CARY, N.C. — - The relationship between pitcher and catcher is born in the spring.
Like Mark Buehrle’s relationship with Russell Martin, it is nurtured in meetings as weaknesses of opposing hitters are discussed and diagnosed.
It grows after each bullpen session and game action together — good and bad.
Canada’s entry into the Pan Am Games worked out for the first time on Sunday, and right-hander Shawn Hill met catcher Kellin Deglan.
And on Monday, Hill was trying to throw pitches past Team USA hitters into Deglan’s glove.
It was hit glove at first, as the veteran Hill peered in for signals from Deglan, who was 10 years of age in 2000, the year Hill was drafted by the Montreal Expos.