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Mr. Asterik (aka Barry Bonds) breaks the record
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 08, 2007, 10:48:21 am ---
I liked catching but never caught on a team where the coach wasn't calling most of the pitches. That takes most of the fun out of catching. By the time I got up to the ages where you're calling your own game I was playing centerfield.
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I was allowed to call pitches my last year of little league. Of course, that was only because we had a kid who actually had three decent pitches and could actually place. I also knew how every kid in the league batted because I was at pretty much every single game in town back then. I didn't think much of it back then, but he was damn good for his age as a pitcher. He was a starter in high school. As a catcher, you tend to take for granted that a pitcher will throw it where you want it.
I had two wild guys in Legion ball that were all over the place. The most embarrassing game ever for me was when one of the guys was obviously out of gas, but we always played a double header so he had to finish the first game. He threw about every other ball into the dirt, and all the other ones over the batters head. I was using someone else's equipment and glove, of which he used a cap and mask (which I HATE) and a glove that was too small. After every wild pitch I had to put that damn cap and mask back on and fight to squeeze my hand into the glove. Talk about feeling all eyes on you. :-[
ChadTower:
As a coach I've never allowed any sort of breaking pitches from anyone not at the high school level. It's not productive or healthy for the kid's arm and too many kids never master location or off speed work when they rely on a curveball to get outs. Plenty of time to learn breaking stuff in high school.
billf:
--- Quote from: shardian on August 08, 2007, 11:42:56 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 08, 2007, 10:48:21 am ---
I liked catching but never caught on a team where the coach wasn't calling most of the pitches. That takes most of the fun out of catching. By the time I got up to the ages where you're calling your own game I was playing centerfield.
--- End quote ---
I was allowed to call pitches my last year of little league. Of course, that was only because we had a kid who actually had three decent pitches and could actually place. I also knew how every kid in the league batted because I was at pretty much every single game in town back then. I didn't think much of it back then, but he was damn good for his age as a pitcher. He was a starter in high school. As a catcher, you tend to take for granted that a pitcher will throw it where you want it.
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On one of my little league teams, we had the fastest pitcher in the league. He threw the ball hard. None of the other kids who played catcher on our team wanted to catch when he pitched. It was told to me, when Travis pitches you're playing catcher. I had a great time catching him. It was fun. Not a lot of hits when he pitched so the fielders probably got a bit bored.
billf:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 08, 2007, 11:48:24 am ---
As a coach I've never allowed any sort of breaking pitches from anyone not at the high school level. It's not productive or healthy for the kid's arm and too many kids never master location or off speed work when they rely on a curveball to get outs. Plenty of time to learn breaking stuff in high school.
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Yep, learn to throw first. Then learn to place it where you want it. Then learn breaking ball stuff.
Jouster:
--- Quote from: CCM on August 08, 2007, 09:36:17 am ---meh, baseball... who cares...
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I second that...driving into work this morning was rough...nothing but baseball talk. I nearly fell asleep three times!
Jouster
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