There’s a theory in football which goes – the closer your position to the ball pre-snap, the smarter you are or have to be as a player.  Applying it (not saying it’s correct) quarterbacks and centers are higher up on the food chain and receivers not so much.  May have some truth as quarterbacks have to handle a lot and centers are responsible for calling out the protection scheme.

I also wonder if this theory is applicable to baseball.  If I had come to the US earlier, I would have liked fo do the Little League thing.  And play catcher.  If the position wasn’t so undemanding and boring in softball, I would have chosen it.

Catching fascinates me because not only are you involved in every play, you have to be a real student of the game.  To not only know your pitching staff but also the tendencies of opposing hitters and how to call a game.  Also the most physically demanding, on your knees the whole game.

Good catchers are worth their weight in gold.  The need for intelligence (known as the thinking man’s position), game awareness, defensive abilities, the other intangibles often outweigh the need for offensive output.  

I had aspirations for the boy to play catcher.  Even if he was athletically inclined, not really sure, he would be too small.  Modern day catchers are expected to be bigger, presumably for targeting and wear-and-tear purposes.