Carlton Ernest "Pudge" Fisk (born December 26, 1947 in Bellows Falls, Vermont) is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for 24 years with both the Boston Red Sox (1969, 1971-1980 ...

Someday, he'll be joined by Mike Piazza and Pudge Rodriguez. Fisk wasn't as good a hitter as Piazza is, and he couldn't do some of the things that Rodriguez can do behind the plate, with the bat ...

"Pudge" amassed 2,356 hits in 2,499 games over 24 seasons -- 2,226 of them as a catcher. (Only Ivan Rodriguez logged more games behind home plate.) Fisk was a fiery competitor. Just ask the ...