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- Yes, catching a baseball with your bare hand is physically doable. However, it is a difficult and dangerous effort. Catching a baseball barehanded requires outstanding hand-eye coordination, quick reflexes, and appropriate hand position.
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May 23, 2011 · False. About this rating. A video clip from 2011 seemingly showed the Tampa Bay Rays' third baseman Evan Longoria making an amazing, impromptu bare-handed catch of a batting practice ball while...
Apr 25, 2022 · Mitchell spent a lot of time playing wiffle ball as a kid, and when he realized he wouldn’t be able to make the catch the conventional way, his next move was purely the result of instinct. “You didn’t have gloves in wiffle ball,” Mitchell said.
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In 2014, a guy on Twitter posted a picture of his palm after he tried to catch a Giancarlo Stanton home run. Half of his hand was blackened, and his ring and middle fingers were swollen like hot dogs left too long on a grill. "Honestly, I'm sort of surprised this hand isn't in worse shape," Deadspin wrote, which, honestly, I was too. But that tweet...
So, then, to the question of whether it was difficult. I showed this catch to Jarrod Kimber, the global writer for ESPNcricinfo and senior analyst for the Melbourne Stars. Cricket is, of course, a sport similar in many respects to baseball, but with no gloves. Cricketers catch everything bare-handed. "I mean, it's cute," Kimber said of the Mitchell...
Earlier this week, I went to a field in Sonoma, California, with a bucket of balls and a glove I wouldn't need. Theo Fightmaster -- an independent league GM whose playing career peaked as a failed walk-on at Arizona State, where he played intrasquad games with Dustin Pedroia-- was there to hit me a bunch of deep fly balls. I stood in left field, an...
Jul 7, 2021 · Not only did the former New York Mets outfielder make one of the greatest catches in baseball history with his bare hand, Mitchell did it against a 15-time All-Star and Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith. Not a bad defensive highlight for a baseball player who started his career at third base.
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Sep 5, 2021 · Usually, we don’t notice, because professional baseball players are so good at what they do, they can adjust to those factors easily. ( Like I said: usually .) But sometimes you can watch a play unfold and know that the ball is arcing in a way that catches the defender by surprise.
Apr 24, 2023 · After 22 games, the former top prospect in baseball is slashing .318/.388/.580 with 15 extra-base hits, 14 RBIs -- and one barehanded catch we’ll be seeing for a long time. “Wander is just a very talented player,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
Apr 25, 2023 · Franco, playing the world champion Houston Astros, made a barehanded catch on a pop up at the left field foul line. The ball was hit by Astros catcher Martin Maldonado and you can see the play...
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- Brady Farkas
