Greatest catch ever in MLB
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That is epic. Talk about superhero stuff. Give that man a cape. Even if it was staged.
That looked like it was going to hit the reporter. Could’ve been a big lawsuit if there wasn’t a waiver.
Willie has to yield 1st and take 2nd to that.
Willie has to yield 1st and take 2nd to that.
If he had tried to grab her and pull her out of the way, he would have been hit with a sexual assault charge.That is epic. Talk about superhero stuff. Give that man a cape. Even if it was staged.
Willie Mays over the shoulder catch against Cleveland no question but the throw was even better
Great video but fake.
A video showing Longoria being interviewed during batting practice when a foul ball flies in the direction of the reporter and is intercepted bare handed by the baseball player was published on YouTube on 6 May 2011. As of 16 May, 2011, the video had 1.2 million views. As of November 2021, videos of the clip on Youtube had as many 10 million views.After the video was released, Longoria told the Tampa Tribune the video was real.
10 years later, however, Longoria acknowledged in the interview that the catch was staged. After release, many sources suspected that the video is probably fake. Mashable said the video is probably an ad for Gillette, because the logo of the company is shown clearly in the background of the video, and Longoria had done ads for the company before. CBS cites as evidence of the video being fake the fact that the reporter is not given a name, that there is no television channel logo anywhere in the video, and that no channels claim being the owners of the video, despite its popularity. Fact-checking website Snopes concluded the video was a fake, citing the absence of safety equipment, and the proximity of the reporter to the field. In addition to the ball, the Gillette logos in the background were also generated by computers.To date, Gillette has never publicly acknowledged if the video is real or was staged.
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Thanks for tracking that down Fair. If it's too good to be true....
I watched that video a dozen times trying to determine what it was that made him turn as his reaction time was unbelievable...realizing the ball was coming, raising his arm and then the hand/eye coordination to snag the ball. The one thing that looked odd to me was the ball seems to hit him above the wrist before it ends up in his hand.
Willie still holds #1 then in my view!
I watched that video a dozen times trying to determine what it was that made him turn as his reaction time was unbelievable...realizing the ball was coming, raising his arm and then the hand/eye coordination to snag the ball. The one thing that looked odd to me was the ball seems to hit him above the wrist before it ends up in his hand.
Willie still holds #1 then in my view!
Her face is a ball magnet.
Braves TV reporter Kelsey Wingert hit by foul ball
Kelsey Wingert was struck Friday night while standing in the camera well past the Braves’ first base dugout.
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Her face is a ball magnet.
Braves TV reporter Kelsey Wingert hit by foul ball
Kelsey Wingert was struck Friday night while standing in the camera well past the Braves’ first base dugout.
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