Circling the Bases: Two Career Year Catchers

As a lifelong Giants fan I'm still stunned by a second championship in three years. I wrote about the victory yesterday in Nirvana... Again. I'm still basking in the glow of that effort, so forgive me if I ramble all over the map in this piece since it's pretty hard to string together a coherent train of thought with visions of sugar plumbs dancing in my head.

PHILLIES MAKING DECISIONS

The Phillies exercised the $5 million option on Carlos Ruiz, a no-brainer move after his massive 2012 effort of .325/.394/.540. Do you know how many players, with at least 400 plate appearances, went .325/.390/.540? Mike Trout, Andrew McCutchen, Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey, Joey Votto and Ruiz. Something smell off to you too? Let's break things down with Ruiz.

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