Baseball question

[Lager]

How often does the catcher call the pitches and the locations to the pitcher? I thought it was mostly the pitcher who chooses the location and the pitch to the catcher.

Players like Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux or Mark Prior rely on their catchers to call what pitch to throw and what location?

 

[KLin]

the catcher makes the sign for the next pitch, the pitcher either says no, or proceeds to throw the called pitch.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

as far as i know, experienced catchers call the pitches, but the pitcher can waive off the catcher at any time...

sometimes the catcher gets the calls from the dugout, othertimes they are the ones that call it

 

[ThePresence]

It generally depends on the player. If a catcher is been in the league a long time and the pitcher is a n00b, he will generally defer to the catcher, although he can shake off the catchers sign. But some new rookie catcher isn't really gonna tell Roger Clemens or Randy Johnson what to do. I think.

 

[Wooglin]

You are missing an important person in this. The manager. Most young pitchers, or all depending on the manager, call all pitches, at times.

 

[Wooglin]

You'd be surprised how much research is done into player tendencies, and what pitches work in what counts. Most of the time there is not a conflict.

 

[LeadMagnet]

A-Rod contract facts

 

[Argo]

The catcher calls every pitch. Pitcher proceeds to throw that pitcher, however sometimes the pitcher (mostly experienced pitchers) would waive it off. If they can't agree on a pitch you'll see a mound visit from the catch. On some occassions the pitch is called from the dug out, in which case the manager conveys the sign to the catcher, who passes it along to the pitcher.

With some pitchers calling the location is a moot point since they can't hit it anyways.

 

[imported_Strang]

Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
A-Rod contract facts

You've been waiting for a baseball thread to be started so you could post that, eh? 😛

 

[LeadMagnet]

Originally posted by: Strangone

Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
A-Rod contract facts

You've been waiting for a baseball thread to be started so you could post that, eh? 😛

😀 yup 😉

 

[Gurck]

It's also important for the catcher to have an idea where the pitch will be, how fast it will be going, and what spin will be on it, when there are men on base. If it gets away from him they can advance and possibly score. Since the pitcher can't exactly sign without the entire opposing team seeing it, it makes more sense for the catcher to call pitches. The pitcher has the final say.