Article: Colon Chooses Jose Molina As Catcher

The Associated Press
AP Online
10-07-2004
Dateline: ANAHEIM, Calif.
Bartolo Colon turned around his first season with the Anaheim Angels when Jose Molina was behind the plate.

So when it came to choosing between Jose and Benige Molina to be his catcher in Game 2 of the division Series against the Boston Red Sox, it was a no-brainer: Jose got the nod.

"Bartolo really doesn't have a preference. It's just a comfort level that's extraordinary, with what Jose has done with Bartolo," manager Mike Scioscia said. "Those guys have done very well down the stretch in a lot of key games and we are going to stay with it."

The younger Molina has been catching Colon through most of the second half of the ...

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