Rich,
From what I remember of your posts, they are generally constructive and well written. I having trouble figuring out where your latest posts are coming from.
I can't seriously believe that you just tried to use grade school logic on me. I would expect the whole "catcher who can't catch" line from one of the middle schoolers I teach, not from you.
Quoting posts out of context is as transparent as it is bush league. You don't seriously think you made some sort of real point with that, do you?
Catchers miss balls all the time. I've been hit by some of those misses. As long as the kid moves to the ball, that is all I'm looking for.
When a catcher has been "catching" the ball without a problem for several innings, stopping balls in the dirt, balls way outside and leaping for the ones practically over his head, and then lets one go by without even flinching for it, it is not because he "can't catch". It is because he intentionally didn't try for the ball.
That is basically the situation that most people hear are talking about. It doesn't happen by accident and if anyone believes that, they are naive at best and just plain stupid at worst.
So to all, don't bring your macho bullsh&* attitudes into this or your emotional "you shouldn't be on the field" nonsense. Try and have a discusson like an adult.
Some days I think my Grandfather was right. His favorite phrase was "Most people are just basically stupid." Maybe he was right.
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Originally posted by Rich Ives
The discussion on this thread, the half of it that actually has been germane, has been about catchers that CAN catch but are to lazy to make the effort to perform that catch.
That's a catcher that can't catch.
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