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SF@STL: Kevin Mitchell makes unbelievable catch. 4/26/89: Giants outfielder Kevin Mitchell makes a spectacular barehanded grab in left on Ozzie Smith's pop fly Check out...
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Apr 25, 2022 · The game, which was the nightcap of a doubleheader on June 6, was tied, 2-2, and it was the top of the ninth inning at Riverfront Stadium. Mitchell launched his second homer of the game, a solo shot to left-center field that proved to be the difference in San Francisco’s 3-2 victory.
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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 · Let's relive one of the most iconic defensive moments in MLB history, when Mitchell made a phenomenal barehanded catch to rob legendary St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith of what could have potentially been an extra-base hit.
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Apr 26, 2020 · Sunday marks the 30-year anniversary of Ken Griffey Jr.'s remarkable catch, when he scaled the left-center-field wall to rob Jesse Barfield of a home run before flashing that iconic smile as he sprinted in holding up the ball for all to see. That grab, however, came exactly one year after.
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Mitchell set the tone for his charmed 1989 season early in the year with a unique defensive play. Sprinting toward the left field foul line in St. Louis' Busch Stadium, for a ball off the bat of...
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Apr 26, 2020 · Former Giants outfielder Kevin Mitchell, in a recent interview with NBC Sports Bay Area's Amy Gutierrez, recalled how he made the shocking barehanded catch against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1989.
