The Left-Handed Catcher
What baseball play do you think this left-handed catcher would like to be involved with? A batter in the right side of the batter’s box and a runner trying to go from second to third base. That’s this left-handed catcher's wheel-house. That’s the pocket to be sitting in. He doesn’t even have to come out of his squatting stance behind the plate to throw the guy out - a bazooka shot straight down the left foul line And after this catcher throws out that base runner at third he is going to scowl at the runner, looking through his catcher's mask as if that guy had some nerve just to take a big lead off of second. base.
Just think, when that catcher was a kid trying out the position as a left hander the coach probably looked over at him behind home plate and yelled out a string of four letter words that meant, “Get out of there. You want to play, get on first.” Because in those days left-handers did not play catcher. You get the eerie feeling that if Thomas Wolfe was the coach he would have told him, “You can never play home.” The only way a left-hander can get there on his own is by hitting a home run - unless he steals i - which means,. left-handed catchers are as rare as uncooked meat.
The baseball painting of the catcher created in a pop art style is 54” by 71” acrylic on unstretched canvas. There is no stretcher bars or frame. It hangs like a banner or tapestry.
