Hatch is the nicest dude ever. He was a very good minor league catcher that never got a shot at the show. Did everything the Padres asked of hime but never got a shot, so eventually he said "screw it" and took the bullpen catcher job. Took great care of me when I was the bp catcer for his AAA team.
As long as he stays in shape he can probably earn a good living being a bullpen catcher much longer than he would've been able to earn a living being a player.
I was an organizational bullpen catcher for Toronto in the early 80's. I went throughout the minor league system from high A to a brief time in AAA. A great way for a HS catcher to learn when there was no travel baseball available.
This reminds me of a story my brother told me from when he caught at a juco. He was the second string catcher and the team had a Venezuelan kid that threw 96 with a ton of movement, but had no idea where it was going. The kid was getting scouted and the coach asked the catchers who wanted to catch his bullpen in front of the scouts. The only stipulation was “you must catch the first ball. I don’t care if you miss every other one, but you MUST catch the first ball.” My brother volunteered and played catch with him until the scouts arrived. He got down in his squat and the pitch was thrown...clocked in at 97 and was about a foot over his head. The coach yelled “GOD FUCKING DAMNIT *last name* YOU HAD ONE JOB!” Everyone (except the angry coach) broke down laughing, including the scouts. The bullpen went fine afterwards, but my brother thought the coach was going to rip his head off for a few minutes there.
I normally played the outfield. I love tracking down fly balls but I always enjoyed catching BP during practice. It was fun and gave me time to work on another field position. I found it to be pretty entertaining.
every kind. It's from crouching, blocking, and catching. Your knees will be sore, mainly because the human body was not designed to crouch how we crouch for as long as we crouch. I haven't caught in a few weeks and it still hurts for me to crouch. You will have bruises all over your body from keeping the ball in front, and your finger will be swollen if you are catching anyone fast.
+Turb0 You must be doing it wrong!! I have been catching for the past 2 years and I am fine..I mean yes tender sometimes from the ball hitting you but other then that no pain...
@@theforbiddensauce ah yes, 1 video. You're like people in cancel culture, you go find 1 thing thats old and try to base the extent of their personality off of it. And all the new videos I've seen are way higher in production quality than this.
(I’m a Catcher, Center Field) I’ve always told some of my friend that the best protection is your glove and that you should stand your ground to the ball
Thats how i was taught to catch a football by my dad. He threw it aimed center mass at me as hard as he could. Only took me missing a few to realize catching is easy. Then i started to play baseball and well.. First sinker i ever seen in my life got my ankle on the inside of my leg. Everything else i caught or knocked down in front of me lol.
Yeah catching is fun af especially at the lower levels, cuz there’s no pressure on you, it’s all on the pitcher. Atleast that’s why I liked doing it. It’s kinda like hanging out in the dug out when ur team is on the field, it’s just easy lol
@crazyblu11 The chest protector is just to stop balls in the dirt. A 90 mph fastball will give you heart problems regardless if the catcher has the chest protector on or not
I remember mike Adams, such an underrated pitcher. Put up a 2.41 ERA in 400+ innings with an ERA+ Of 160 ( League average 100) and never made an all star appearance???
Growing up,Mark Cresse was the Dodgers bullpen catcher forever.Another story,a player was taken on the office and told he can be on the team as their bullpen catcher,meaning he got the perks of a Major League player even though he didn't make the team!!!
Something tells me he wasn't catching from that pitcher as they never showed the two together. It was always the pitcher throwing and then him catching in a separate shot.
I was never a catcher, but now looking at it, being a bullpen catcher would be the sickest job in sports without being a pro. You get paid league minimum (which is like 6 figures or close), and you get to travel with the team and stay in 5 star hotels and stuff. i wanna learn how to catch haha.
As logs as you catch it, your are good. I used to hate all the gear except my cut and the mask! But there were times I was thankful for wearing the chest protector.
When I got older and caught my son;'s pitches my legs would be so sore for days, High school could do that for hours , 20 minutes a old dude is something else
The Orioles bullpen catchers Ben Carhart & Yogi! Coolest bullpen in the league! They have fun out there , play hackney sack(with baseballs only ) somebody tried to give em one they say they rather use baseballs! They play closest to the plate, and toss all the balls up in the stands! Cool as a fan!
i got some questions. 1. do bullpen catchers also play in games? 2. do you get paid to do bullpen catching? 3. do you get paid enough that you don’t need a second job? 4. was he wearing a cup?
It's probably the best job in all of sports. You get paid to travel with the team, catch the best pitchers in the world, and watch most of the game from a decent vantage point, all while never having any pressure on you whatsoever.
The hardest thing about being a major league bullpen catcher at his age....squatting. Your quads and hamstrings are dying by about the 10th pitch. Luckily he caught in high school, so he knows how to fall to his knees to throw the ball back and then rock back to a squat.
