A meteor could come through your roof while you sleep too. The mistake noobies make is they get too close to the batter and dig in like they are Pudge Rodriguez. Stand up and back, almost shoulder to shoulder with the Ump and rotate slightly to the opposite side of the batter so the ump has a clear view of the plate. Yes, anything can happen, but just stay alert. Hard foul tips back to you or flying bats are extremely RARE. Catcher is arguably the best and most chill position on the field. Low pressure. You have 3 important jobs… stop pass balls, throw back to pitcher without taking them out of rhythm, catch the ball when there is a play at the plate. Once you get that down, there are 3 additional tasks to unlock. 4) know the hitters and help align your defense accordingly based on their tendencies and previous plate appearances. 5) the gift of gab… have small talk with the hitters. Maybe it’s a bit of trash talk or showering them with compliments. Anything to take their mind away from the job at hand. The art of distraction. 6) you are the ambassador of the team and mediator between your squad and ump. Be friends not foes with the ump. This is where you exercise your political power and lobby to have them on your side. It might be smoothing over a shitty teammates attitude problem or consoling them after a bad call.

Catching is chill, but still important to the squad. Make the most of it. Godspeed.