Customer Reviews

The Catcher (Baseball Behind the Seams)

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Simply put, this is the most insightful, well-researched book I've ever read on the position. It quickly and easily dispels the myth that catchers wear "the tools of ignorance."

Once I started reading this book I got angry everytime the morning train to work stopped and I had to get to work. Its a great read. Lots of interviews and stories about the position from old and younger players. For a guy like me who is still trying to learn the position this book was a load of insights. Any baseball fan would like this book.

I was initially very excited to read this book which seemed to be the only book I could find that was supposed to be totally dedicated to the position of catching. Overall it was "average" but I was a little disappointed. I didn't think the writing was very good. Much of it was just un-edited quotes from the same few catchers, many of whom I really hadn't heard or known of. The Chapter "A Day in the Life" of Charles Johnson was very uninteresting and really didn't focus on his catching.
It is hard for me to be specific. I thought it was a decent book and certainly was reasonably priced. I was just expecting more insight from the author about the position of a catcher.