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Greatest baseball catch ever

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TheSportsPredictor, May 26, 2012.

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  1. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    If Jerry Morales and his basket catches from the 1970s Cubs era aren't being considered, this thread is worthless.
     
    BurnsWhenIPee, May 27, 2012
    #73
  2. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Photos from that catch show it's a great one, but the guy (Billy Flamion, now a freshman at Oregon) didn't get quite the air the LCC player did:

    http://tdn.com/sports/baseball/black-bears/article_287cfb38-b67f-11e0-b556-001cc4c03286.html?mode=image&photo=3
     
    micropolitan guy, May 28, 2012
    #74
  3. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Wow. I didn't know Markon had camera skills!
     
    imjustagirl, May 28, 2012
    #75
  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I was at a game with my dad (one of those last father-son baseball games we did) in the mid 1980s. Ken Griffey Sr. made a great grab over the left field wall against the Red Sox. I want to say Marty Barrett hit it. He kind of climbed the wall and went a row or two back before grabbing it and falling back onto the field. For years they played it whenever they did those montages at the ballpark, but I haven't see it in a long time. Anyone else remember that one?
     
    The Big Ragu, May 28, 2012
    #76
  5. novelist_wannabe

    novelist_wannabe Well-Known Member

    I'm not ripping him. I just refuse to make him out to be better than he was because of all the diving catches he made that other CFs would have made without diving. Andruw Jones comes to mind.
     
    novelist_wannabe, May 28, 2012
    #77
  6. Seahawk

    Seahawk Member

    That catch was one of the few times I swore in front of my father and did not catch a scolding for it.
     
    Seahawk, May 28, 2012
    #78
  7. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    I will. That award is meaningless. It was always meaningless, but they proved it when they gave it to a DH.
     
    RickStain, May 28, 2012
    #79
  8. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Still, he's sitting at home counting his money, and you're calling him a loser.

    Edmonds didn't have every tool in the bag, but I loved watching him play. Is being a gamer meaningless, too?
     
    Riptide, May 28, 2012
    #80
  9. MankyJimy

    MankyJimy Active Member

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    MankyJimy, May 28, 2012
    #81
  10. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Yes, Luis Soto made some great catches for the Yankees ...
     
    jr/shotglass, May 28, 2012
    #82
  11. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    OK, I just saw the original catch on SportsCenter. That was pretty damn remarkable, low fence or not.
     
    jr/shotglass, May 28, 2012
    #83
  12. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    He could have relied on God-given ability.

    He would have been a lot less scrappy, though.
     
    PCLoadLetter, May 28, 2012
    #84
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