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Jesus Montero Appears to Be Catching on with Seattle Mariners

might qualify as kicking someone when he is down, but did Yankee fans notice who was catching for Seattle when six Mariners pitchers combined to no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers?

It was Jesus Montero, the player the Mariners acquired from the New York Yankees for pitching phenom Michael Pineda. It's the same Montero who was penciled in as a designated hitter for the Yankees this season because the brain trust concluded that he couldn't catch and had no other position.

It was one of the reasons why general manager Brian Cashman traded the best young hitter in the organization for a pitcher who was penciled in as No. 2 behind CC Sabathia and seen as the Yankees' future ace.

Then everything unraveled for Pineda and the Yankees during ...

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