first pitch of practice...

Sorry to hear about the injury.You say hes a soph. Is your school a large one?Does he feel he is going to get alot of playing time?Does he play on a good travel team? Is your son a kid thats been getting some early looks?What type of tourneys/showcases will he be going to this summer?

Oh boy. Sending healing thoughts...

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Thanks. Trying to order the catchersthumb via paypal but no window opening up make the transaction. I'll try again via Chrome.

My son plays for a, truthfully, mediocre HS program. But we've been moved to a better conference in NOVA. He is a 2017 and is a very experienced and very good catcher. I'm biased, but I believe that is a fair assessment. He just joined a regional showcase team and will be playing at college showcases this summer and fall (including PG events). He's also a superb LH hitter. As for playing time, the 2016 catcher is also very good catcher and hitter. If he was not there my son would be the lock-down starter through his graduation. And vice versa. But, the HC recently told my son that since he hits so well and is only quality LH bat in order, they will try to keep him in the lineup when not catching. I think he'll catch like 40% of innings. Too soon to tell of course.

Need to heal his thumb, and then protect it better, first! 

Okay, not surprising, order worked on Chrome. Definitely give it a shot.

Get ready for this to be recurring.  My son had similar experience behind the plate with 2 foul tips in a row impacting the thumb the same way.  Years later, the same injury recurs whenever he aggravates that spot.

Most of us know that type of injury gets to a point and is a season thing.When that happens batting/hitting the ball is greatly effected.Hopefully the pad/brace makes all the difference.Time off will help.Remember hes involved with what sounds like a great summer operation.Really for now he could just hit.60% with how you descibed things that would suprise me.Your guy is still young.You certainly don't need/want this to be something that ends up being a cronic type thing.Were pulling for your guy to get healthy.

Thanks for the well-wishes. I suppose he will try the padded inside glove and the thumb guard and see what works and protects better.

I second this!!!    My son broke his thumb when he was 12...4 weeks before we were leaving for Cooperstown!!  Doctor was a former D1 football player who understood how bad my son wanted to play at Cooperstown.  He said "normally I say 6 weeks...come back the day before you leave for NY and we'll see how it looks".   Went back, got x-rays and he said "it's going to hurt like hell, but you can't hurt it....go ahead and play".   My son has never had a bigger smile.  The first couple swings he took were a little bit "iffy"...but once he hit a ball, realized it wasn't that bad, he was good to go.  He had the catcher's thumb on....while playing IF and batting...and it didn't interfere with either.

Update. Almost two weeks and thumb still hurts to close the catcher's glove. SLOWLY getting better. 3 x-ray shots all showed nothing broken. I guess he bruised the bone and sprained it. Fortunately, the catcher's thumb seems to be doing the trick and very little or no pain catching with it. So, I expect he'll be using it until the thumb is 100% or perhaps all the time.

Glad to hear it's getting better Batty67.

Don't leave home without them!!