The leader and heart of a baseball or softball team is often the one crouched behind home plate. The catcher is involved in every play, and the position’s unique duties require a unique glove. Anyone ...

Major League baseball catchers have to field pitches flying at 90 mph or more, often catching several hundred fastballs a day. A team of medical researchers has concluded that despite improvements in ...

“In the last ten years it has been estimated by an able statistician that the annual number of accidents has been 37,518, of which 3 percent have been fatal; 25,611 fingers and 11,016 legs were broken ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny (right) gives instruction to catcher Carson Kelly during St. Louis Cardinals spring ...

Back on Dec. 2, 1963, the MLB rules committee convened and decided that the ridiculously-oversized catcher's mitt being used to haul in Hoyt Wilhelm's fierce knuckler would no longer be allowed by the ...