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Originally Posted by DG
In general though, age matters. I have not been behind a 12 year old catcher lately, but would rather be behind a varsity high school catcher than a JV catcher. But having said that, my broken pinky finger about 8 years ago was behind a college catcher on an inside pitch that did not bounce, and he did not get a glove on it at all. So skill matters. I adopted GD shortly afterwards, and while I have been hit, I have not broken any bones. Of course I got hit before, GD just locks me in better for calling pitches, IMHO.
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Experience comes with age. Certainly ability counts, but more older F2's have the ability, if they're missing frequently, they're being lazy.
Sure there are younger kids w/ ability, but I'd take my chances w/ a newer, older F2 any day, than a youth F2 who's just learning the position...and there are a lot more younger, inexperienced F2's than older, inexperienced ones.