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ICYMI: A catcher to his core, Flowers returns home

By Staff Staff
March 4, 2016

Why anyone who is not into regular doses of pain would volunteer for this duty is unclear. Live a life squatting on your heels, catching bullets (average fastball velocity in 2015: 92.4 mph) and taking foul tips to some of the most sensitive of body parts. The pay’s great, and it’s all the infield dirt you can eat.

That’s staff writer Steve Hummer’s description of a baseball catcher. That’s also the professional life that Tyler Flowers chose.

Read Hummer's profile of Flowers to find out:

•How Flowers became a catcher while playing in the Braves’ farm system.

•A game bullpen coach Eddie Perez played with Flowers as he learned the position.

•Flowers’ ties to metro Atlanta.

•His artistic side — and how he expressed it for his children.

Read the full article here.

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Flowers was brought in to split duties with A.J. Pierzynski.

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