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Originally Posted by Steve M
I don't know about how hard they throw, but it's hard enough. What I have seen is that often when the pitchers are not yet very good, neither are the catchers. We're far more likely to get hit in a lower level game than a higher level game. I wear all the gear in jr hi games and in every other game. Those that don't are taking a chance that I'm not willing to take.
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Actually the problem you will encounter is that the while the pitcher may be good, sometimes the catcher WON'T be. We get that in a youth league we work that uses ASA rules instead of being LL -the pitchers are WAY ahead of the catchers...and boy, does that hurt!