Play catch vs. Have a Catch

[coach D'E]

Here is a question, that although might not be on the top of any serious discussion on softball, but still needs to be explored. I guess it might be a regional thing. Is it:
Sally, do want to go outside and "Play Catch"? Or, Sally, do you want to go outside and "Have a catch"? I've always said "Have a catch". I'm from Southeastern PA. When I lived in Hawaii and said "Have a catch" everyone looked at me like I was speaking another language. What is eveyone's opinion?
D'E

 

[Amy in AZ.]

Only in Field of Dreams have I ever heard the term "Have a catch." I am a native Illinoian. We play catch.

 

[quincy]

I have never used “have a catch”, heard it in Africa. I thought it was a UK language thing, I knew what they meant.

 

[Ahote]

I say "Play Catch". My DD thought it was funny to say Dad want to "Have a Catch" for a brief period of time after she heard it in Field of Dreams, but that didn't last long!

 

[Lozza]

I would say 'have a catch'. Play catch is something I would think of as an American thing.

 

[obbay]

In the Northeast we Play Catch.

on a side note..When I was a kid I had some friends who were from Montreal (this was maybe the Expos first year in MLB) and they didn't "throw" the ball, they would "shoot" the ball. I still remember how bizarre it seemed when one of them would tell the pitcher to "shoot it here!"

 

[CoachScott]

I'm from southeastern PA, near Susquehanna river. Lived here my whole life and and have always said "play catch." Can't say ever hearing anyone say "have a catch."

 

[MTR]

Always has been, "Dad, wanna have a catch?" Then again, where I come from you go to the beach, where to OP comes from, they go to the shore. And again, the town of Jersey Shore is NOT in New Jersey, but is in NorthCentral PA where the only body of water is.....the Susquehanna River! Go figure.

Can we now discuss the difference between creek and crick when discussing a stream?

 

[mad hornet]

In Ohio it's "play catch". I too never heard "have a catch" till the movie Field of Dreams. I figured it was some goofy Kevin Costner thing.

 

[starsnuffer]

Out here we just say, "lets grab a ball and try to give eachother a nose bleed".

-W