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grote15grote15 Posts: 29,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Pretty impressive!


Leaping Catch at the Wall


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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Ichiro's done similar. Japanese outfielders = trained by ninjas.
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  • beef316beef316 Posts: 174
    IMO - The Japanese catch is one of the greatest catches I have ever seen. Ichiro's is good, but this one the guy is on a full run and makes it almost as if he is in stride running up and then leaping off the wall. Very fun to watch.
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    Ive seen this catch a few times this week, still impressive. Most impressive thing is he lands on his feet perfectly.

    For those that never played CF....... going straight back 400' to a fence, taking eye off ball to see fence, plant 2 steps up the padding grab top, then look back to find ball in night game, is so tough its crazy. He basically had to predict where the ball would be, and get up the fence spin and find that sucker, catch it and land without breaking neck....... all in 4 seconds.

    Id say this is the Best OF fence catch Ive ever seen.
    Better than any Devon White, Ichiro, Edmonds (diving back to the plate one is 2nd best IMO), Griffey, etc.
    The other one I may put up near the top was that Kevin Mitchell bare handed catch in corner 20 years ago, but it really was more of a misjudgment lucky play, than pure talent.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ichiro's catch was outstanding, but not on the same level as this other guy's.


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  • rlange5rlange5 Posts: 228
    I still like this one, don't remember if he caught it or not.

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  • bighurt2000bighurt2000 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭
    Nice catch but I don't think it's that great. Guy was playing deep about 10 steps from the
    warning track. Did you see how high the top of the fence was to him head high and he
    is Japanese player so about 5'5" fench? I can run and climb up a 5"5' fench and I'm
    fat and out of shape. Catching the ball is another thing.

    If all the MLB parks had the same low height fenches as that park does you would
    be seeing this type play 4 our more time a month.

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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,617 ✭✭✭✭
    Anybody hating on this catch has simply never played baseball.
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  • bighurt2000bighurt2000 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭
    I've played and I am not a hater.

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've played and I am not a hater.

    James

    But you unfairly downplay the difficulty of that catch.


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  • bighurt2000bighurt2000 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭
    Ok,
    I have changed my mind I have to agree with everybody here that was the one most amazing hardest
    catches to make I have ever seen.

    Over a 5'5" fench.

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  • scashaggyscashaggy Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ok,
    I have changed my mind I have to agree with everybody here that was the one most amazing hardest
    catches to make I have ever seen.

    Over a 5"5 fench.

    James >>



    5'5" Fench? That's a big bird.

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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Amoros and Mays made some pretty good catches too.


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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Amoros and Mays made some pretty good catches too.


    Steve

    So did Endy Chavez, for all the good it did the Mets..


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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I don't recall you starting a thread about that catch.............lol



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  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    Impressive
    I was wondering though, if he is technically stepping out of bounds
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