I guess when you are as good a signal caller as Carlos Ruiz, and you make life look easy for the pitchers on your staff, you begin to think, “How hard can it be?”
Our beloved Chooch is playing out his remaining big league years in the great Northwest with the Seattle Mariners, and he’s largely been out of sight, save for his trip to Philadelphia earlier this year. But other than that, Ruiz’ stature as the back-up catcher for a team on the other side of the country hasn’t really thrust him onto our front pages.