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jim LEHMN did you see babe Ruth's power play game winner yesterday?

It is not a touchdown it is a homer or home run dummy

Case Johnson you’re a idiot it’s a joke

They shot them all the way from the 3 point line

I’m 61, and still remember making a diving catch when I was playing centerfield. I LOVED playing little league, high school , college, then church league softball. Wouldnt mind playing now!

My first day of little league I was put in right field and had no idea how far to stand off the line. Sure enough first pitch the ball was hit right down the line so I ran and dove and the ball ended up in my glove. I told the coach I wanted to play second base because I didn't have much of an arm. He laughed and said your in the outfield. 😆

I'll bet you do remember - good memories! It never gets old

My son was pitching in the final inning of a tournament championship game. There was one out with runners on 2nd and 3d. The batting team was down by two. The hitter hit a blistering ground ball to the third base side of the mound. My son dived to his right, slapped the ball down while falling. He grabbed the ball and his only play was to first. He had no time to gather himself so he threw from his knees. Got the man at first by an eyelash. The 3d base coach sent the 2nd runner to tie the game. The 1st baseman cut the runner down at the plate with a perfect throw. They won 4-3, but the thing I'll never forget was the look on my son's face when he threw the guy out from his knees. Pure joy as the crowd erupted. It was a big regional LL tournament so there were 5-600 people in the stands It's gratifying to know he's felt that indescribable feeling of a crowd roaring its approval for something you've accomplished. We've talked about it and he says the thing he remembers most was how everything happened in slow motion and he knew exactly what to do. I think that's called being in 'the zone'. It's a great memory for us both.

Glad you had good memories. I struck out in my only AB, and had no chances in the field.

Worse version of andruw jones' catch

Thanks for bringing that up, on second look you're right that catch is absolutely insane! He had to track it looking up and behind first to his left then turning to his right , then jumps and catches while his back is to the Ball 5 feet in the air!! THATs insane !

Revere and Edmonds are the best. Mays just ran to the spot and waited, so overrated.

It's not underrated. That's why it's called "Greatest Catches".....

I loved Eric. One of the reasons he was so great, was because he Always hustled and put in effort into everything!

*It was on my reccomendations what should i say* 😂😂

You haven't played baseball before? You're missing out dude.

@Gabriel It's America's Game, It's like Chevrolet and Apple Pie.

@Gabriel That's because it's America's Game !!

@Gabriel if you don't understand that, and Obviously you don't, you must not have grown up in America watching the World Series every year, playing little league and Dreaming of One Day Just Maybe I can do that. If you have not, You Would Not Understand.

LOL

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That guy was the same cop during the World Series, forgot which year but David Ortiz hit a Grand Slam and that guy went insane over it, hehe

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The cop was so impressed he told him, "You can speed home tonight, I won't give you a ticket!"

That Otis Nixon catch was in fulton county stadium and I have never seen anyone go over the wall to rob a homer in that stadium. so I would have to say that's the best I've ever seen.

I didn't see that one happen live, I did see the other Jim Edmonds highlight catch happen live when he robbed Jason LaRue and great American ball park. That was an amazing catch. He said after he caught it "oh my God, I didn't even see it!" Gives right fielder a high five He was one of the best defensive outfielders I've ever seen? Thought he was snubbed when he only lasted on the ballot for the hall of fame one year

The Jim Edmonds catch, I had on video, ESPN top ten or something, if you slow mo it, there's a point where he looks back, not over his shoulder, but bending his neck straight backwards, to spot the ball! By far the greatest catch Ive ever seen...

Yeah I'm shocked Nixon's catch is not in this - these fences these catches are made over are adorable compared to the 11' beast he had to surmount for that catch.

That Ben Revere grab for the Twins is highly impressive. Has to veer both left then right-then a straight-on jump into the wall … his back to the ball while making the catch. A lot going on in that bang-bang snag.

Omfg my thoughts exactly lolol!!

Nice toe

I came to comment that and I saw urs

@@spyridonaskarousos3564 i thought i was the only one ahaha

Who is that player?

marcus larson hell yeah

they missed the 92 world series great catch by the JAYS

marcus larson Well yeah, they're birds after all!

