How Catchers Handle Bunt Coverage and Bunt Defense Fielding Bunts You ever really want to upset your coach. I know a sure fire way to do that. Take an out that the other team’s given you and don’t get it. That’s right were going to talk about sacrifice bunts and how...
Baseball Catcher Throwing Drills – The Exchange The Exchange So I’m going to guess you’ve never spent much time thinking about how to actually take a ball out of your glove. To be honest I didn’t think about it a whole lot either, until I realized that it was...
Catcher Throwing to Second Base Throwing to second So for catchers, one of our most exciting plays is when we know the guy on first base is going to run and we will be throwing to second. We feel like it’s one on one. Him against us and there’s not a better...
Catcher Throwing to Third Technique Throwing to Third Base So when I was playing for the Baltimore Orioles, one of my teammates, Brian Roberts, was one of the best in the game at this, stealing third base. It’s because the pitcher doesn’t actually see him. The...
How the Catcher Should Handle Pop Ups Pop Ups As a catcher, do you want to embarrass yourself? There’s a sure fire way. It takes place on a pop up. It happens when the catcher takes off and runs after the ball too quick. The first thing a catcher needs to do on a pop...
The Catcher and Plays at the Plate Plays at the plate So one of the more exciting plays for a catcher, is a play at home plate. It can also be one of the most dangerous plays for a catcher. I speak from experience. I tore an ACL my junior year in college on a play at...
