Whicker: Martin Maldonado is driving force in Angels’ rise

LOS ANGELES — Bengie Molina was like the driver you used when you first broke 80. OK, 90.
He brought his own kind of precious mettle.
He was Mike Scioscia’s world championship catcher, 15 years ago. He was a glowering cement block who rode his pitchers, drove in occasional but crucial ruins, and approached his craft as soberly as a mine worker.
Molina left and nobody was ever good enough again. For Scioscia, his catcher comfort zone is as wide as a MINI Cooper.
Then Martin Maldonado