The five words you never want to hear when working the plate

[chapmaja]

I've never let a pitch hit the umpire.

First pitch behind that catcher was a ball in the dirt that hits the front of the plate and shoots up into my facemask.

She just turned and said, that's the first time.

I just laughed. I've had her three DH's and 4 games behind the plate. For a JV catcher she is actually really solid, and only one other ball hit me. That wasn't her fault. The pitch was 3 feet inside, and over the batters head. It hit the backstop and came back hit me as I was trying to get out of her way.