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Old Sat Oct 27, 2012, 08:20am
johnnyg08 johnnyg08 is offline
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Originally Posted by DG View Post
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.
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.
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