Haha clever

John Doe, ya, it doesn't even include Devon White's catch.... which should have been a triple play!

as did dewayne wise’s; for mark buehrle

Yeah, Dewayne Wise's catch preserved a shutout, no-hitter and perfect game. It was the first out of the ninth inning.

Oh yes, thanks for reminding me of that. Absolutely unique!

If I remember correctly (regarding the Mays' catch), the throw that followed was magnificent as well. I believed it made it to home plate on one bounce and stopped a run from scoring.

I was waiting for Bo's Spiderman walk to make the list. Guess it "looked too easy" to make it, lol. Bo made everything look easy!

​@@stevearmin5346 It did stop a run from scoring, but it didn't make it all the way home. "Foolish Baseball" did a really great video on it. It only took Mays 1.3s to catch, spin and fire an on the fly throw to the cutoff man...who was still about 300 feet away from where he was in dead center at the Polo Grounds. Multiple feats of crazy athleticism on display.

The Mays catch is so overrated. You must not have ever played. He just ran to a spot and waited for the ball, compare Edmonds and Reveres over the head catches and Mays does not even come close!!

Lol! I just saw too!

The moustache

Alex Forbes i seas it to lololol

Alex Forbes Yeah I did lol

Glorfindel that's the same guard that cheered for the David Ortiz go-ahead grand slam against the Tigers in the 2013 ALDS

Agreed. This video should have also included Rusty Greer’s catch to help preserve Kenney Rogers’ 1994 perfect game for the Rangers.

7:34 to preserve Burhrle's Perfecto...absolute bedlam in that ballpark

0:33 was to save a perfect game

Same. Unbelievable play.

5:14　It's also intresting that 1B runner is Edmonds.

I'm from Boston but the greatest catch in MLB history is Derek Jeter's bare handed catch and throw 2 home base, Might be the greatest play of all time ??? Let alone catch and throw, play and out all in 1 !!!

His shirt glitched.. Hehe lol

Yes, the situation adds to the achievement.

Agreed 100%!

AND he was a defensive sub so he came into the inning "cold".

I think that's why I think that is the greatest catch of all time imo

@@merlotpapi4930 This was definitely the best catch of all-time. Buehrle whipping through the game, the Sox faithful hanging on every pitch, Hawk Harrelson ready to give his life for the perfect game, and that catch... I'm a Brewers fan but I happened to catch this game live and it still gives me chills. It happened on my mom's 56th birthday, which is Buehrle's number, but that's a whole other story.

Especially with so much on the line. I remember that one well. Half way through this and hope its even on here.

Thank you!

+Team Rvhx Bro where is the one where peter borjous reaches over the wall???

Damn that guy that caught it bare handed gots balls

+DMKelly20 he forgot bo tho.

And Nixon

What about 7:00 ?

7:00 is better

@Rawr5649 Which ones in video ? Time Stamps? Inwanna compare 👍

@Rawr5649 Yup.... 👍👍👍 Those two kick ass too.

1:54

He has a second catch that looks almost identical to the one they showed at the start of the video.

@@Veggamattic in a NLCS Game 7 victory

i did that one..

@@cag1763 Nope...you did not.

@@markp2629 yes i did..i made most of those catches through out my years . hardball.. softball...but I couldn't hit worth a shit..

FYI, Ron Swoboda’s catch was in game 4!

Os a long time Os fan it broke my heart. But much respect as it was a incredible thing to watch

Was that the one where he also threw the man out at home?

No, but it ended the inning.

He ran up the wall after he caught the ball. There was no need. Random parkour after a catch doesn't make it better.

@@alaskaguyd963 yes it does

@@M1lesJames If you 're not a real baseball fan maybe. Baseball isn't for you then. Go watch some teens jump on shit at the playground instead. You'll lose your shit.

No matter how many times I replay it, I always feel he won't get it. Def best catch.

1 vote from me. Best catch. Agreed.

You can just feel the disbelief in the announcer's voices at what they just saw

Keith spot on mate...

