October 2, 200818 yr I caught a Matt Williams HR in San Diego at the Q...threw it back tho I caught a Matt Williams HR as well but it was in ST. Louis and I kept the ball.
October 2, 200818 yr No. Johnny Bench was my favorite when I was young. He came out and gave 3 kids sitting a few seats down from my baseballs. He didn't look any further past them. I was crushed!
October 2, 200818 yr Where were some of your seats when you caught the foul balls and HR's? I wonder is certain sections are notorious for getting foul balls/ HR's. I always wonder how people don't get hurt really bad more often at Major League parks!
October 2, 200818 yr Where were some of your seats when you caught the foul balls and HR's? I wonder is certain sections are notorious for getting foul balls/ HR's. I always wonder how people don't get hurt really bad more often at Major League parks! All three of mine in Riverfront were down the 1st base line in the green seats. Two bounced off the plexi glass above, and one was a direct shot...
October 2, 200818 yr My dad caught an Otis Nixon foul ball when I was young. He didn't trust my glove in his face, so he pushed me to the side and caught it. His hand was swollen for days. I was at a game a few years back against the Giants. I went to the concession stand between innings as the Giants were up to bat. I'm standing in line down the 1st base line when I see a group of people running full speed at me. I look down and see the ball. It bounces off the concrete wall of the concession stand and rolls right to me. I bend over and pick it up as a guy dives for the ball nearly taking my legs out from under me. The guy offerred me $20 for the ball, but I told him to keep it and buy a new shirt (diving on the concourse near a concession stand isn't the greatest idea). If I would have sold it to him, my buddies never would've believed my story. I was at another game a few years back and sitting in the club seats behind home plate with my brother-in-law. There was a kid sitting in a wheelchair between the scout and club, or diamond and scout, seats with I would assume his father. A foul ball went back behind home plate, hit the concrete facade, and dropped down into the boy's lap. He had no clue the ball landed on his lap until his father nudged him on the shoulder and told him to look down. The kid was so excited.
October 2, 200818 yr Yep, had you been there, you'd have never had a chance! Sure I would have. I would have just stuck my arm up about 5 ft and caught it. :lol:
October 2, 200818 yr Caught a foul ball. I got position, stayed low and wide, kept the others on my back, elevated, ripped it down with both hands, kept it to my chest, and cleared space with my elbows. Only contact Brandon Larsen made all day.:irked: He didn't offer you a pack of Marlboro Red's for that ball?
October 2, 200818 yr Riverfront 1993 Reds vs. Marlins A Marlin Outfielder threw a ball up to the stands in center field during warm-ups after my brother kept yelling at him, reminding him that they went to high school together. LOL That's the best I can do...
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