Yorke's throw was not great. I'll concede that...

but when the bases are loaded, the catcher should set up like a 1st baseman and if necessary stretch to take the throw. When the ball was hit, our catcher pointed at 1st. Maybe he was pointing at Yorke telling him to come home or maybe he was confused and telling him to get the runner at first.

From the video, both angles show that he was set up like it was a play at the plate, and he was not in ready position when Yorke released the ball. When the ball short-hopped, he blocked it like a catcher would a wild pitch.

Had he been set up to take the force out, he might have stretched enough to take the throw with no hop. To me, it looks like he wasn't aware of the situation and reacted.

To any catchers out there...if it's a force out at home and they hit a grounder, how are you coached to take the throw? If things have changed since I played in the 70s/80s, fine, but it didn't look right to me.

Again, yes, if the throw is higher, we may get out of the inning unscathed, but our catcher did not do us any favors handling it like he did.