I played catcher growing up. This is my jam. Most fun position in baseball...always in the game.

@PlaceStillMatters

3 жыл бұрын

I was catching before the throat guard was invented. (see Steve Yeager’s near death experience) I remember all three times a foul tip hit me in the throat. I also broke my left thumb with a sweep tag and took several inadvertent whacks to the head with bats. That said, I loved playing behind the plate. Lots of fun!

@jerrylindberg7039

3 жыл бұрын

@@PlaceStillMatters ¹

@JakeTheGreat10

3 жыл бұрын

Same I play catcher for my all-star team but I can play any position

@VinsHourOne

3 жыл бұрын

@@JakeTheGreat10 utility is a rare breed. Good for you in knowing your talents.

@nicholasming5976

2 жыл бұрын

Never played with one. Keep your chin down and don’t turn your head.

Yadi Molina would have his own highlight video.

@maxwellbowden2809

3 жыл бұрын

Should*

@travishazlett8286

3 жыл бұрын

@Maxwell Bowden wat you mean? Yadi has a lot of his own highlight videos

@Tdori61692

3 жыл бұрын

He has his own highlight reel

@nxg_crcontent5100

3 жыл бұрын

For sure

@kalbomataba759

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah there is no Yadi in here because these plays are every day for him.

I couldn’t tell if this was skilled catchers or Jose Altuve getting thrown out

@thataxolotlgamer6738

3 жыл бұрын

@Romano Jr Ramirez he is not hating dude he is trying to make a joke

@clashersofglory7903

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Gamer he’s mad because that kids an Astro fan lolol

@fliprodriguez5250

3 жыл бұрын

😂 lmao Ass*ole

@lil_kay8157

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@connor-fields1364

2 жыл бұрын

@@thataxolotlgamer6738 are you sure he’s joking lol? 90% of the time it was altuve getting thrown out

Can I just say how much coordination and skill it takes for a catcher to throw to first WITHOUT looking! Like dang mad respect.

@MaxxBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

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@blakethornsbrough1528

Жыл бұрын

La Tortuga himself.

@jimlahey3919

11 ай бұрын

He was looking

@jygb7092

11 ай бұрын

What makes you think he wasn’t looking? He saw the runner that’s why he threw over

As a former catcher, thank you for the props and the love! Of course my knees hurt watching some of those plays LOL, but thank you!

That second clip was amazing, he fooled the runner into thinking he was gonna throw back to the pitcher, then without looking fired the ball to first to get a back pick. Amazing man El Tortuga is an underrated catcher tbh.

@T-_R-_E-_Y

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was a great play

Catchers don't get enough credit for all the hard work they do imo

@tim8801

2 жыл бұрын

Poor catchers worse position to play

@HenryDoohickeyII

2 жыл бұрын

@@tim8801 that’s where all the actions at.

@tim8801

2 жыл бұрын

@M Fisher yea that adds salt to the wound rip knees, it’s probably fun as opposed to out field but still pitcher and catcher are kinda bad positions medically speaking

That Joe Mauer behind the back was awesome!

As a kid, I was always looking at the catcher. I liked all of the gear they were wearing.

@dawonmoore1

3 жыл бұрын

I thought i was the only one

Not a single clip of Yadi, Yadi, Yadi! “Respect the rank!” says Yadi.

@tannergernenz3781

3 жыл бұрын

“Respect the ranks”🙄🙄. Contreras was ‘respecting the ranks. He was saying how someday he wanted to be better then the catchers who he considered ‘the best’

@billgates23yearsago4

2 жыл бұрын

@@tannergernenz3781 the best should be in the video but he's not

@tannergernenz3781

2 жыл бұрын

@@billgates23yearsago4 hey they should. I think this was a video for the catchers no one knows about.

No clip of Yadi? That's like keeping Griffey Jr. out of a HR video, or Randy Johnson out of a pitching video...

