fbaezer wrote:
I was trying to make the Italian-American team, with Joe DiMaggio in the OF, Phil Rizzuto at SS and Dave Righetti as RP.
But what wondered me was the amount of catchers and managers (or catcher/managers)... Yogi Berra, Joe Garagliola, Tom LaSorda, Joe Torre, Tony LaRussa, Leo Mazzone, Billy Martin, Mike Piazza, Mike Scioscia, Joe Girardi, Terry Francona...
Well catchers are supposed to have a unbiased understanding on how their pitcher is performing during a game. Whether the late inning bad pitches are due to a tiring arm or just a wild pitch fluke.
Defensively, their involved in every pitch, alongside with the pitcher, whereas the other fielders well they have to wait and see where the ball is hit. I guess its the accumulative knowledge of making the codecision of what pitch to throw to the batter. The catcher is the general on the battlefield.
And that the catcher has the accumulative advantage over the pitcher of batting more often so that department's experience is built upon as well.
