In the dirt or not?

[David B]

Originally posted by Steve Emerson
Next time you see this look at the batter who is the White Sox catcher, he did look back and he say the PU motion and HE knew what it meant, because he had already had to tag a batter on a swinging stike skipper. Don't you think it's kind of ironic that one catcher knew the umpires mechanics and one didn't. Eddings said he would do it different next time, but his mechanics were the same from the start of the game to the end. Also it should be a clue to the catcher that when you do not hear the umpire say "OUT" you better do something besides roll the ball to the mound.

The difference between a good catcher, and a substitute catcher.

Just because you make it to the "bigs" don't mean that you know exactly how to play the game.

On another note, baseball continues to water down their talent and its going to be even more evident with the "steriod" testing.

Why can Roger Clemens continue to be the best pitcher in baseball at 43? years of age. Sure, in the mold of Nolan Ryan he has great mechanics and work ethic and he's not afraid to pitch inside, but the other side is that you don't have to pitch but to three or four batters per team - the rest are batting .250 and are overmatched.

Randy Johnson was supposed to be the Savior for the Yankees since Clemens had left, but as they learned, he's not the same pitcher he was three/ four years ago, but he's still one of the better pitchers in the game.

That said, its still fun to watch, but I wonder what my boy will be saying about baseball 10 years from now????

Thanks
David