Paying For It Today...............

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

I took a ball off the shoe last evening. I made sure to tell the catcher I was glad I have steel toes, and a couple other times I told him he needs to block the ball.

I never shy away from telling a catcher in no uncertain terms that his #1 job priority is to keep the baseball off me. Everything else is of secondary importance.

If I keep getting hit because a catcher isn't trying very hard, I bring up the fact that his backup is just waiting to get in the game, and that I'll give him a try, and that he couldn't do much worse.