You just need to get your eyes acclimated to the speed and trust your hands…that being said, I’d wear the gear. Every now and then, we all miss one when we’re relaxed. Bullpen sessions involve experiment on pitches and feel-balls certainly come up short
Should’ve felt 14 year old me’s knees when in my first game of high school varsity baseball I caught 94 MPH. Our pitcher went on to get drafted 2 years later out of Old Dominion University out in Norfolk. That man currently is the starting pitcher for the Houston Astros, Justin Verlander.
I’ve seen this before, but it recommends this to me now, 10 years after it’s release date
Uhh same here
Me too
Same
Same
Same
Hatch is the nicest dude ever. He was a very good minor league catcher that never got a shot at the show. Did everything the Padres asked of hime but never got a shot, so eventually he said "screw it" and took the bullpen catcher job. Took great care of me when I was the bp catcer for his AAA team.
As long as he stays in shape he can probably earn a good living being a bullpen catcher much longer than he would've been able to earn a living being a player.
He’s gotta be retired by now, this was a decade ago
I was an organizational bullpen catcher for Toronto in the early 80's. I went throughout the minor league system from high A to a brief time in AAA. A great way for a HS catcher to learn when there was no travel baseball available.
This reminds me of a story my brother told me from when he caught at a juco. He was the second string catcher and the team had a Venezuelan kid that threw 96 with a ton of movement, but had no idea where it was going.
The kid was getting scouted and the coach asked the catchers who wanted to catch his bullpen in front of the scouts. The only stipulation was “you must catch the first ball. I don’t care if you miss every other one, but you MUST catch the first ball.”
My brother volunteered and played catch with him until the scouts arrived. He got down in his squat and the pitch was thrown...clocked in at 97 and was about a foot over his head. The coach yelled “GOD FUCKING DAMNIT *last name* YOU HAD ONE JOB!” Everyone (except the angry coach) broke down laughing, including the scouts. The bullpen went fine afterwards, but my brother thought the coach was going to rip his head off for a few minutes there.
0:42 Dude was about to drop a golden nugget of wisdom and your joke interrupted him.
1:35 is funny
Dudes like this never get that most of us want to hear more from who they're interviewing and less from them.
"joke"
Glad to see I’m not the only one who noticed. That pissed me off
@@1234KeithB they took my job
Y does every one hate catching. It's fun!
Catching sucks you do the same thing over and over again
Because for somone who has never done it It would sound very intimidating I guess
Midway corgi It's difficult and uncomfortable but I agree, it's fun.
Agreed best position on the field. I loved it.
I normally played the outfield. I love tracking down fly balls but I always enjoyed catching BP during practice. It was fun and gave me time to work on another field position. I found it to be pretty entertaining.
shoulda had aroldis chapman throw to him for the maximum experience
Whiteboy CurryII aroldis fast ball would've took dudes hand off lol
Whiteboy CurryII CHAPPY
play catcher one of the most fun things you will ever do if you don't mind a little pain
What kind of pain do they experience and what's it's from if you don't mind telling me.
every kind. It's from crouching, blocking, and catching. Your knees will be sore, mainly because the human body was not designed to crouch how we crouch for as long as we crouch. I haven't caught in a few weeks and it still hurts for me to crouch. You will have bruises all over your body from keeping the ball in front, and your finger will be swollen if you are catching anyone fast.
+Turb0 You must be doing it wrong!! I have been catching for the past 2 years and I am fine..I mean yes tender sometimes from the ball hitting you but other then that no pain...
+Kenny7294 I've caught for 10 years and about 15 seasons.
I can agree. Been catching all my life.
*0:42* anyone else dying to know what "the funny thing is"
me lol
Me too
Jockstrap / cup
The funny thing is that sometime he may have to block
Me
His forehead is bigger than Peyton mannings...
Lol
maybe he is peyton manning's long lost bother
I was just about to make a joke like this then i went to the comments and i saw this:(
nice one
CubGfx
Creepiest handshake ever.
K. O. - he's got something wrong such as he had a stroke or brain injury.
I would like this but it's on 69 I can't sorry
He's a friend of mine. He had a brain tumor that nearly took him. He was in a lot worse shape before that.
@@joshuapotter7372 Brain tumor
@@joshuapotter7372 This is correct. He had brain cancer. He passed away
Peyton Manning and Tony Hawk had a child. Congrats to them.
Tallen Webb
Congrats.
The only guy who can do an Omaha McTwist.
the amount of cuts hurt me
Verlisify loser
stfu lmao, better than your content
@@theforbiddensauce damn you you kinda salty huh
Sean Halperin he made a 12 minute video of watching a trailer that is a full year old. Piss off
@@theforbiddensauce ah yes, 1 video. You're like people in cancel culture, you go find 1 thing thats old and try to base the extent of their personality off of it. And all the new videos I've seen are way higher in production quality than this.
