soul of baseball

Chapter 42 The Catcher's Body

A good catcher also has very strict requirements on body shape.

First of all, the height, it is best not to be too tall.Putting nothing else aside, a tall man squatting behind home plate is not as nimble and light as a small man.And Yuri is actually too high in this regard. (There will be an explanation later, why he turned from a guerrilla to a catcher.)
Furthermore, the market must be stable!Simply put, lower body strength!So thick legs are unavoidable.

Shen Qin looked at himself. In fact, since he was adopted, his legs have grown a lot and he can't say anything to refute. After all, looking around, let's not talk about the school and the Little League, the nearest major league players in front of him!Regardless of catchers, fielders also have strong legs!

Even those so-called fast-legged players have slender and well-proportioned calves, but their thighs are also very strong and powerful.

Look at the catcher!

Shen Qin thought of the catchers on both sides in today's game, even the backup catchers and bullpen catchers under Yuri, all of them had big thick legs and big butts!A steady footing is simply not necessary.

Lasso squeezed Shen Qin's arm: "It's too thin! Do more strength training!"

I'm still just a kid!Shen Qin bared his teeth, the old man's hands were strong enough.

"Especially the lower body, home run is no joke~"

Hearing the home plate collision, Shen Qin immediately shivered.

Nowadays, he is no longer a newbie. How can he not know what home plate collision means? (Please note the timeline. It is now 2011. The rule of home plate collision is because later the super handsome guy of the San Francisco Giants hit "Excuse me for all the titles" catcher Posey was directly hit and broke his foot due to the collision. The entire season It was changed after being reimbursed! So catchers are really not trained by humans! Friends who are interested can search for his stick and his face ~ you will definitely not be disappointed!)
PS: (The later coach of the St. Louis Cardinals also wore glasses when he was a player...similar to Miyuki God! I suspect that the author of Diamond A is his fan~~mike matheny~self-search for 04 and forward~)

Even thinking of the home run incident during the season, Shen Qin still shudders!At that time, I was glad that it wasn't Yuri, but at the same time, I was extremely worried that Yuri would also be knocked out for good or bad.It was horrific, and he didn't understand why the major leagues would allow such a thing that a player could engage in a violent charge with a catcher when he was rushing back to home plate.

There are quite a few catchers who have been knocked out for some reason!
At the beginning of the season, San Francisco's leading catcher Buster Posey was injured due to a collision with a Marlins runner at home plate during a game against the Marlins. The legs were not adjusted in time, and they were directly broken by this powerful impact. They were lying on the ground struggling, and their painful hands were scratching on the ground. It was so painful to watch!
Then after the inspection, it was found that there were three lacerations. The season had just started, and it was forced to end!And it's hard to say whether it will leave a psychological shadow in the future.

That kind of scene is really difficult for people not to leave a psychological shadow.

Fortunately, many coaches have publicly supported banning home plate collisions in the future, and Shen Qin hopes that it will be passed next season.

But even though he thought so, he still felt that Yuri was a natural catcher!

You must know that a home plate collision is the same as being hit in the crotch by a ball. It is a 'pain' that no catcher can avoid!
But Yuri has the ability to solve the problem in a stable manner, which seems to be avoided, and I have to say that this is really a magical talent.

"Are you afraid! Do you still want to be a catcher? I think it is a good thing to aspire to be a first baseman or a left fielder?" Yuri asked Shen Qin with a smile!
Pooh!Shen Qin rolled his eyes!These words were simply a clear mockery of him!
Where is first base?It is the position that many teams send to catchers to rest more!

Where is that in left field?It's where most players with slightly worse defenses stay!
Is this a way to provoke generals? !

"Heh~ I just don't want to be a catcher! I want to be a shortstop too~" Shen Qin was also very vicious!After all, people who can defend the position of guerrilla can generally defend any position: "Didn't you say that I have fast legs in short-distance sprints! I think guerrilla is quite suitable for me!"

It’s so embarrassing~ Yuri has a kind of embarrassment that what you say is so reasonable, but I can’t refute it~ Shouldn’t a normal child say: Humph!You look down on me!Do I have to do it well for you to see?

This bear~
"Ahem~ That's all I'm going to say! You're still young, so it's a good thing to try any position~" Shen Qin can assure you!This line was definitely added by Yuri on the spur of the moment.

Hehe~ sneer!

However, if you want to be a good catcher, it is definitely not a bad thing to experience every position!
Only by staying in that position seriously, can we better understand what state they are in when they are defending and facing the catcher behind the plate!
That's how you become a really good catcher.

But... "What if I grow taller in the future?"

This is what Shen Qin is really worried about. In his previous life, he was as thin and tall as a bamboo pole. In this life, he eats well and does exercise~ Will it~ hiss~
Yuri patted his head angrily: "It's really beautiful! Do you think you are in the big league now? We just give you a direction for you to develop! Tsk tsk! Some people play until they are 30 years old. Not coming."

"Hiss~" This guy just wanted to fight with himself today, Shen Qin glanced at Yuri's hand, thinking that a fight might help him divert his attention?So he raised his chin: "That's nothing, it's just a hobby, I will be a doctor in the future."

But after saying this, Shen Qin is still a little guilty now, after all, as an orphan in his previous life, he also experienced being adopted and then abandoned again.Psychologically speaking, there are some problems at a good point, but at a bad point, it is a bit 'perverted'.He refuses to have intimacy with people!

But now he is completely attracted by Yuri's demeanor on the court.How can you not want to have that kind of hot aura after seeing it!At this time...even if I become a doctor in the future!He also wants to be the best catcher among doctors, or the best doctor among catchers?

Maybe... the team doctor?
Who would have thought that Yuri would laugh out loud after hearing this: "If you really play well! You will have the opportunity to participate in the draft in the future! Then it is a good thing to go to college before that! If you are too talented in the future, you can go back to be a doctor. Okay!"

Shen Qin didn't understand the draft, so he directly ignored the nonsense that he couldn't get along: "Isn't that too old?"

"The golden period of a baseball player is around 27 years old, which is different from other sports~" Yuri shook his head, and said with emotion: "Look, I just didn't go to college ~ tsk~"

Uh~ Shen Qin was stunned for a while, after calculating Yuri's age, it seems that this is indeed the case, and he couldn't help being a little embarrassed that he shouldn't have talked about this topic just now: "Hehe...university is just..."

"I don't want to go to college at all! My life is to shine on the court! Hahahaha~ I will go to college to pass the time after I retire..."

Shen Qin turned around and left!He was wrong!This guy doesn't need to divert attention at all!Bah bah bah! ! !

(End of this chapter)