Seeing a batter leaning one way and then calling pitch that I thought would get him out was one strategy I successfully used. Striking out a batter was a joint effort between pitcher and I. I felt it was my job to study batter and then relay any useful information I got, back to pitcher.

My stock as a catcher increased when pitcher pitched well. I felt I had to find weakness in batter. That was part of my job. And then calling game was essence of being a catcher.

If there was a background check on all catchers that ever played, I think there is one thing that would be common. They all studied game.

Johnny Bench, Roy Campanella, Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra are a few of my catching heroes.

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Every year this team beat us. We never beat them. It had almost become an obsession for me to beat them. This year we finally did. After game I was talking to their captain and kidded him that now I can die in peace. He replied by saying that it has been true joy playing us these past years because he can tell we loved game and played like it.

Why do a bunch of “old” people continue to play game of softball? I truly believe that we can not give up love of baseball and passion we have for it. It is part of us and it has shaped who we are. If you looked at each one of us in our profession or home life, way we live our lives are similar to how we play game. Getting back to earlier question on why is it that some people can recite stats or remember every play in a game? It’s love we have for game of baseball. The passion and love for game helps define who some of us are. Find your passion and share it with world and make each one of us that much better for knowing you.

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by Isaac Kama - A True Baseball Lover

Aron Wallad has been a baseball lover for over 45 years. His passions have included; playing, watching, reading , evaluating, and coaching the game he adores. Check out his baseball ezine. Do you love inspiring quotes, unusual statistics and most of all, heartwarming baseball stories? If you love baseball you will love his baseball ezine.