«Even with our offense we're not going to score eight, nine, 10 runs every game,»
says catcher Ivan Rodriguez.
«He's much more aggressive with his fastball and slider this year,»
says Catcher Terry Kennedy.
Says catcher B.J. Surhoff, «This staff badly needs a veteran.
«I don't think I ever saw Newk have more stuff,»
said Catcher Roy Campanella after the game was over.
«It's important to fill Pete's shoes, but we're too good a team to rely on any one man,»
said catcher Mike Scioscia.
Not exact matches
«I didn't actually read «
Catcher in the Rye» until I was 13, and ever since then I've
said that's my favorite book,» he told the Academy of Achievement.
According to the regulator, the article (which has since been removed) also included a live feed from Dylon's Facebook page, as well as a sentence at the end that
said «It's at times like these we are thankful that Dylon Colour
Catcher is there to save us.»
Homeland Security did not immediately comment, but
said in a March 26 letter to Wyden that DHS «has observed anomalous activity in the National Capital Region that appears to be consistent with International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)
catchers.
«We had that planned the whole time,»
said Vera, a junior
catcher whose two - run homer in the first put Aquinas up, 3 - 0.
With New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski's NFL future up in the air, ESPN «Get Up» co-host Mike Greenberg
said he could see the oft - injured pass
catcher retiring early to pursue other passions.
She slid The
Catcher in the Rye over the counter and
said, «You should read this.»
So, imagine my dismay when I
say all that pulp in the
catcher of my juicer and had no idea what to do with it.
«The guy is a practical joker all the time,» Atlanta
catcher Greg Olson
says, «but when that cap comes down, watch out.»
Like you
said, I don't want the next Adrian Peterson because they wouldn't be a top - shelf player in today's NFL (though I'm fine with guys who are only runners and aren't pass -
catchers, as long as they can do it in ways that fit with today's NFL)... but I want my generational RBs to be on that type of a level.
We take our mitts off, and you'd have to
say, «Which one's the
catcher, and which one's the pitcher?»
«I got Doug Mirabelli for my interview, so I asked him how he became the league's premier knuckleball
catcher,»
says Todd Simpson (above, interviewing, and in action), who spent 10 years as an NHL enforcer.
When I
said not just numbers I mean catching drills at the combine and his film he's not a natural hands
catcher
Some
say Howard is the league's second - best
catcher.
Los Angeles
catcher Mike Piazza
says, «I notice that you don't see young pitchers being aggressive.
Tony Pena, Boston's starting
catcher,
says Clemens has changed since he served his suspension.
«That's a knee buckler,»
says Yankees
catcher Joe Girardi, who hit against the Astros righthander in the National League.
Among the treasures up for grabs: the first
catcher's mask (worn by James Tyng of Harvard in the 1870s); two tickets from the first modern World Series, in 1903; the $ 52,000 contract Babe Ruth signed with the Yanks in»23 («Ruth always dreamed of making a grand a week,»
says Halper); Lou Gehrig's»27 uniform; Joe DiMaggio's first pro jersey (San Francisco Seals,» 33) and»51 World Series ring; Mickey Mantle's Triple Crown trophy from» 56; and a store of Cobbabilia that ranges from the Georgia Peach's dentures to the shotgun his mother used to shoot his father.
«But I was always known as a
catcher,» he
says.
Commissioner Rob Manfred just
said that if a
catcher or coach makes a 7th visit, there would have to be a pitching change.
«Well,» he
says, «you find the old
catchers still around, because they can catch the ball.
«That made me so mad that when he came up again at the back end of the game I called Tommy Padden, my
catcher, out to the mound, and I
said, «Tommy, I don't think the Big Bamboo can hit my fastball.»
«I think you're doing yourself an injustice to have his bat out of the lineup 35 or 40 games a year,»
says McClendon, referring to the frequent rests most
catchers require.
Dodgers
catcher Chad Kreuter
says he will sue Josh Pulliam, the fan who allegedly hit Kreuter and stole his cap, precipitating the May brawl between fans and players in the Wrigley Field stands.
«Some people know the art of cultivating the umpire,»
said Oakland
catcher Sal Fasano.
Smurf Jacks, squatting like a
catcher and doing jumping jacks in
said squat.
When asked about
catchers, Cooley
said, «Certainly
catchers that call the game and control the flow are viewed more highly in the eyes of the oddsmakers.
«He was one of the best low - ball
catchers I've ever seen,»
says Craig.
It could have blown up my eye socket,» Orioles righthander Mike Mussina
said of the line drive off the bat of Indians
catcher Sandy Alomar that struck him just above the right eye on May 14.
Between Gabriel, Burton, Shaheen, and Cohen (more Gabriel and Burton), who's to
say our # 2 «pass
catcher» isn't already on the team?
The same can be
said for Mets
catcher Mike Piazza, who should recover from his beaning by Roger Clemens a night later to win the NL award.
The 6» 1», 220 - pound righty is also «bigger than me,»
says the slimmer (6» 2», 180 pounds) Pe √ ± a Jr., son of the ex-big-league
catcher and current Yankees coach.
«Suppose,»
said Elvin Tappe, one of the four — the others are Craft, Adams and Himsl — who will be with the parent club at the start of the season, «suppose a young
catcher on the San Antonio club is having trouble blocking pitches in the dirt.
«Sure he can,» New York Mets
catcher Mike Piazza
says of the possibility of Bonds's hitting.400.
Seaver
said emotional farewells to his three oldest friends on the team, Pitcher Jerry Koosman, Shortstop Bud Harrelson and
Catcher Jerry Grote, and while the Mets were beating the Braves, he took a flight to New York, where Nancy met him at the airport.
Says Giants
catcher A.J. Pierzynski, «I think he can.
«The
catcher was so surprised the way I was runnin'that he just held the ball,»
says Papa.
«That was a defining moment for Darren,»
says Dodgers
catcher Chad Kreuter.
One time a Tribe manager went out to the
catcher and
said «What's he got tonight?»
And then the pitchers and
catchers show up, jog a little,
say some hellos, pose for a landscape - oriented picture that gets tweeted out sideways, and practice covering first base.
Says Royals
catcher Jamie Quirk, «By the time we broke camp, everyone knew Bo belonged in the big leagues.»
I'm not
saying that we should neglect it, but we need a solid DT, OL, pass
catcher, TE preferably, but a WR will do, before they think about CB..
«Oh my God, it's all the time,»
catcher Faith Derby
says of her battery partner's practice habits.
«Nothing that has ever been
said about Bob Gibson and his talent has ever been overstated,»
says Tim McCarver, his
catcher for 10 years in St. Louis.
«We're very excited,»
catcher Ryan Belluomini
said.
«He's made himself into a
catcher, and that's probably one of the hardest things for someone to do,» de Clercq
said Soderman.