Notice how it never really tells you how to be a bullpen catcher
How does this only have 91 likes?
who else thought this guy was Peyton Manning
I did
I saw him turn his head. So I didn't think that.
I did
I did
me
this guy is a decent bullpen catcher
Can't be that hard. Don't exactly need any athleticism to play baseball to begin with...
288theabe oh.. your one of those people
288theabe try to play the sport and we'll talk about how easy it was because apparently you "don't need athleticism to play baseball"
lol You don't. I play various sports recreationally and baseball's by far the easiest.
288theabe you are probably just gifted with the talent but not everyone else is
Imagine Catching Aroldis Chapman
have fun
I'd just close my eyes and hope
+Savior - Agar.io and that would be the worst decision of your life lol
YaBoyTragic that would be scary with him throwing triple digits
And the last...
Somebody intentionally edited the first 15 seconds of this video that way.
There was no pop in that guys glove. I dont think he was catching a 90 mph fast ball
You have to catch it in the right spot to make it pop
snap of the wrist
Jaocb O'Grady me either
Jaocb O'Grady hi
(I’m a Catcher, Center Field) I’ve always told some of my friend that the best protection is your glove and that you should stand your ground to the ball
It’s 2022
@@Dassoutdoors yes is it.
Thats how i was taught to catch a football by my dad. He threw it aimed center mass at me as hard as he could. Only took me missing a few to realize catching is easy.
Then i started to play baseball and well.. First sinker i ever seen in my life got my ankle on the inside of my leg. Everything else i caught or knocked down in front of me lol.
@@Mikano_ñ now it's 2023
I watched this and I haven't got a phone call from any MLB teams. This blows!
Yeah catching is fun af especially at the lower levels, cuz there’s no pressure on you, it’s all on the pitcher. Atleast that’s why I liked doing it. It’s kinda like hanging out in the dug out when ur team is on the field, it’s just easy lol
are you a bullpen catcher? if so, whats the pay like at each level (if you dont mind sharing that info)
99.9% of comments: his forehead
Other 0.1% saying stuff about the video
"stuff", specifically about his forehead
+Isaac Exposito yeah lol
3:11 i don’t know about you but I’m not seein any sweat
Wow it’s almost like this videos 10 years old
Am i the only one that is thinks this guy looks like peyton manning
+Kellen Gonda nope
No I really thought it was Peyton manning like for real. I'm sleep coup
Kobe Bryant #BlackMamba #24hunnit #GOAT I noticed
Kinda cool watching classic padres content
San Diego should have a vintage Padres tv channel showing stuff like this 24/7
forgot to mention the most important piece of gear as a catcher, the cup
@crazyblu11
The chest protector is just to stop balls in the dirt. A 90 mph fastball will give you heart problems regardless if the catcher has the chest protector on or not
I remember mike Adams, such an underrated pitcher. Put up a 2.41 ERA in 400+ innings with an ERA+ Of 160 ( League average 100) and never made an all star appearance???
The GAB was the best trio on closing out the game for the Padres in that ERA, then they traded Adams and it all fell apart
13 years later and I’m seeing this now
Holy Forehead
I'm a bullpen catcher now after watching this once. Thanks
I was 4 when this came out, now I'm 4 days away from being 15. That's crazy.
Yea life moves fast kiddo, cherish every moment
Growing up,Mark Cresse was the Dodgers bullpen catcher forever.Another story,a player was taken on the office and told he can be on the team as their bullpen catcher,meaning he got the perks of a Major League player even though he didn't make the team!!!
1:00 That didn't come out the way you intended it...
Something tells me he wasn't catching from that pitcher as they never showed the two together. It was always the pitcher throwing and then him catching in a separate shot.
Why all the jump cuts?
just one of the best bullpens for the past 8 years no big deal.
2:43 questionable handshake
I've watched this probably 50 or 60 times
Mom can we have Peyton Manning
No honey we have Peyton Manning at home
Peyton Manning at home :
Lol
Change up is better than a slider slider you see early but with a change up it slows down just before the plate
Back when padres were good
Michael Sison
now there good again
Fernando Tatis Jr
12 years now
Who knows this was 10 years ago when the Padres were the worst team... Now in 2020 there one of the best😂
Bullpen catcher sounds like the chillest job ever... Screw money.
@fam2129 Wilson A2K
Yes
That was so cool. When I played baseball. I was a catcher and I would love to have that job. Bullpen catcher. Yes plz.
mix of Peyton Manning and Drew Breeze
chris lopez where is drew brees at to me it’s bill nye and Peyton Manning
I was never a catcher, but now looking at it, being a bullpen catcher would be the sickest job in sports without being a pro. You get paid league minimum (which is like 6 figures or close), and you get to travel with the team and stay in 5 star hotels and stuff. i wanna learn how to catch haha.
