backup catcher

collocation in English

meaningsofbackupandcatcher

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backup
noun
uk
/ˈbæk.ʌp/us
/ˈbæk.ʌp/
(someone or something that provides) support or help, or something that you have arranged in case your main plans, equipment, etc. ...
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catcher
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkætʃ.ər/us
/ˈketʃ.ɚ/
in baseball, the player who catches the ball if the batter fails to ...
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(Definition ofbackupandcatcherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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My role as abackupcatcheris to be able to throw every single runner out.
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He can best be described as a prototypical defensive-mindedbackupcatcher.
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He also played 5 games each in left field and shortstop, two games as abackupcatcherand a game in right field.
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Prince ultimately settled in as abackupcatcher, relying on solid defense to compensate for a weak bat.
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He played in 25 games that year as abackupcatcherand hit.280 with one home run and 13 runs batted in, his best season.
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He returned to hisbackupcatcherrole for what would be his last year as a full-time player.
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Clevenger was hitting.500 in 10 games with five doubles as thebackupcatcher.
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Naturally, the potential problem with this arrangement is that if the pitcher prefers to work with the team'sbackupcatcher, then the regular catcherpresumably the better playermust be benched.
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He was theirbackupcatcheruntil 1915.
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Seattle demoted him to third-stringbackupcatcherafter that season, and he appeared in only three games with them in the season, going hitless in three games before getting released.
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