[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Over the years I have been hit twice on my right forearm by pitches to right-handed batters when the catchers have set up way to the outside and the pitch came down the middle of the strike zone and the cather made no move to catch it.

The second time I got hit, I ended going to the emergency room after the game because I thought I had broken a bone in my arm. In both cases, I let the catcher's coach that if the catcher did not start doing his job, that coach would have to find a new catcher. The only good thing that I can say about the experience is that I dropped to the ground in pain before calling the pitch, and both times when the game resumed, I called the pitch that hit me a ball.