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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1766670" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/on-buster-posey-day-at-the-ballpark-molina-collects-another-catching-milestone-with-1-000th/article_63f49153-322d-5f61-b86f-ce171ddb4857.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>SAN FRANCISCO — In his first at-bats of this season, his last season in the majors, Yadier Molina had so few swings against game-ready pitching it took time to get up to speed.</p><p>“Early on it was like I would see a pitch at 91 mph,” he said, “and it seemed like 110.”</p><p>Through a deliberate playing schedule kept by manager Oliver Marmol and Molina, the Cardinals’ veteran catcher has been able to recreate spring training during the regular season. And in the past week, as April became May, he’s felt his March-like timing catch up to summer. Molina hit his first homer of the season Thursday, extended his hitting streak to eight games Saturday, and collected his 1,000th career RBI in the second inning that night. He is the eighth catcher in big league history with more than 2,000 hits and at least 1,000 RBIs.</p><p></p><p>In the seven games before that swing, Molina had gone nine-for-28 (.321) with two strikeouts and raised his season average from .156 to .228.</p><p>“Timing is there, he’s letting it eat a little more, feeling more comfortable,” Marmol said.</p><p>Molina’s milestone RBI came on Buster Posey Day at Oracle Park. The Giants held an hourlong ceremony before first pitch to celebrate Posey’s career and retirement of the fifth player in Giants history to spend his entire lengthy career only with the club. He was the catcher who led the team to three World Series titles, including the first in San Francisco. Will Clark and Barry Bonds were some of the Giants greats in attendance, and Molina’s older brother, Bengie, a teammate with Posey, delivered one of the speeches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1766670, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/on-buster-posey-day-at-the-ballpark-molina-collects-another-catching-milestone-with-1-000th/article_63f49153-322d-5f61-b86f-ce171ddb4857.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] SAN FRANCISCO — In his first at-bats of this season, his last season in the majors, Yadier Molina had so few swings against game-ready pitching it took time to get up to speed. “Early on it was like I would see a pitch at 91 mph,” he said, “and it seemed like 110.” Through a deliberate playing schedule kept by manager Oliver Marmol and Molina, the Cardinals’ veteran catcher has been able to recreate spring training during the regular season. And in the past week, as April became May, he’s felt his March-like timing catch up to summer. Molina hit his first homer of the season Thursday, extended his hitting streak to eight games Saturday, and collected his 1,000th career RBI in the second inning that night. He is the eighth catcher in big league history with more than 2,000 hits and at least 1,000 RBIs. In the seven games before that swing, Molina had gone nine-for-28 (.321) with two strikeouts and raised his season average from .156 to .228. “Timing is there, he’s letting it eat a little more, feeling more comfortable,” Marmol said. Molina’s milestone RBI came on Buster Posey Day at Oracle Park. The Giants held an hourlong ceremony before first pitch to celebrate Posey’s career and retirement of the fifth player in Giants history to spend his entire lengthy career only with the club. He was the catcher who led the team to three World Series titles, including the first in San Francisco. Will Clark and Barry Bonds were some of the Giants greats in attendance, and Molina’s older brother, Bengie, a teammate with Posey, delivered one of the speeches. [/QUOTE]
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