Catcher Quotations | Page 2

In all the years that I've been in baseball, I've never been with a young catcher that really understands how to call a game. He really works and he's a team player. He goes beyond the advance scouting reports and goes beyond the video. He studies and learns the game. He's a winner. There's not a lot of catchers that can shut the running game down.

When things are working, it's the greatest thing. When I'm out there pitching and I have a catcher putting down the finger for the pitch I want to throw and I've already got that gripped, that's a great rapport.

Do they want an extra infielder/backup catcher who has never played in the big leagues? For them to choose me, it's a bold decision. So for me to win a job, I've got to do more than open eyes. It's got to be a no-doubter.

(Utley) still had enough to take the catcher out. That was the best part of it. He'll get down and dirty.

I'm just the catcher guy, so I have no control over how much I'm going to play. But I like to play a lot, so I'll be ready to play a lot.

He's become a good catcher for us. He takes a lot of pride in it, and he's improved in every phase.

A catcher and a left-handed pitcher, ... Those are the no-brainers. The rest of it, we'll figure out.

Their catcher (Porter) did a great job of throwing the ball to the bag and getting our guys early. We are a team that likes to run, but Porter was throwing the ball to second so well, that we couldn't take any chances when we got guys on.

Our catcher (Jonathon Basinger) said that pitch was 6 or 8 inches off the plate, but he still hit it. Put that one on me. You're not supposed to let the other team's best guy beat you.

Over the last four games, I've let him call our pitches. He's done a good job of calling the games. You have to be able to understand the game to call pitches. I've always liked to have the catcher calling the pitches because a coach can only see so much.