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Give Catchers the Credit They Deserve
When you stop to think about it, the catcher is truly the unsung hero of any softball team. Pitchers tend to get most of the glory – after all, it’s their stats that are affected most by a win or a loss – but the catcher is probably the closest thing to a leader a team can have. Just think of all the roles a catcher must play in a single game. There’s the question of suggesting which pitch to throw, of course, followed by actually catching the pitch.
Catchers have to do more than just prevent passed balls with their Akadema softball gloves, however. When runners try to steal second base, it’s up to a catcher to be alert and prepared to make a spirited throw. Those who really pay attention to the ins and outs of softball know that the catcher is something of a field general, controlling the pace of the game and calling many of the shots.
If there was ever a more influential pitcher in the game today, I am almost positive every young female athlete
would start listing the USA Olympic team, and within moments Monica Abbott would be mentioned. To simply list her accomplishments would not do this amazing justice for she has more softball accolades then most could even dream up in one life time.
She accredits her success to her parents and Tennessee’s Softball program in whole, but she’s also one of many athletes who chose to endorse a product that she believes in. In Monica’s case, it’s a fastpitch softball glove, and she went with the Akadema.