On this date in Giants history…
2010: Free agent catcher Bengie Molina (pictured) re-signs for one year with the Giants in what is considered a surprise move, first because top catching prospect Buster Posey seems poised to play regularly for San Francisco, and also because the Mets had been expected to bring in Molina, 35, to be their starting catcher this season.
2011...
ST. LOUIS A member of the Texas Rangers team that lost to the San Francisco Giants in the World Series last year, Bengie Molina is back at the Fall Classic again.
But it's not with the Rangers or Cardinals, two teams he once thought he might play for this season. It's to support baby brother Yadier, the Cardinals All-Star catcher who had three hits in Monday's Game...
ARLINGTON Bengie Molina was at Rangers Ballpark Tuesday to collect his American League Championship ring from 2010 and to throw out the first pitch.
He was also here to deliver a message to the 2011 Rangers.
"That's what I was telling the guys was don't waste the opportunity," the former catcher said. "Don't waste any day. The guys have a very exciting...
BACKUP BACKSTOP
Bengie Molina has been out of baseball all season but he hasn't retired. The Giants may consider signing him to help replace Buster Posey who just got hurt.
OR MAYBE NOT
In a telephone interview, catcher Bengie Molina said he didn't want to say he's retired, but he's retired. Still, it doesn't sound as if he's made up his mind either way.
The St. Louis Cardinals want to acquire catcher Bengie Molina as a backup to his younger brother Yadier, according to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The club has made it clear to Molina that he is their preferred choice should he be willing to accept the reduced playing time and reduced salary that goes with the job.
In a Tweet after the article was published, Strauss...
Could Molina end up back in the NL West?
The Colorado Rockies have expressed interest in former Giant and free agent catcher Bengie Molina, tweets Troy Renck of The Denver Post, who also says the Rockies have interest in Russell Martin.
Molina, a Type A free agent, struggled last season when he hit .249/.297/.326 (.623 OPS) with 5 HR and 36 RBI in 118 games between the Giants...
WIN WIN SITUATION
By playing 61 games for the Giants before being traded midseason to make room for Buster Posey, Bengie Molina assured that he'll be the first of the Molinas to get a second World Series ring even if the Rangers lose.
Bengie Molina/Courtesy: bhurtik.wordpress.com
Sometimes, everything just rolls your way. We don't recall any situations recently like the one facing former San Francisco Giant and current Texas Ranger catcher Bengie Molina.
If you aren't sure what we are talking about, think about the previous sentence. If you still don't know, well, that means Molina played for both...
A.J. Burnett, the Yankees' $16.5 million per annum disappointment and man responsible for steering his team into the most recent of its various and sundry ALCS jams, initiated his delivery, and his Venezuelan-born batterymate, Francisco Cervilli, smoothly transferred his weight towards the plate's outer half while burying his catcher's mitt behind home plate's low...