The hitter can take off, but as a catcher when an umpire calls him out, rings him up with a fist, he is out.

He called him out, and that's what's disappointing. When he rings him up with a fist, he's out.

Our goal is to have every catcher relate to every pitcher. I don't think there is anything getting in our way of using any catcher at any time.

It was a swing. Our catcher caught it. Doug Eddings called him out and somewhere along the line, because the guy ran to first base, (Eddings) altered the call, ... When an umpire calls a guy out and you're the catcher, and I've caught my share of them, he's out. He didn't call swing, he rang him up with his fist and said 'You're out.'

Vlad has had some stretches occasionally where hits haven't fallen in. But he's the type of hitter that takes one swing to get him locked in seeing the ball again, and he can go crazy. That's a dangerous player, and they have done a good job with him so far.

When you're not swinging the bats well, you look flat.