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In modern baseball you could put a Russian non English speaking catcher behind the plate and it wouldn't matter.
Pitchers get info overload from scouts and coaches
But back in the day, a Catcher like Ray Schalk, or the 3rd out Bill Bergen were invaluable. Not only did they block the plate well, have very good arms, but they memorized tendencies of hitters.
What I do for those catchers is give them high intellegence and work ethic. Then most of my deadball managers have a strategy that favors defense 100% over offense. Of course OOTP puts the better sabermatic player in there anyway...and once again I had high hopes for OOTP being on spot historically only to be disappointed. It's great for modern replays though
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