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Originally Posted by pseudofool
Managers, pitchers, etc. note the difference. They may not be able to quantify it in any statistical way, but clearly given the emphasis on calling a good game throughout the culture of baseball there's something to it. I mean basically you guys are suggesting that a catcher with a better understand of his opponents and his pitcher won't necessarily call a better game than me or you. Which is just silly..
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Yet the statistics bear that out. Of course the pitcher can always wave off our poor pitch selection.
I'd imagine there is probably a baseline of knowledge that all catchers at a major league level have. The variation does not seem to be significant.