@Renville80

4 ай бұрын

Then the whole video would be just clips of Yadi. One of the greatest for sure! Think of this video as everyone who’s vying for second place.

5:47 textbook technique! Don’t try to snare the ball with your glove, shift your feet, keep the ball in front of you and take it off your armor. Glanced off the unprotected wrist, which smarts, but it comes with the territory. Also as soon as the ball is secured he’s just eagle eyeing the infield. Beautiful.

@AlexJW224

3 жыл бұрын

My high school catcher does this all the time and it works every time

Is it just me or does seeing catchers dive and slide so go damn satisfying

@ennpy

3 жыл бұрын

your not alone, lol

I never thought much about catchers until my son became one. Good catching wins games. Bad catching loses games -- even more than bad pitching. A good catcher can get you out of innings by picking off runners even when a pitcher is throwing garbage.

Excelente video. El béisbol definitivamente es el mejor deporte del mundo.... Bonito y elegante. Muchas gracias por compartirlo. Saludos y abrazos desde Colombia.

4:00 the best moment, love how the player and ump are thinking: are you really trying to sell a ball in the dirt

As an outfielder, I just wanna say catchers are the most underrated position

@skinnie2838

Жыл бұрын

Who underrates catcher? The catcher has been known as General of the field for decades now. Literally no one who matters underrates that position.

@Matanumi

10 ай бұрын

Argh... its the one in Co ed slow pitch where we generally put the worst player (usually female)..... and fuck does defense ever "eat it"

@madden_pro

4 ай бұрын

Centerfielder is lmao

Everyone always forgets catcher is the most important defensive position in the game (not SS or CF). It was a pleasant surprise to hear ol Vin Scully 3/4 of the way through the video. I’m a diehard Padres fan but we can all appreciate that man’s greatness

Honestly, I think what impressed me most in this video was the pitchers hustling to the plate and getting down to block it.

I’m a starting softball Catcher, so the moment I saw this title. I literally taped on the video so fast! 😂

@watchcat4797

3 жыл бұрын

tapped*

@griffintube

3 жыл бұрын

@@watchcat4797 what a gentlemen

@user-ek4ic2ip9e

3 жыл бұрын

cheeky humble-brag there, “starting” softball catcher 😉

@leonardoturtlebutbetter8922

3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@brycenstacey2581

3 жыл бұрын

Quick question how fast do your pitchers throw

The fact that there are no Yadi highlights, yet a few highlights of Salvador Peres simply throwing a runner out at second makes more mad than it should

As a catcher these were amazing

Half of these clips are Jose Altuve getting thrown out and I'm okay with that

@kolasom

3 жыл бұрын

All baseball fans are okay with that! 😡

@ellaw7683

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@joelbuzzard5132

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@robross84

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha so many salty tears.

@tomanycooks

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Much respect to the position getting thrown at all game. Truly the general of the defense.

More proof that if anyone ever says baseball is boring, I always tell them to play catcher. So much action

Caught from age 7 through a year of college ball. So fun bringing me back memories of making a lot of similar plays. Got to catch my son's first coach pitch game 2 weeks ago. That was so much fun!!! I could use a MBA, and I still have some eligibility and am still in shape. Hmmm...

4:08 Angel Hernandez would’ve called it a strike

Imma let you have your modern day catchers compilation but Buck Martinez making both outs on a double play with a broken leg is the best catcher video of all time, of all time!

Catchers, catch the ball

@zacharycarvajal

3 жыл бұрын

It’s more then that

@abnormaltexan

3 жыл бұрын

They are actually receiving the pitch. Theres a HUHE difference!!

