Catching Ettiquette

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by kylejt

Try 80mph from 46 feet. That ball gets on you quicker than a blink. Faster than MLB stuff. I've seen it twice. The catcher plays a HUGE roll, but yes, you've got to be ready for off-speed stuff. It ain't easy out there.

Done that with the larger ball. And I agree. I find that release point easier to call, actually.

[gotblue?]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Done that with the larger ball. And I agree. I find that release point easier to call, actually.

I have done that with the larger ball, and I agree that the release point helps there. More recently, I had a kid purported to be throwing 80-82, from 50 feet. The release point (kid was about 6 feet) and the distance to the plate make it probably more difficult at the low end of the zone than anything thrown from 60'6" in the high 80's to mid 90's.