[tdarko]

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As I think about this more, the 20-25' thing is getting me. That's really close considering what the catcher is used to.


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you bring up some good points and ones that we discussed.

part of the reason we made it so close was for the reason you mentioned, "most goals in hockey aren't scored from slapshots," but then again this is a new look seeing a hockey puck coming at you rather than a baseball. new shape new everything.

a catcher can handle many tough situations as pitchers manipulate baseballs to move and to move in directions a hockey puck simply cannot. but the catcher knows its going to be a curveball/slider/splitter etc right? so that way different, well the ball still goes in the dirt and changes direction and sometimes backs up and doesn't do what its supposed to.

then the kicker is, cathers hit. and they hit a baseball in which they don't necessarily know to the fullest what its going to do (they have an idea). so their hand eye coordination is going to be as good as a hockey goalie and their reflex's will be as sharp and i don't care if its posada or pudge in there.

on the other hand, i have seen those sharp shooting contests in the NHL all-star game and from 20-25 feet away some of the best look pretty deadly and those hockey pucks are scootin' (especially from the distance mentioned).