one season in 2004, which just happened to be one of his Cy Young seasons. If the New York Mets pitchers are anything, they are mental, so whatever works for Santana works for me. In 2004, Santana was 20-6 with a 2.61 ERA and 265 strikeouts—arguably his best season.
Johan Santana has his best numbers with battery mate Joe Mauer, but to my dismay, I do not think the Mets will be getting him until 2040. Santana’s SO/BB ratio has gone down, while his Homeruns have gone up since coming to the Mets, so if Santana wants a personal catcher, he has my blessing.
Here are Santana’s stats by catcher:
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I don't think so, it was a joke.
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There's a baseball team called the Pirates?
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It's great to have you back Kerri. At least you can take a joke, unlike others who are no longer around......Thank God. Keep up the good work, even though you're in for a long season with the Mutts.
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Who, the Pirates?
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Yes, but only one of them is the reigning TWO-TIME NL Champ.
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The Mets swapped Brian Schneider for Chris Coste. These are earth shattering movies for both NL East squads.
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The Mets swapped Brian Schneider for Chris Coste. These are earth shattering movies for both NL East squads.
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Yeah, maybe by Santana having a personal Catcher this season the Mets will finish within ten games of the Phillies in the NL East. Or maybe not. By the way, Brian Schneider is awesome.