Best of 2013: MLB Catches

Between watching so many great catches and hearing so much angst with the baseball Hall of Fame voting, I found myself looking at great baseball catches. Therefore… here are some of the best baseball catches of 2013.

Carlos Gomez on the hill

Why in the world is there a fucking hill in the outfield? Why not have a moat around the infield at Fenway with mutated sea bass that have lasers attached to their heads? Either way that stupid fucking hill makes this catch even more impressive than it would have been if it were a normal field designed by normal human beings.

Josh Donaldson dives in between the wall and the tarp

This is a far more legitimate object in the field of play and it’s also a more impressive catch.

Julio Iglesias

This is an incredible showing of athleticism as well as a showing of one incredible glove. To be able to cover all this ground and make this play on the big stage of the playoffs is insane. There is a lot more of this coming in this guys young career.

Didi Gregorious over the shoulder

Any over the shoulder catch is impressive but this isn’t just another over the shoulder catch. This is just insane.

Will Venable saves the game

A diving over the head catch in deep center with a man on second base and the game on the line in the bottom of the 12th inning? Yes please. For the record the game went 13 innings and the Padres won thanks to this grab.

Peter Bourjos brings back a home run

This catch wasn’t with the game on the line like the last one. It was barely after the first pitch had been thrown but look how high he gets up to grab this ball over the wall. Somehow it wasn’t even the best catch by an Angel this year though…

JB Shuck goes over the wall

Now that’s how you rob a home run. What a ballsy play, I just got goosebumps and it wasn’t even the best catch of the year…

Ben Revere

Speaking of goosebumps, that is one of the best catches of my lifetime without a doubt.

mlz

Saturday, January 11, 2014