To throw baseballs and catch fish.

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Because so many of their pigskin peers do indeed lower that character bar and look the other way if a kid prefers to run, catch and throw rather than read or write.

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You have to get rid of the ball, and you have to throw it so guys can catch it and run with it.

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Players sprint, jump, catch, throw and furiously bench-press a 225-pound barbell until their upper body exhausts.

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Left-hander Boone Logan, slowed by a tender elbow, expects to pay catch Thursday and throw off a mound this weekend.

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Instead of using their feet and a soccer ball, these men and women use their hands to throw, catch or dribble a volleyball.

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For the first time in human history, it's becoming possible to see how to throw off more sparks and how to make sure that more of them catch fire.

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"I think just getting up, going to make the throw, I caught my front spike on the lip of the grass, and then in order to try to catch my balance, all my weight went on my right foot, and I turned it over, " Turner said.

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