Catchers Quotes

You just want the big guy to be comfortable, because he's very important for us. If working with one catcher does it, fine. If it doesn't matter, fine. We're still in the process of putting that together, but he's had good games with both catchers, so we're not locked into anything. - Joe Torre

You get into a rhythm with Schneider because he knows me. He knows what I want to do. He knows what I like to pitch, where these other catchers are learning. ... That's good, but it's hard to get into a rhythm that way when you are shaking [off a pitch] five times. - John Patterson

When you have a good pop-up hitter, that's kind of nice. Believe me, catchers want to be comfortable making that play. It's embarrassing for a catcher when you don't make that. They like the realistic spin and [Ramos] does it well. - Joe Maddon

When you go high in the face, your intent is not to knock the ball out. Your intent is to seriously hurt somebody. You're talking about a potentially career-ending neck injury. I've run over a couple of catchers in my time, but I never went that high on one. You go for his glove. - Brian Jordan

When we come into the season every position accept pitchers and catchers is open. We're going to have to see how the batting order shapes up. - Lonnie Hicks

We've been pleased with what we've seen in some of our pass-catchers... I think, once they all get their timing down, we have a chance to make some plays in the passing game. Ben is working well with those guys. - Ken Whisenhunt

We've asked Matt to do some new things to help us get a couple more athletic bodies into the lineup,and he's more than held his own in left field. Most catchers don't run very well and couldn't make the switch to the outfield, but Matt dominates with his quickness when he's playing hockey, and I think that's helped him make the transition. - Tim Saunders

We're hitting much better than I thought one through nine. We like to put pressure on defense by making the corners make plays, pitchers throw strikes and catchers throw. - Carm Mazza

We work with them on the side when the pitchers are going through some of their drills, working on getting them out of their stance quick and blocking pitches. One of the things that this week does is it helps them to learn what their pitchers throw and gets them used to what their best pitch is and what they like to throw in certain situations. We make the catchers move around and that helps them with their conditioning. - Randy Ridley