Playing Catcher

[Direckshun]

This is a bit of a weird thread idea, but I had a huge conversation with a big baseball guy today about catchers.

I guess I never spent time thinking about it, because I don't really follow baseball. But catcher is a really weird position in sports, is it not?

Anybody on this board play catcher? And I don't mean in your beer league softball team. I mean seriously.

Wear a shit ton of padding. Spend 85% of the game squatting, invariably leading to shit knees later in life. Constantly making calls and having the world's most passive aggressive arguments totally by finger with your pitcher. Have to have a rocket arm and amazing reflexes. And have this weird sibling-like relationship with pitchers.

It's just a weird kinda position, and it usually brings with it some pretty great stories.

Have any catcher stories, stories that are either just amusing or reveal a little bit about the nature of the position?

Like I said, random topic, but I'm pretty interested in it tonight.

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by Rausch

****!

I clicked on this thinking it was a gay thread and it ended up being about baseball...

Banned for misleading thread title?

[Chest Rockwell]

Originally Posted by Rausch

****!

I clicked on this thinking it was a gay thread and it ended up being about baseball...

Here you go.

All the gheyness you could ever possibly desire.

[Strongside]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

This is a bit of a weird thread idea, but I had a huge conversation with a big baseball guy today about catchers.

I guess I never spent time thinking about it, because I don't really follow baseball. But catcher is a really weird position in sports, is it not?

Anybody on this board play catcher? And I don't mean in your beer league softball team. I mean seriously.

Wear a shit ton of padding. Spend 85% of the game squatting, invariably leading to shit knees later in life. Constantly making calls and having the world's most passive aggressive arguments totally by finger with your pitcher. Have to have a rocket arm and amazing reflexes. And have this weird sibling-like relationship with pitchers.

It's just a weird kinda position, and it usually brings with it some pretty great stories.

Have any catcher stories, stories that are either just amusing or reveal a little bit about the nature of the position?

Like I said, random topic, but I'm pretty interested in it tonight.

I played for 15 years and my knees are shot, that's for damn sure.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Strongside

I played for 15 years and my knees are shot, that's for damn sure.

I used to be one of the quicker guys on the team. Now that I spent some years just as our backup catcher(and one as the full time), my knees are a little messed up. Just feel like I can't get to 100% speed anymore.