GD System - Foul Balls to Undesired Spots...

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Closer, to the catcher, more of you is protected. Also, you typically work lower the closer you are to the catcher, which hides more of your body, just scrunching over.

Working GD leaves you very high, and very open, from what I can see/tell/reason.

Well I used to work the scissors so I never hid behind the catcher. I was exposed most of the time. As far as I am concerned, I take far fewer shots in the GDS than I did working the scissors. Again, those that never try the GDS cannot really understand its workings.

[RPatrino]

I suppose we could go back to hiding behind the 'raft' and stay right behind the catcher. Some would say that working directly above the catcher's head was never a bad thing anyway. There were days when working lower level ball when I turned into a human backstop and I wish I had the outside protector back.

The adoption of the inside protector and the slot position, IMHO, improved your view of the zone, and also the low pitch.