Longtime backup catcher Mike Redmond retired today. He said “I fulfilled every goal I had as a player.” For his career he ends up with a line of .287/.342/.358. He’ll almost certainly move on to coaching and may very well be a manager one day.
And if it was most every other backup catcher in baseball history, I wouldn’t have bothered to post anything. But Redmond has always stuck out to me. Why? Because he somehow hit .438/.471/.604 against Tom Glavine in his career, and I never understood how a dude like that can own a guy like Glavine so thoroughly.
As it was happening I hated it, because for a while there a series against the Marlins meant seeing Redmond beat up one of my favorite players. But with a little distance, I appreciate it as one of those wonderful things about the game.
