Best Catch Ever

[NeoV]

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18386131&topic_id=7417714

I can't think of a better catch.

The famous Vic Wertz catch is perhaps the most over-hyped play in the history of baseball - it pales in comparison to this.

 

[purbeast0]

wow that was really impressive. you gotta have some major coordination to make a catch like that. props.

 

[edro]

Didn't seem that special to me. He didn't even climb the wall much at all.

 

[MisterJackson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SqJz0NgnnE

better imho

 

[Numenorean]

Eh...it's not bad. Seen Carlos Gonzalez do better and make it look like he wasn't even trying. That guy is nuts

 

[Numenorean]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SqJz0NgnnE

better imho

Fake though.

 

[her209]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SqJz0NgnnE

better imho

That's fake.

 

[her209]

Also, the catch didn't seem all that spectacular.

 

[overst33r]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SqJz0NgnnE

better imho

Agreed. :thumbsup:

 

[Insomniator]

That was an amazing catch but Eric Byrnes sounds and looks like an idiot. It looked like ben was looking at the ball the entire time and just peeked at the wall... he didn't turn his head at all away from the ball.

And do people saying that its not that impressive... have you ever played outfield? That catch is a lot harder than diving in or to the side. The wall totally complicates everything.

 

[soulcougher73]

Was a nice catch, but not even in the top 50 of all time

 

[mcurphy]

Nice catch, but not the "Best" catch by far. Kevin Mitrchell's bare handed grab is at the top of my list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYnBfbGFbLI&feature=related

Another good one :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmSZwj4q3Lc&feature=related

 

[Insomniator]

Nice catch, but not the "Best" catch by far. Kevin Mitrchell's bare handed grab is at the top of my list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYnBfbGFbLI&feature=related

Another good one :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmSZwj4q3Lc&feature=related

same catches and it isnt real!

 

[Printer Bandit]

i thought OP was going to post this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtEOFBuziUs&feature=related

 

[silverpig]

Looks like a standard over the shoulder catch that they do in the NFL all the time...

 

[mcurphy]

same catches and it isnt real!

eh?

 

[drebo]

I've always liked Ken Griffey Jr's catches.

 

[slayer202]

It wasn't the prettiest, but toughest catch ever might be more accurate. Still, there are so many it's hard to judge

 

[Miramonti]

i thought OP was going to post this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtEOFBuziUs&feature=related

This catch is more glamorous but the OP's catch is harder imo.

This guy had time to scale the wall and briefly secure his balance at the top with his right hand, THEN catch it.

In the OP catch, he had to charge towards the wall, turn over his right shoulder to spot and track the ball, but catch it over his left just as his body made contact into the wall. There's a helluva lot going on there at once.

I think the japanese player probably knew that fence well and that he could scale it if needed, and it just worked out perfectly that he had enough time. That's not nearly as risky as the OP's catch.

 

[Squisher]

There are a ton of very athletic center fielders out there right now. My Tigers Austin Jackson has taken 2 HRs away in the last two weeks and thrown a runner out at the plate in the bottom of the ninth to preserve a win.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

i thought OP was going to post this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtEOFBuziUs&feature=related

That's the winner.


And anyone that posted that ridiculous fake ballgirl video should be forcibly castrated for the betterment of the human gene pool.

 

[MisterJackson]

I know it's fake. They wouldn't applaud a ballgirl for interfering with a game. Still better...imho

 

[edro]

...My Tigers Austin Jackson has taken 2 HRs away in the last two weeks...

orly

 

[MotionMan]

I was going to post the Kevin Mitchell catch, too.

BTW, any one of these 5 catches are better than the one in the OP:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/432394-jim-edmonds-and-his-top-five-defensive-plays-with-video

And, of course, there is a catch that is so good, it is simply known as "The Catch" (I was there).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V1Dx_McGrw&

MotionMan

 

[MedicBob]

I probably couldn't do it, but I have seen better.