In an article examining the "all-important, ever-changing dynamic" between pitchers and catchers in baseball,
the New York Post caught up with one of the great catchers, Memphis product
Tim McCarver. McCarver, a graduate of Christian Brothers High School, tells of learning a list of catcher-to-pitcher responsibilities from Hall of Famer Bill Dickey (who scouted him at Christian Brothers), and of being a sort of "personal catcher" to another Hall of Famer, leftie Steve Carlton. McCarver, now an analyst for Fox Sports, sums up the complicated catcher-pitcher relationship with a jazz analogy:
"It's like asking a great drummer and his trumpet player how this
works," said McCarver ... . "A little nod here, a nod there and you make
beautiful music."
In an article examining the "all-important, ever-changing dynamic" between pitchers and catchers in baseball, the New York Post caught up with one of the great catchers, Memphis product Tim McCarver. McCarver, a graduate of Christian Brothers High School, tells of learning a list of catcher-to-pitcher responsibilities from Hall of Famer Bill Dickey (who scouted him at Christian Brothers), and of being a sort of "personal catcher" to another Hall of Famer, leftie Steve Carlton. McCarver, now an analyst for Fox Sports, sums up the complicated catcher-pitcher relationship with a jazz analogy:
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