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What two would be the best all-time battery combination in all of baseball? posted 10/12/2010 10:55:45 PM | 3 kudos what's this?     report abuse tagged: fun, sports, baseball, straddle   StraddleMyNose What two would have been the best all-time battery combination in all of baseball? For those of you aren't familiar with the term battery in baseball, this is the pitcher and catcher. The two that I think would have been a totally awesome battery combination you ask? This would be Nolan Ryan, who played for the California Angels starting out, and then went on to play for the Houston Astros from 1980-1988 (I liked him best with this team), and then went on to finish his career with the Texas Rangers in 1993. Johnny Bench would be the other half of this awesome battery combination. To me, he was the best of the best among catchers. He played for the Cincinnati Reds his entire career from 1967-1983. He retired young at the age of 36. Imagine what it would have been like to have Nolan Ryan playing with the Reds during the Big Red Machine era with Johnny Bench! Your turn! Copy & paste to friend: (Click inside box; Ctrl + C to copy; Ctrl + V to paste)

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StraddleMyNose	Oct 12 @ 11:11PM
	Congrats, Bruce, on your team's victory just now. I honestly didn't think you guys would have made it past the first round of playoffs. I still think the New York Yankees are going to the World Series. Hopefully They'll play the San Francisco Giants. I hare Philly, especially after what they did to my Reds.
xquseme	Oct 12 @ 11:21PM
	Randy Johnson/Johnny Bench would be interesting. Do you think Bench could handle a Gaylord Perry spitball??
StraddleMyNose	Oct 12 @ 11:24PM
	Do you think Bench could handle a Gaylord Perry spitball?? Are you kidding? I'm sure he could!
Wordsofwit	Oct 12 @ 11:25PM
	Thank you. It is hard to believe after so many years of futility. I just saw your blog and didn't read it so I made it harder on myself. I took battery to mean a pitcher and catcher that they played together on the same team. So from that point of view, there were some good batteries but tonight I will be a homer and go with Nolan Ryan and Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez. But within your asking for the best pitcher and catcher, whether they played together or not, I agree with your choices.
StraddleMyNose	Oct 12 @ 11:45PM
	I hare Philly Opps, that should read "I hate Philly". What two would have been the best all-time battery combination Yeah, Bruce, you're right about what battery combination would mean, but that's why I phrased it as I did starting the blog out. If I menat it the way you were first thinking, I would have said were/is and not would have been. I agree with your choices. Thanks!
onehornytoad69	Oct 13 @ 2:14AM
	Johnny Bench....hmmm...didn't he do something ....Wrong?
StraddleMyNose	Oct 13 @ 2:22AM
	Johnny Bench....hmmm...didn't he do something ....Wrong? Nah, you're probably thinking of Pete Rose.
sugarnspice005	Oct 13 @ 6:39PM
	I agree with the Nolan Ryan choice...he was a pitcher to be respected. But...I'm loyal to my Tigers, and my favorite all time catcher with the Tigers has always been Lance Parrish.