They met for the first time last November, and now 3,229 miles away, Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench can’t keep his eyes off him. Bench, considered the greatest all-around catcher in baseball history with his 14 All-Star appearances, 10 Gold Gloves, two MVPs and two World Series championships, is mesmerized days by a young man in Seattle who could become the next, well, Johnny Bench.