Sometimes I wonder if we put to much stock in baseball's...

Sometimes I wonder if we put to much stock in baseball's details. It's a long season. It's played every day. There is a lot of time to talk, speculate, ruminate, wonder and agonize over every moment when there are plenty of moments between action. Does a catcher who puts tape around his fingers — just above the knuckle — really help his pitcher see the calls all that much better than a catcher who doesn't? What about the catcher who occasionally drags his knuckles through the batter's box...