@abnormaltexan

3 жыл бұрын

@@RDuder I was a catcher and I work with young catchers and I say that a lot to parents so when I read your comment my response was meant to be tongue and cheek and I knew players that catch would get it. It wasn’t meant to argue what you said. Didnt intend to start an argument. My apologies

@RDuder

3 жыл бұрын

@@abnormaltexan ah ok, I just assumed you were, my bad

@ellaford9177

3 жыл бұрын

and throw down runners

I don’t even watch baseball but I’m obsessed with these videos. I used to play my whole life and was a full time pitcher. I don’t know why though, but I’ve always hated watching baseball on TV. I love these though.

0:23 will forever be my favorite! He played it off so well

That dive at 2:58 was too cute lol

Aaaaaand this is why you put up with a catcher slashing .220/.270/.310. Cuz at the end of the day, if they can do shit like this ON TOP of being good at game calling and pitch framing, then that's more valuable than a catcher who can hit like a first baseman but lets wild pitches sail right by.

Baseball like all multiple players pro sports is a “day at a time” business. You never know when you’ll get hurt, sent down, traded, or released. There is always someone younger, bigger, better, faster in line waiting to fill your spot.

The Joe Mauer in KC behind the net HAS to be on there!

3:50 That Was Amazing

I've always considered catchers the general of the field. Usually the smartest person out there.

What no Yadi Molena. You guys make me sick. Most of the catchers in MLB can't hold a candle to him. Always east coast or west coast.

@sir_muppety9413

3 жыл бұрын

Molina best catcher

@LumpyAdams

2 жыл бұрын

You're so mad yet can't even spell the mans name lol

I have MAD respect for MLB catchers. They are behind the plate calling the pitches, that are thrown at them at close to 80mph if not more, while a grown man is trying to hit it out of the air as hard as they can with a big wooden bat. I was a catcher while I was growing up (8-11 U), it was exceptionally tough considering I was left handed. I quit during fall ball of 11 U when drop 3rd strike came along. It was too hard for me to throw to first while being left handed. I think catching is the most fun, dangerous, involved, and respected position in baseball.

@billsanders5067

6 ай бұрын

It takes a very intelligent person who is willing to strap on the tools of ignorance.

The pick off at first was slick

catchers are pure baseball

one of the most underappreciated positions in sports

@Matanumi

10 ай бұрын

Kinda almost like the goalie in hockey (or soccer)

@betterthanflapjacks

8 ай бұрын

I don't really see how. Both Goalie for hockey/soccer/futbol and catcher are considered the hardest positions to play in sports; I don't think that goes unappreciated

No Yadi?

@madmartian2

3 жыл бұрын

Well you see, whoever made this.. is an idiot.

Archer with the Javy Baez tag. Never thought I'd see that.

Yadiar Molina is the best catcher of all time

0:22 Freaking brilliant. If I was the pitcher I'd buy him dinner that night.

Great to see some catcher action. Thanks.

1:38 nice slide at home by Altuve

I see Jonathon Lucroy, I click. Also at 4:30 I always laugh at that one, but it looks good, is it in the rulebook that it cannot bounce before getting to the plate?

@AlexJW224

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure what your trying to ask

@phillipg9345

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexJW224 if the ball bounces off the ground in front of the plate and up far enough to be in the zone, is it a strike?

@AlexJW224

3 жыл бұрын

@@phillipg9345 No it is not. The ball would be out of the strike zone if there was not ground there to deflect the ball up. Players can swing at the ball and miss which would make it a strike but it would just be a ball if the player didn’t swing at it.

Yeah just imagine making a video like this without Yadi lmao

7:06 "They're playing bumper pool to get outs now. "

Fantastic tag by Archer

Joe Mauer, best catcher of our time

4:22 one of the coolest plays I’ve seen (I don’t watch any baseball by the way)

Catcher plays are so goooooodddd

Yadi has a LOT of highlight vids (my favorite catcher).

Best sport videos account

😂😂 where did that boi think he was going? 1:15

4:08 always makes me laugh.

