Catchers need rules protection, period. June 4, 2011. 3 minute read. Upon further review, Bruce Bochy is right. Baseball needs a rule banning a baserunner from crashing into a catcher, football ...

Tigers catcher Brayan Pena is no stranger to home plate collisions, but that does not mean he thinks they shouldn't be addressed. Pena, who has suffered concussion symptoms in his career, told MLB ...

Cleveland catcher Lou Marson was fortunate to avoid serious injury when the Rays' Desmond Jennings ran him over last Saturday :: /AP I have seen enough, and I don't need for Lou Marson to wind up ...

For extra protection, many catchers are now using the Force3 Defender mask, which uses a spring-cushioned, shock-absorption system that reduces the force of an impact. “It’s an improvement for ...

From Little League to the Big League, any baseball player can tell you that catching a fastball can hurt, and now a new study shows it.

The Texas Rangers need a backup catcher. Tedious, sure, but it’s the cost of a franchise that’ll return eight of the nine everyday starters from a World ...

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. "Catchers Mitts Don't Provide Enough Protection." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 1 July 2005. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2005 / 07 ...

HIS FEATS ARE UNEQUALED Suffering Severe Injuries He Continued to Catch Behind the Bat Without Protection. Share full article. ... Nat Hicks, the picturesque old catcher of the Mutual baseball ...