The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.'
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.
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.
I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes.
A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate.
Catchers just aren't glamorous.
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.
The great thing about catchers is that they do a lot of different things, and they're basically overlooked.