😉 caught over 2000 games in 28 years and did not lose 150 games..there’s a reason why there are more existing and former managers who were catchers than any other position

Altuve getting hosed: a documentary

One thing I really miss is going to actual baseball games because I swear I think I met the most boyfriends at baseball games than anywhere else.

@terrencebobshea2300

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats. Want a cookie

@mozzie851

3 жыл бұрын

@@terrencebobshea2300 It’s not 2011 anymore man

@Sparkball

3 жыл бұрын

K

@tonyattardo9350

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t sweat it, I’ll set you up with my good buddy, he’s a prince from Nigeria.

@terrencebobshea2300

3 жыл бұрын

@@mozzie851 thanks I didn’t know that, clown

They call the catcher's equipment the tools of ignorance. But catchers are often the smartest guys on the field. And always the pitcher's best friend.

@jygb7092

11 ай бұрын

Who has ever, in the history of the world, ever said that

@theolamp5312

11 ай бұрын

I was only a little league pitcher, but I knew it then, & I still know it now. If no one has ever said that, I don't understand why.

Most important position in baseball

@redpanda2.059

3 жыл бұрын

Not the most influential but definitely the most important

One of the hardest positions for your knees.

Rasmus's face at :51 LMAO he was even like WAAT

Not one single Yadi Molina clip, best catcher in baseball

1:30. Respect to Altuve for slowing up and not ramming the pitcher

7:20 feels like an all timer for all the right and wrong reasons

0:22 - I love how the catcher throws to first, from his knees and still looking at the pitcher... Wow!

And they put in a highlight of Gary Sanchez?! 😂 That's his only highlight!

These are some great plays but many more that weren’t shown and many great catchers not even shown...

So it really seems like the same clips just keep getting recycled, and you just title the videos a little different.

@busted_con5174

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what this whole channel is I only watch it for more baseball content. Don’t expect much new stuff from this channel very often.

@ssok4133

3 жыл бұрын

@@busted_con5174 that's what I mean....there's not more baseball content here...it's the same thing over and over.

Man Im little league I use to love catching the tipped foul balls

I love the tags by Gray! He was like a methodical hunter going after his prey, heads up!

Catchers!!!

Really surprised molina wasn't here

It’s genuinely funny that half of these are on altuve

Like Tommy Lasorda said, I would take the best athlete on the team, and make him a catcher.

Nice plays

Fisk, Gedman, and Veritek❤

Best frames by catchers?

Why is no one talking about how amazing of a tag Chris Archer made at 2:05

@seanbailey3920

3 жыл бұрын

Because archer is a punk and no one likes him...???

@jackhopey8586

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanbailey3920 true dat you make good points

@troylee4196

6 ай бұрын

As a Pirates fan...I legally can't

Johnny bench : Am I a joke to you

I'm just now learning that carlos santana played catcher

@kdwaynec

10 ай бұрын

He's a pretty good guitar player too.

How ironic is it that Gary Sanchez made it into this video

half of these are the catcher fumbling the pitch

7:05 WOW

Thanks

Luuuuuuuuuc

i miss hedges on the pads

i literall see active get thrown out so much in these kinda videos

I love the one highlight Sanchez has ever had defensively was just a lucky play for him haha. Dude stopped the ball with his forearm lol. Not with the glove or his torso like you are taught to do. But because he is so slow he stops it with his forearm. Poor guy

What is the catcher number 25 of texas?

I always forget Carlos Santana came up as a catcher.

Bro Jose Altuve got thrown out like 3 times 🤣

0:38 this was just a bobbled two-strike foul tip. I was confused that they thought it was a pop up caught. There were 2 strikes. 1:25 he was outside the base path anyhow. Though he did run inside to start with which gave him some leeway before it was fielded.

That last play Posey should have been safe according to the Posey Rule.

Javy Lopez was the man!!

@joshmocherman5528

3 жыл бұрын

The Braves had some really good teams back when Javy was behind the plate!

Yadi wasn't included in this. Which means this is video is bogus.