Catching

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Ruzious said:

With young pitchers that the O's will hopefully use next season, you generally want the pitchers to be able to rely on the catchers.

Heck, even a guy like Scherzer was still working in partnership with Suzuki in their most recent playoff game.  It's not just the call of what pitch, it's the location of that pitch.  Yes, the pitcher is ultimately the boss, but the catcher's a part of the decision-making process. 

 

I'm not arguing that the catcher isn't part of the process.

[Roll Tide]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

I have to laugh, and remember the scene out of "Major Leagues" when Charlie Sheen shakes off the catcher's call, and the catcher told the batter, what to expect.

Teaching his pitcher a lesson in whose' the boss.

That also happens more than once in Bull Durham

 

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• Crash Davis : [Mechanized bull noises in background]  Well, he really hit the shit outta that one, didn't he? 

  [laughs] 

  Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : [softly, infuriated]  I held it like an egg. 

  Crash Davis : Yeah, and he scrambled the son of a bitch. Look at that, he hit the fucking bull! Guy gets a free steak! 

  [laughs] 

  Crash Davis : You having fun yet? 

  Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : Oh, yeah. Havin' a blast. 

  Crash Davis : Good. 

  Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : [pause]  God, that sucker teed off on that like he knew I was gonna throw a fastball! 

  Crash Davis : He did know. 

  Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : How? 

  Crash Davis : I told him.

   

  Crash Davis : Oh, hey, and another thing, Meat. You don't know shit, all right? If you wanna make it to the bigs, you'll listen to me. Annie only wants you so she can boss you around, got it? So relax! Let's have some fun out here! This game's fun, OK? Fun goddamnit. And don't hold the ball so hard, OK? It's an egg. Hold it like an egg.

 

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

I have to laugh, and remember the scene out of "Major Leagues" when Charlie Sheen shakes off the catcher's call, and the catcher told the batter, what to expect.

Teaching his pitcher a lesson in whose' the boss.

Isn’t that a scene from Bull Durham?

[7Mo]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Isn’t that a scene from Bull Durham?

 

[weams]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm not arguing that the catcher isn't part of the process.

Yes. He needs to know what is coming so he can catch/block it. 

Also until they fix the umpires, he can steal a couple stikes. Mostly I see them stabbing at strikes and making them balls. 

[Redskins Rick]

8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Isn’t that a scene from Bull Durham?

Might be there too.

But, I remember Tom Berenger doing it to Charlie Sheen in Major Leagues and letting Parkman cross the ball.

[sportsfan8703]

Cumberland got demoted to A+ last year. I don’t see him starting in AAA. I think he starts in AA. 

Wynns should get DFAd IMO to save a 40 man spot. 

[weams]

14 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Might be there too.

But, I remember Tom Berenger doing it to Charlie Sheen in Major Leagues and letting Parkman cross the ball.

 

[Can_of_corn]

Oh Major League II, no wonder I didn't remember it.

[Frobby]

6 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Cumberland got demoted to A+ last year. I don’t see him starting in AAA. I think he starts in AA. 

Wynns should get DFAd IMO to save a 40 man spot. 

I don’t think Cumberland got demoted.    He got hurt and rehabbed for about two weeks I n A+ before returning to Bowie.   

[weams]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I don’t think Cumberland got demoted.    He got hurt and rehabbed for about two weeks I n A+ before returning to Bowie.   

Yes. 

[wildcard]

Buck Britton on Carlos Perez

 

[sportsfan8703]

14 hours ago, Frobby said:

I don’t think Cumberland got demoted.    He got hurt and rehabbed for about two weeks I n A+ before returning to Bowie.   

I’m pretty sure I read in the minors that it wasn’t just for injury. Either way something bothered him last year, most likely injury, because he only played in 60 games. 

We might be a little thinner at organizational C depth than we know right now... Sisco at 3rd?  Cumberland might just be a 1B/DH type. But it’s not so bad because we just need placeholders till AR is ready. 

Also a guy like Spencer Kieboom just cleared waivers with ease. I think Wynns would clear just as easy. 

[Philip]

No matter how modern the game, It remains funny when the catcher sets his glove down and away, and the picture throws up and in.

[Philip]

On 10/21/2019 at 2:25 PM, Frobby said:

I don’t think Cumberland got demoted.    He got hurt and rehabbed for about two weeks I n A+ before returning to Bowie.   

He will be designated as soon as someone better is available, but that can be literally said of everybody on our roster. Everybody on anybody’s roster, for that matter.