A tribute to our baseball catchers…

A poem written just for our unsung baseball catcher heros...

Catcher Sings the Blues…

Crouching low, I sing the blues
The aches are now a part of me
Blocking home, I sing the blues
0, the aches are now a part of me
Bruises, bumps, and scrapes
Have worn me down, can't you see?

My knees sing the blues
They sing 'em when I stoop and bend
My knees sing the blues
0, they sing 'em when I stoop and bend
They crunch, crackle, pop
The hurtful noises never end.

My fingers sing the blues
When I grip a ball or make a fist
0, my fingers sing the blues
When I grip a ball or make a fist
The knuckles moan and cry
By fire every one is kissed

Crouching low, I sing the blues
The aches are now a part of me
Blocking home, I sing the blues
0, these aches are now a part of me
Too many bruises, bumps, and scrapes
I'm nothing like I used to be.

A catcher sings the blues…No, I’m nothing like I used to be…

A tribute and two thumbs up to our unsung baseball catcher heros... :xyzthumbs :notworthy :xyzthumbs

 

Thanks

As a Mother of a catcher, this is so true!!!!!

 

SO true

As a catchers' mom also, I have seen my son take a lot of hits. And he probably gets the most abused when he is practicing his techniques and blocking skills in the cage!! Bruised arms and legs are the norm, with "ball welts" appearing after games. OUCH! But, you know what? He wouldn't have it any other way!

 

Catchers do have a thankless job at times. I appreciate what i see in catchers.
It's always a great pitch you hear from the stands , but if you were watching close it was a great frame job by the catcher that got the strike... It was a great breaking pitch in the dirt that got the batter to swing, but if you were watching closely it was the drop and block or the slide-out that kept the ball from going to the backstop by the catcher , which kept the batter from getting to first on that 3rd strike or that runner on 3rd from scoring...
Yes catchers have to be tough as nails back there... :applause: :applause:

And a tip of the hat to the other catcher on the field , The 1st baseman...
Its always a great throw to beat the runner by the SS... especially when the 1st baseman stretched that extra 6" ... and so on and so on... :applause:

 

Our catchers consistently prove their invaluability to their teams, and to the fans, but our catchers still don't get appreciated as they deserve to be.

 

Another favorite....


"A GOOD catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse-taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one." Huggins

 

In honor to one of the greatest all-time catchers. Just shows that a nut doesn't fall far from their tree

"You can't compare me to my father. Our similarities are different." - Dale Berra

 

hmmmm....

good, great, quality catchers are very hard to come by, period! They are like fine wine as they age grow they get better! Like women can t live with them nor without them etc...YAda Yada Yady Yada... yet often times the most frustrating indiv's to deal with WHY???? becuase they are usually HEADSTRONG just as their physiques are..... Agreee oder disagree???

 

That might explain this:

With the hiring of Tony Pena as Kansas City's new manager, the number of current ex-catcher managers in major league baseball is now 10 or 33.3 percent of the total, the highest of any fielding position. Ex-outfielders number 7 (23.3%), DH-OF have 2 (6.67%), SS have 4 (13.3%). 3B with 3 (10%), 2B with 2 (6.67%) and there is 1 ex-1B (3.33%) and 1 non-major leaguer (3.33%).

From 1871 to the present, there have been 628 major league managers, of which 102 have been catchers. That's roughly 16.6% of the total, even though the number of catchers represent only about 10% of the 15,000+ who have played in the majors

 

Thank you, it's about time someone gave us some credit. :applause: