Reply to "HS catchers backing up infielder's throws at first base"

Buckeye 201510,000+ posts

One of the best 15u/16u catchers I ever saw (also coached)....busted his butt down the line on EVERY play. Obviously not with runners on 2nd or 3rd. We never brought it up...he just did it. We also played him in HS my son's junior and senior years....same thing...EVERY play. Probably helped that he was a WR in football and one of the most athletic kids I have seen for a kid his size. In 2 years of travel ball (60-ish games) I don't know if I ever saw him take it easy. The pitchers loved him.....other coaches commented on him almost every game (heck, a couple tried to steal him from us lol) and to this day I think he would have made a great college catcher. He decided to enter the Marines and has steadily moved up in rank in the 2 years he's been there.....would have loved to see what he could do on a baseball field in college, but also very proud to know that he decided to serve our country.

3/1/1710:28 AM

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