[Andy]

Here is a true story relating to this type of situation.

A buddy of mine showed up to do a 12U rec league game, started the game and was hit by the first several pitches becuase the catcher did not catch them. He calls time and talks to the coach:

"Coach, let's get another player in there to catch!"

Coach: Both of regular catchers are not here and she is the only one who volunteered to catch today.

Ump: Give me one of your spare gloves.

Coach: What?!?

Ump: If she can't catch the ball, I'm going to. I'm getting killed back here.

He worked the remainder of the game with a mitt on and caught and dropped any ball (almost every pitch) that got by the catcher. The other coach wasn't too happy, but since he won big, he did not complain too much.

True story....