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Originally posted by cowbyfan1
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Kind of a crazy thread, but I wouldn't even think of getting rid of a catcher for such.
I've just never seen a F2 who would intentionally miss a pitch just so I might get hit!
Now I've seen plenty who missed the pitch simply because they couldn't catch.
But most of the umpires I've seen get hit a lot of times are those who usually have poor position behind the plate.
Just my 2cents
Thanks
David
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Getting hit is a part of being a blue but having a poor position has nothing to do with getting hit. Good or bad position you'll get hit eventuallly.
I have been hit when the catcher didn't move. I told the coach and cather that if that happened again he would be done for being a saftey issue. Part of being a blue is to take care of safety issues and if dumping a catcher makes that happen so be it.
If I got hit interntionally (though I have never seen it) f1 and f2 would be done.
I will never say anything to the catcher if he is busting his butt to stop the ball.
Now am I whimp because I look at it this way? Considering I got hit with a pitch that fractured my elbow and I got the game going again in less than a minute and then getting hit in the same elbow a week later and had that game going in less than a minute, I would think not.
A friend of mine, after the second one, told me he would have been looking to take off his plate gear if that happened to him. I told him the difference between he and I is that he would have been hit in the shoulder pad since he is about a foot shorter than me.
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As Dave Hensley said above, you might get hit with better positioning, but you won't get injured. Sure I get hit often, but its almost always a glancing blow, hurt maybe a few seconds.
That is what I was saying about positioning.
Thanks
David
Thu Sep 23, 2004, 09:07am
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