Bullpen catchers get paid league minimum??? That's well over 700 grand right now
I thought this was actually how to apply for the job
This was made like 3 months before I was born and it's in my recommendations now? Wow.
This dudes forehead said 🗿
After 9 years youtube decides to put it in my recomended.
bullpen catcher= catcher that can't hit
I wasn’t even born wet when this was posted
I had to click off just because he put the helmet on wrong as a catcher that makes me so sick
Damn if that's all it takes to put you off you shouldn't play sports 😂 I'm a catcher as well and I've seen pros put it on like he did
This vid came out before I was born
LOOK AT THAT FOREHEAD BOII
As logs as you catch it, your are good. I used to hate all the gear except my cut and the mask! But there were times I was thankful for wearing the chest protector.
That guy looked like my dad Peyton manning
What your last name says matanle
First time watching this. 11 years after it’s been uploaded
That guy look like he is off of bill Nye
What kind of helmet is that called
That forehead tho.....
Seen this once about 4 years ago and now it’s back lol
San Diego number 1#
i love this guys videos
I had no idea Peyton Manning was doing baseball shows. Freakin awesome.
W comment he does look like Peyton manning fr
@linus tech tips this u?
I've caught low 90's once before and I'm pretty sure that pitcher wasn't throwing it.
The sweat thing just made it like there was an assistant spraying water on his head
next he doesn't wear a glove XD
11 years later and this is in my recommendations
Omg real sweat.... 🙄🙄
A catcher catching the ball is the best thing? I never would’ve guessed!
i wanna be a bullpen catcher
When I got older and caught my son;'s pitches my legs would be so sore for days, High school could do that for hours , 20 minutes a old dude is something else
go dodgers!
I caught Detroit Tigers pitcher , Mark Fydrich when I was 13 y/o at a baseball school in florida.
When starters are in the bullpen before the game backup or starting catchers catch
The helmet don’t matter if ur just bullpen and neither does chest cuz u would not be missing pitches right down the mid
The Orioles bullpen catchers Ben Carhart & Yogi! Coolest bullpen in the league! They have fun out there , play hackney sack(with baseballs only ) somebody tried to give em one they say they rather use baseballs! They play closest to the plate, and toss all the balls up in the stands! Cool as a fan!
i got some questions.
1. do bullpen catchers also play in games?
2. do you get paid to do bullpen catching?
3. do you get paid enough that you don’t need a second job?
4. was he wearing a cup?
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
It's probably the best job in all of sports. You get paid to travel with the team, catch the best pitchers in the world, and watch most of the game from a decent vantage point, all while never having any pressure on you whatsoever.
My childhood dream was always to he a bullpen catcher. Good enough pay, none of the pressure, doing the best job in the world most of the day.
That and selling hotdogs at a stadium but that's still my dream
I am a catcher and after you do your signals you are supposed to put your hand behind your back so it doesn't get injured.
That's dumb you put at your side so if you need to throw you don't waste time
The hardest thing about being a major league bullpen catcher at his age....squatting. Your quads and hamstrings are dying by about the 10th pitch. Luckily he caught in high school, so he knows how to fall to his knees to throw the ball back and then rock back to a squat.
Do you guys have any idea how freaking hot it gets in that armor
So weird to think there is a RUclips video that is 12 years old, with 4.2 million views that I haven’t seen until now.
I’ve seen this video so many times, i might be 10% of the views
I love catching. Its awesome.
And here I was thinking that it was just the backup catchers who were in the bullpen
I remember the days playing baseball god I miss it so much lol
Why don't you go back to playing? If you're just old you could get into some kind of amateur local team thing.
Lol true and just don't know where to go not much in Oklahoma lmao and 32 ain't to old lol
@@BANFISHINGOKIE if you're a church going man it's common in the south for churches to start baseball teams and play other churches in like slow pitch
I love that stadium.
awesome video!
You just need to get your eyes acclimated to the speed and trust your hands…that being said, I’d wear the gear. Every now and then, we all miss one when we’re relaxed. Bullpen sessions involve experiment on pitches and feel-balls certainly come up short
There is this novel concept which you can use in such a situation. Its called moving out of the way. In bullpen you don't need to block.
"how to be a major league bullpen catcher" you catch the ball
Amigo,parabéns pelo belíssimo vídeo.Sou muito fã da MPB.
First time I caught 80+ mph in HS my knees shook. Def took repetition to get use to new speeds.
Should’ve felt 14 year old me’s knees when in my first game of high school varsity baseball I caught 94 MPH. Our pitcher went on to get drafted 2 years later out of Old Dominion University out in Norfolk. That man currently is the starting pitcher for the Houston Astros, Justin Verlander.