Facts. That wall was 11 feet

Bo was a negative defender, plain and simple. He had what? one robbed HR (against Jack Clark). And running up the fence? He caught the ball, took 6 full strides before he even got to the fence. Him running up the fence was absolutely no factor in the catch, other than a cheap thrill.

Amen. Just about to type the same comment. Bo had the most legendary and beautiful dive-and-roll mid-field catches i've EVER seen. The distance run (where he wasn't even in the camera frame), the superhuman speed, the flight through the air, the cartwheel-like turn in mid-air, catching the ball in the middle of the cartwheel, the perfect form on the roll, in which he usually landed ON HIS FEET in perfect running stride. I think the only reason people overlook those amazing catches is that he made them look so easy, and he did it many times to where people just expected that kind of athleticism from him. But no one else caught a ball the way he could; definitely should have at least one in this video...

@@bauerj3398 Bo was so fast that he had to start slowing down at half court just to make a layup.

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My thoughts exactly

Just watched that catch. And it was fantastic!

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Dwight Eavans in the 75 WS... needs to be on this list

I remember seeing that catch by Mays. I think it was on Baseball game of the week on a Saturday. That was as good as any of the these.

@@timcasey9487 tons of video of that probably. HD quality also.

its being removed for this upcoming season

And its the biggest hill in the entire city.

Because they had no hill in the city

jrn00498 yeah! it's called a "terreas". CROSLEY FIELD in Cincy had one and I saw one of the best centerfielders in baseball race up the terreas, fall, reach out his arm and have the ball hit the palm of his glove and fall out and be charged with an error! I saw it with my own eyes and I knew that call was WRONG!!!

Lol

I got u

i got you *runs off*

I can do that too hold my milk bottle

My beer can do it. Hold me

I was thinking about the Kirby Puckett catch too and some Kenny Lofton ones

Bo Jackson is the best WARRRRRR EAGLEEE

+TakeAShowerStinky I am NOT a Hilary supporter....

+TakeAShowerStinky I am NOT a Hilary supporter....

+TakeAShowerStinky I am NOT a Hilary supporter.... Where did you get that idea?

Yes, those and other great World Series catches should be in a category by themselves, because of the pressure of the situation. Dwight Evans' catch in the sixth game of the 1975 World Series should also have been included.

Love hearing Neihaus from those old clips. I'm biased but he was the best announcer in history i.m.h.o

I remember that one! My favorite.

Actually, the batter was Tom Tresh when Yaz made that phenomenal catch. It was Elston Howard who broke up Rohr's no-hit bid with a single a little later that same inning.

@@kvernon1 you are right

Just now watched that and that catch was remarkable!

i know this is 9 months later but the wall is actually measured to be 11 ft high

@@kylelarsen9908 Jesus

Exactly. Half the other 'over the fence catches' the walls are, like, Mike Trout's exact height. Davis and Pillar's catches are so high up there - if perhaps a little less 'on the run'.

Pam Alford yes thank you that was an amazing catch that I'm surprised was not on here

Yep - that catch was the best I ever saw - better than any in this clip

Van Slyke made a few spectacular catches in his day too and i'm surprised none of them ended up on this video.

That catch also preserved a Braves 1-0 victory, and was their 13th win in a row.

~Yeah I was waiting to see if they included that one. I think that's one of the best ever.

I loved @ :20 sec. Kevin Micthell's bare handed grab!

I do!

Just saw it here for the first time and I agree...and I've been watching MLB since 1969.

LORRIO yeah, I think he was the supporter of the red team

I think that might be the same cop from Ortiz's 2013 ALCS slam

LORRIO “police cop”

Griffey's Barfield robbery was better than the one shown here. I think this one is more popular because he broke his wrist doing it.

Clayton Fair I agree.

For me, the amazing thing about Kirby's catch was his immediate throw from the left field wall to 1st, coming close to picking off the runner before he could tag back.

Never any mention of roids either. Imagine the numbers if he avoided half of those injuries...he's my favorite player of all time. 38 y.o.

people who call that catch overrated don’t understand how bizarre the dimensions of the polo grounds were. no outfielder in any current ballpark will ever have to cover that much ground

Yes surprised it wasn’t on this list.

