Someone or something that catches.
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(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base.
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(chiefly, US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
At the plate the catcher is responsible for catching pitches, keeping mispitched balls in front of the plate, calling pitches that are normally done through hand signals, picking off runners, and they are considered the leaders of the fi…
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