question hitting a pitcher

I would say the catcher doesn't like the pitcher very well .

Was it the same pitcher hit twice?

No ended the first ones season. never had heard of before except once when a minor league pitcher told me he had one hit him in the arse because he wasn't holding runner's on...but never not on purpose.

The odds of hitting a pitchers head once unreal, twice beyond my understanding.

It's the catchers job to throw the runner out. It's the pitchers job to get out of the way.

That's what my son has been taught. That's the way my son throws down. We've had 1 former pro catcher 1 college catcher, and 1 college coach tell him this.

I hate to hear about the injury, but I have to agree that this can always be prevented by the pitcher paying attention.

I doubt that the throw was perfect if it hit the pitcher, but it's kind of like boxing "Keep yourself protected at all times."

the pitchers where bent over getting out of the way.
bad throws, clueless catcher.

The odds of hitting such a small target twice...
Good catchers don't hit pitchers in the head, they are more accurate than that.

Some pitchers have decided not to pitch when this guy receiving, arm trouble ... go figure.

They may have been bent over, but they clearly weren't getting out of the way. My son pitches and catches. It is an unfortunate situation, but wrong to blame the catcher for a "bad" throw to second at that height over the mound.

I've watched, coached or played baseball going on 30 years, Ive never seen a catcher come close to hitting a pitcher, much less hit two in a short season.

I will blame the catcher. The throws would not even begin to traject to second base.

I been around just as long and still make throws to 2nd wtih my catchers. A catcher with a plus type arm can make the throw to second and sniper a pitcher if the pitcher is on the mound after the pitch and not paying attention. If the pitcher hears "going" or sees the catcher preparing to throw he better 1) watch the ball, 2) bail out of the way 3)prepare to get hit if he stands up straight

Now, I know you said the pitchers were bent over, bu they shouild still be watching.......or maybe they threw too many balls in the dirt and the catcher was teacing them a lesson...either way, move or get hit

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Originally posted by showme:
I've watched, coached or played baseball going on 30 years, Ive never seen a catcher come close to hitting a pitcher, much less hit two in a short season.

I will blame the catcher. The throws would not even begin to traject to second base.

You've never seen it in that long? I've seen it A LOT!

Not sure if you keep up with college baseball or not, but one of the top picks in this years draft (Florida' Mike Zunino) hit his pitcher in the head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fljgtxxUf50

Looks to me like how to make a bad play worse. Unreal.

#1 going to have a hard time find a spot doing that again.
I just don't see how that projects, knock out pitcher with throw sometimes...

and I blame the catcher making a bad decision, should have ate it., only thing he could have done was make it worse and he did. What an arm.

Found a MLB one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...O1-E&feature=related

I watched my son drill our pitcher square in the middle of the back last year. The pitcher stood straight up and turned to second base. He hasn't done that again.

Check out the video on the bottom of this link. You have to look close, but check out how far the ball goes after it hit the kid in the head.

http://www.madmullets.com/

I was standing next to the pitchers dad at the time. We were both stunned.

A medic and coach proclaimed the kid ok to pitch. He made it through a couple batters then off to emergency room.

I have seen these at least a half dozen times in 12 years as a coach. We film all of our games and every time it involved the pitcher never making an attempt to get out of the way.