A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.
A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn't going to say every day, 'Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.'
I didn't want to be a catcher. It was thrust upon me, as they say in the classics.
If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.
It's nice to have a catcher who knows my mechanics, too. That way if I get into trouble he can stop it before I get out of control.
You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.
It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.
The catcher is a groundhog. He's a guy squatting down, digging for the ball in the dirt, and sweating under a pile of uncomfortable protective gear while his knees creak.
Catchers just aren't glamorous.
The great thing about catchers is that they do a lot of different things, and they're basically overlooked.