Originally Posted by springer80:
Another issue to consider at the HS level is that these kids have competed against one another at an early age with youth and travel baseball. Many times, the pitchers and catchers know the hitters' weaknesses and tendancies much better than the coaches.
This is interesting. My son was the catcher in HS is sophomore year before moving to 3B (junior yr) and then 1B (senior year). He occasionally caught his junior and senior year. He also played catcher in legion and is now in his 2nd year at a D2 Juco as a 1B.
Anyway, throughout his HS career the coach always called the pitches regardless of who was catching. The legion coach pretty much let the catchers call the game. In college the coach called the pitches.