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But what a catch nonetheless!
I don't understand much of what the Jays have done this year...
How many people would read the article if it were titled "Reed Johnson makes pretty good catch"?
They released him for two reasons:
1) They suspected that his back wasn't healed
2) Keeping Stewart saved them about $3M over keeping Johnson.
That being said, I miss having him on the Jays.
I don't believe that was the greatest post-season catch I ever saw in my lifetime (Endy Chavez) or the greatest catch Edmonds ever made ('97 against KC). The Edmonds '97 catch is the greatest catch I've ever seen, bar none.
Still, shouldn't take away from Johnson's effort, which was spectacular.
I've seen him play a bit this season, and I've noticed a few times that when a flyball is hit that either outfielder could get to, Johnson takes it, which is fine, but then he seems to give the other outfielder some kind of gamer stare, like "Yeah, don't even think about it, punk."
And then in this play, the left fielder (was it DeRosa?) is there after the catch and one would normally see both players at least high five with their gloves or something. But Johnson gets up and runs right past him and DeRosa is left standing there looking like an idiot.
It doesn't mean anything in the scheme of things, but I find it odd. Maybe Johnson is taking his desire to be Ty Cobb a little too seriously.
I look forward to his attempts to sever opposing pitchers' leg arteries when sliding into first.
He should wait until the Cubs play in Comiskey during interleague play to start beating up opposing fans in the stands, though. If he really wants a challenge, that is.
I'm here to tell you it's going to suck.
I think you are reading a bit too much into this one, although I don't disagree with your other points. DeRosa was staring into the Cubs 'pen with a "did you f'n see that?" look on his face.
Drinking the blood of the innocent?
You don't know that.
It was thus a shock to me to see actual footage of that play. Mays was playing shallow: maybe 320-325 feet deep. The ball, though, was not hit into the notch. It was hit near the corner of the bleachers' section, where the fence was 425 feet from home plate. Wertz's ball probably was hit 410 feet. So Mays likely ran about 85-90 feet back. He was not running full speed when he got to it, though. He ran under the ball and made a nice over the shoulder catch. And because the baserunner, Larry Doby, stupidly didn't wait on second base, Mays was able to prevent him from scoring by wheeling around and making a good throw to his cut-off man.
I would rate The Catch as a good solid 8.0 on the 10.0 scale. On a typical segment of Web Gems on Baseball Tonight, it would probably be the 3rd best catch of the day. I would guess, given his speed, Mays made many far more spectacular catches in his career. But because this one happened at a crucial time in the World Series, it garnered far too much attention....
I would rate Reed Johnson's catch a 9.5. I've seen a few others which were similarly great. The best one I ever saw, though, was a Dwayne Murphy catch in Anaheim, when he ran pretty far back to the wall, climbed the wall with his cleats sticking in, reached over the wall and slammed back down about 10 feet to the warning track. No one knew for a while if Murphy had caught the ball, so the batter kept circling the bases. Murphy was knocked silly from his landing, so he didn't get up right away. But then after some time, Rickey Henderson ran over to Murphy, helped him up, and Murphy pulled the ball out of his glove, showing the umpires and the crowd that he had in fact made the catch. That was a 10.0.
I've never noticed any similar problem with Johnson when he was with Toronto. He plays hard and is intense on the field, but he seemed to be very much part of the team. As a fan I can't say anything definitive, but he would always go back to the dugout high-fiving the other players after key plays, joking around and doing everything a 'good teammate' would. With the DeRosa thing, as was said before, I think DeRosa couldn't believe that catch, either. Also, as far as I know there were never any rumours that he was disliked in the clubhouse.
Best catch I ever saw was by Devon White. Not the one in the World Series, although that one was okay too. There was one where the ball was hit over the left-centerfield wall, and White jumped up and hit the wall so that his lower-left-side rib cage hit the top edge of the wall, and he used this point of impact as a tipping point over the wall. He tipped over the wall, caught the ball, tipped back, and came back down. It was amazing.
Drinking the blood of the innocent?
That prevents you from dying, but you still grow old.
Also, you become ugly. For example, Voldemort.
You're not finding them innocent enough.
Drinking the blood of the innocent?
That prevents you from dying, but you still grow old.
Also, you become ugly. For example, Voldemort.
You're not finding them innocent enough.
smeone should take away his children
Mays himself rated other catches to be better. In his estimation his "best" happened when he was late in his career.
I won't list the various catches I have seen that I think are better than Johnson's grab. Suffice to say while a fine effort it has its peers.
Camden Yards if memory serves. I remember they showed Paul Molitor's reaction to the catch ... a shake of the head and a "WOW!"
Best Regards
John
Best catch I ever saw in person was the Terrence Long game-ending would've-been-a-grand-slam at Fenway Park into the right field bullpen area thing, complete with Manny stare down.
As usual, Pods loses the ball is staggering around panicking and Rowand comes on a dead sprint from Center and makes the catch.
You mean the catch which guaranteed that Mitchell would win the MVP that year? After all, not only could he hit, but taht catch proved he could play D as well, right?
That being said, I'm still stunned when I see replays of that catch.
I couldn't get over the fact that a lot of the plays, given the slide, the runner didn't even seem to think there was a play at all.
I've never seen Devon White play, but Beltran definitely has this quality.
I agee with Ryan's viewpoint here, but it is indicative of the lameness of our MSM's approach to its audience. Instead of "Johnson Makes Amazing Catch!" The Headline has to be "Best Ever?" Silly crap. I'd still read the "Amazing Catch" or even "Best of the Year". Whatever. What I liked was the tag-line of "Reed Johnson's Grab Reverberates." Wow, that's a weird bit of writing there... At first I thought it was going to be an article about how Reed Johnson has the strongest grip in the Majors, maybe ever, a hand-crushing, bone-splintering, grit-oozing grip that could render a tender-palmed reporter left to depend on the old dictaphone to compose his articles. Now that would be the best ever. But then I realized it was only a silly fluff piece about a diving grab, and I was sad.
Devon White is perhaps the best I've ever seen, though Gary Pettis was awfully good too. Who realized that Devon White was born in Kingston, Jamaica?
Jim Edmonds v.'97 and Endy Chavez NLCS Style have to be the two greatest catches I've ever witnessed live.
I've never seen Devon White play, but Beltran definitely has this quality.
Totally agree. Reminds me of the best catch I've ever seen in person, a just sensational catch by Beltran in 2003 against the Mariners when the Royals really needed a victory. He just glided to the wall, jumped up, effortlessly, it seemed, and caught the ball above the wall. The crowd went insane, and those were the days in which the Royals actually drew crowds. I believe he ended the game with a walk-off homer too. He is good at baseball.
I agree that Endy's playoff catch was one of the greatest I've seen live.
Devon White is probably the most graceful player I've ever seen.
That anti-aging/HGH clinic in Floida?
That one you mention was fabulous. How far away was that LF from the ball, huh? Then that waterbug Suzuki comes skating in behind.
Just curious--do Japanese leagues players avoid the full contact body slam with the catcher?
Watching him run around the bases was interesting as well.
He had a gazelle-like stride. So quick, graceful and natural. The best comparison I have is watching White run was like watching Olerud swing a bat. It just looked "right".
The home run he stole over the wall in Camden Yards is my second favourite catch I've ever seen (behind Edmonds' diving masterpiece in 1997).
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