Agee's two catches were in Game 3 and Swoboda's in Game 4. 👍

And how about Joe Rudi spearing Denis Menke's drive at the wall in the 9th inning of game 2 of the 1972 World Series? It saved the game and ultimately helped to save the series for Oakland.

There are probably tons of clips from 1969

Brooks Robinson took out his revenge on the Cincinnati Reds in the 1970 World Series for Baltimore.

It's top 5 for sure

Agreed. Edmonds was going full speed and was at full extension.

Nobody, I mean NOBODY had as many Gold Gloves as Willie Mays. Years later Willie said he knew he would catch the ball, he was concentrating on getting his feet set for the throw.

In his prime, Willie Mays could have made all of the other players' catches bare-handed. End of story.

@Ab Cd MD. PHD. Willie Mays not only had to time his catch - his speed/movement/positioning precisely - he also had to be in position to throw back to the infield to prevent runners from advancing. (Ted Williams is quoted as saying that Willie Mays had the greatest throwing arm that Ted had ever seen). Running at full-speed toward a fly ball is much less demanding than coordinating all the elements involved in Willie's unmatched catch.

Agreed. He was my all time favorite player growing up. And the catch only tells part of the story. The throw that followed was dead on, made it to home plate on one bounce, and stopped the runner from scoring.

+Thepandabear fr tho

+Thepandabear lol they're both football players too

Bob Gonzilla yep, that's my point

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Deion Sanders? think you've got him mixed up

Stole comment

Paul was offered a baseball contract with Cardinals but,opted for college.

Thats australian shane watson

Paul Henry, an American h.s. player from Southern California. The St. Louis Cardinals were interested in him in 1966 an offered him a minor league contract. He decided to go to college, graduated, and joined the work force upon graduation from college.

There is a world outside America too and he looks more like Aussie Shane Watson than Logan Paul.

What's so special about Kate Upton? The sacs of fat on her chest?

there are a few from Fred Lynn that belong in there too.

That’s the best I’ve ever seen.

Say hey! Still probably the most athleticism in a catch ... over the shoulder at the Polo Grounds ... running and running. Any ballpark today it would have been over the wall!

Mays said his throw after the catch was a better play.

@@MetFansince The athletic ability to do all three things: run that far, catch over the shoulder, and turn and throw back to the infield all in the same play. That's what made him Willie Mays.

The backstory to that was equally incredible. The Pitcher who served up such a Rocket Launch thumped his glove after Willie Mays made his legendary catch and said "I got my man!"😂⚾️B.W.

Funny how there's footage of the catch but not of the throw. I guess that's why it's even better than the catch. ;-)

And 20's and 30's

@@natureboy1313 Yeah, where's the video from the 20's and 30's? 🤣🤣🤣

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Bartman.

Ben Scott Well.... They are PLAYERS

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Ben Scott Some guy?

Let's not forget the other 10 people who were going for that catch at the same time. Even if they didn't catch it, they prolly woulda knocked it out of the catchers mit.

degree of difficulty since he had back to the ball it was insane.

yes. Real talent, without cheating.

Friggin cheaters

I was watching that game live and lost my collective shit. One of the very few highlights for Rangers fans that season and most others.

As a Twins fan Kirby will always be the GOAT to me.

Kreege Jim Edmonds was the best you’ve seen? In that era? For comment like that I hope you’re a racist and not a complete idiot. Edmunds was good, but never in anyone’s greatest list.

He said in his lifetime. I was going to say that Edmonds catch was most impressive because he was looking over his shoulder the whole time and made a backhanded catch. 6:35

@@tyrant_tarantula What kind of a moron brings race into a discussion like this? If you don't think Jim Edmonds was at least one of the top 3 OFers in his era you're either biased or just plain stupid.

He wouldn't have started in centerfield in Atlanta...

@@tyrant_tarantula you must not have seen him play in the outfield he is one of the best to ever do it without a doubt! And I hated the Angels.