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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
I do not care if she is only 12 years old. After the second time I got hit becuase she would not attempt to catch any pitch unless it was thrown directly where she was holder her cather's mitt, would be the last time I caught hit by a pitch with were in the cather's box. I would have called timeout and had a quiet private conversation with the catcher's coach and my partner. I would have told the coach that if the catcher did not start doing her job that I would eject him from the game. Sending a player, who has never played the position including in practice, to play the catcher's position just proves what an idiot the coach is.
No good coach would put his player in this position. As you said, we are not backstops.
MTD, Sr.
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And that mindset, my friends, is why I was able to walk away from a pretty good avocation/career in little ball many years ago.
I don't like them using ME for practice, but I ain't jackin someone for inability. Yeah, I might say something to the coach. I have been known to say something like, "Hey, ya gotta move a little bit to catch those." Today, I am still sporting a bruise from a March 31 12U game where I uttered said phrase. It still hurts like hell, and when you take a regular dose of Plavix, aspirin and no telling what all this other crap does, you get pretty big bruises. This one is now bigger around that a 12-inch softball.
But I don't give a damn if I lose my leg over it (well, yeah, I do, but you know what I mean). I'm not ejecting them for being a bad catcher or a new-to-the-position catcher. I also wish they would let them "practice" at practice...or what about all those pitching machines out there. Put a few quarters in and let them catch before they start dealing with live bodies around them.