The leader and heart of a baseball or softball team is often the one crouched behind home plate. The catcher is involved in every play, and the position’s unique duties require a unique glove. Anyone ...

The catcher's main objectives are to catch the baseball, block the baseball on errant pitches and throw out base runners. The catcher can perform this drill with or without catching gear. Catcher ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Today San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey will host the annual Glove Giveaway for Junior Giants. Posey is the official Junior Giants commissioner. He will hand out 1,000 ...

Second in a three-part series on the art of catching. Read part one of the series here. DUNEDIN, Fla. — The best athlete on a kids’ team is usually a shortstop who also pitches. That described Luke ...

Back on Dec. 2, 1963, the MLB rules committee convened and decided that the ridiculously-oversized catcher's mitt being used to haul in Hoyt Wilhelm's fierce knuckler would no longer be allowed by the ...

The catcher is arguably the most important defensive position in baseball, which is why the Gold Glove Award is such a coveted accolade. Unlike the other positions, the defensive success of catchers ...

Three cities in 11 days. Four flights to play 10 games. And for Blake Swihart, six gloves to be ready to play five positions. That’s not counting the pair of every-fifth-day catcher’s mitts he shares ...