Carlin Debuts; Catches Maddux’s 350th Win
Tonight, Luke Carlin became the 63rd former Wizards Player to make his Major League Baseball debut. In three plate appearances, he struck out three times. But he did something that couldn’t be accomplished in four previous tries by his predecessors. He was the catcher for Greg Maddux’s 350th win.
Luke Carlin caught the future Hall of Famers, Maddux and Hoffman. He looked spry behind the plate, but was overwhelmed at the plate, punching out 3 times. All told, the Friars struck out 12 times. [hat tip to Friar Forum]
I gotta think your first big league game is pretty memorable. I guess that would be the only way it could be made even more memorable.




[...] serve as the immediate backup backstop to another former Wizards catcher, Luke Carlin, who also made his debut earlier this [...]
[...] about Big League debuts for former Wizards catchers this year. When Luke Carlin made his, he caught Greg Maddux’s 350th career win. Nick Hundley debut last night and he served as backstop for Cha Seung Baek’s 6 innings of [...]