With a smile, Braves catcher Brian McCann guesstimated that John Smoltz shook off about half of the pitch suggestions that McCann made in his rookie season of 2005. But McCann did not take any of that personally. He has a reputation, already, as a catcher who gets it, who understands his role is to serve as a pitcher's counsel, or empathetic counselor, or baseball caddie, depending on who the pitcher is and what his needs are. McCann pays attention, and has the sort of innate curiosity that is ...

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