04/28/2026
Other positions get to stand in the sunshine and wait.
The catcher puts on 15 pounds of gear, crouches down for 100+ pitches, takes foul balls off the mask, blocks balls in the dirt with their body, catches bullpens before the game, gets their own work in after, and spends every inning thinking about what the hitter hasn't seen yet.
They're the general, the therapist, and the punching bag β all at once.
And when it's over, they peel off that gear, ice whatever hurts, and show up tomorrow ready to do it again.
It takes a special kind of toughness to be good at every part of that.
Catcher parents β you're raising one tough kid. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.