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Last week during a mid-week DI plate job I had a curve ball that split the plate both ways, up-down and side-side. The catcher jumped, dropped, then raised slightly and got hit in the chest protector on the pitch. The 3rd base coach, yes an assistant who caught in college, said, "Come on Ken, you can't reward him on that." I responded, "Reward!!!! You tell me what part of the strike zone you think that missed? Because I have it splitting both ways. It's not a catching contest!"
Then this weekend, I had a really good kid catching for Dartmouth. He was real chatty, but a good kid. In the 2nd he pulled down a belt high fast ball and I called it a strike. I told him, "Just catch it! That is a good height and I can work there." He didn't pull another pitch all day in any direction.
As was stated in a previous post, they don't throw enough strikes for us to ball the ones that the catcher screws up. If the dugout wants to get on ya, ackownledge, warn, eject.
Have a great season and good luck heading into conference play in both HS and College.
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