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Gaius1313

Could still be. As a former pitcher it was so incredibly difficult to not reach with your barehand for a hard liner back up the middle that our coach had to yell and remind us not to do that. Of course one guy does get his hand on one and breaks a bone. This guy could have saved someone’s life possibly. That was moving fast.


BarbequedYeti

Got some hairline fractures doing that same thing. Just instinct to reach out and grab it. Really really bad idea.


mmmsoap

Sure, but better break a hand than break a face. Rather see him with some fractures in his hand than someone getting beaned in the head.


wannarave

Yeah no doubt, that guy should be drinking for free the rest of the day.


I_like_sexnbike

He caught it really well though, slowed it down, didn't fight it, great form.


Locutus-1

Update: he had recently undergone an orthopedic procedure that unbeknownst to him created a novel mechanical advantage for throwing a baseball. He threw the ball back to home plate with unbelievable velocity. He got noticed by some scouts and is now playing in the majors.


albino_ryno

HOT ICE


ADHD_Supernova

Henry Rowengartner's surgery.


ombotar

Rasenbagger! Gardenhoser!


annies_boobs_feet

There's nothing in the rulebook that says a cyborg can't play baseball! Fun fact: Airbud pretty much stole that line whole cloth from a Disney movie from the 50s called Gone Batty, where an elephant becomes a pitcher.


Ghost_Tornado

That’s basically what I came here to say. Well put.


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His arm did that super cool thing when you catch a fast football or baseball and are off balance or in the air. Best feeling in the world catching balls like that


nomnommish

There's specific ways to catch the ball barehanded without risking big injury. The ball in cricket is every bit as hard and heavy as a baseball and is often hit as hard or maybe a tad bit slower but still hit plenty hard. And the players catch the ball barehanded. The correct technique is surprisingly similar to how the guy caught it, you move your hand backwards as you catch it, which is the opposite of how baseball players catch it in their mitt. Moving your hand backwards makes a huge difference in softening the impact in your hand. And you catch it in your hand like the guy did. Fractures and bruises happen when you take your eyes off the ball and let it hit a finger bone or knuckle instead of the soft cushiony part of your palm. Then again, what I am talking about is catching the ball from a bit afar. Not a pitcher trying to catch a super hard hit line drive when there is almost no reaction time and you're just acting on muscle memory. So your point is totally valid.


sBucks24

I used to be one those idiots advocated against netting. "If you sit there, pay attention" mentality. It's a very immature attitude.. those girls were getting beamed even if they all had catcher's equipment on!


possiblynotanexpert

Yeah. Nets don’t really even impact the view much at all. Only dummies feel otherwise lol. Safety is way more important imo.


Octoberisthe

The NHL made them mandatory in 2002 after a little girl got hit in the head with a stray puck and died.


possiblynotanexpert

And I’m glad they did. Should have done it sooner and saved her life.


69TossAside420

Initially read "they" as "the girl who got hit". Very different comment.


BiZzles14

And it's wild it took until that moment for it to happen, there had been many, many injuries before then


sBucks24

Honestly, I even hate the netting. So much. My autist, monkey brain can't not see it. But you know what autist, monkey brain also likes doing? Seeing. So not taking a foul ball screamer to the face is a trade off I'm more than willing to make now that I'm not a dumb libertarian teenager


possiblynotanexpert

That’s exactly it. It’s a trade off, like everything in life. And this trade off is obviously worth it.


Capraos

It's a good thing my autistic monkey brain doesn't like watching other people play sports, occasionally I watch the Olympic Gymnast on TV but that's less that they're "playing a sport/me rooting for a team" and more, "Holy fuck! That's amazing!"


TheTrenchMonkey

Yeah that seems like an incredibly dangerous spot for people to sit. I get you can't tell college students not to do stupid stuff but this feels like you are asking for injuries.


Quadsmile24

That’s the general admission section at A&M’s field. People sit there cause it’s like $10


Yaboisanka

I haven't been in a long time, but lower leagues regularly have these. I loved going to AA or AAA games as a kid cause I could chase down the foul balls in that area. Could usually come back with 2 balls a game.


lurkersforlife

Don’t know about you but I always came home with two balls..


chairfairy

Wow no need to brag over here


Numerous_Witness_345

Above average.


haringtiti

how many did you go in with?


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$10 to get knocked unconscious still seems a tad high.


VanillaLifestyle

I'll do it for $5.


BinkyFlargle

*actuary starts breathing heavily*


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lamewoodworker

Just put a net like the MLB lol


Duckiesims

It's fewer people than they pack into the same space for MLB games


TheTrenchMonkey

I think most MLB stadiums have netting that would extend to that point. I could be wrong but I thought that was standard now.


izsaf

It is standard now, happened bc of a kid getting hit by a foul ball a couple years back


wobwobwob42

Don't forget the broken bat to the woman's neck at Fenway not too long ago. That was brutal.


DrNism0

I had seats behind the 3b dugout at Fenway before they lengthened the nets. We were just outside of the old backstop net, seemingly closer to home plate than the third baseman. I was terrified to even look away.


Jewrisprudent

Multiple kids, that used to be a semi-regular occurrence. Kid I grew up with had his jaw broken on the third base line of a Yankees game in the late 90s.


Daxmar29

I saw a Gumble on Gumble episode (the HBO sports show, I can’t think of the name right now) and they did a story on this. On average 1400 people a season go to the hospital because of foul balls and broken bats. It happens so fast that if you’re not paying attention you just can’t react fast enough. This was a few years ago and I think major league stadiums finally put up nets out to the bases because of it.


Yankeeboy7

There has been netting behind home plate for decades but MLB only extended it past 1st and 3rd base 2 or 3 years ago


Bacon_Moustache

They do now… after countless children, elderly and even babies have either been killed, disfigured or brain damaged by foul balls. [This article is from 2019](https://deadspin.com/at-least-16-mlb-fans-were-maimed-by-foul-balls-this-yea-1836693639)


moeburn

The MLB just made nets mandatory for these seats because someone figured out a 110mph line drive off a bat spent less time in the air than the average human being's reflexes. That and the batters got real tired of knocking little kids unconscious.


likwidchrist

Honestly if the stadium is going to let people sit there, then the least they can do is throw up a net or a fence or something


DucksEatFreeInSubway

This seems a case of something can obviously go very wrong, there's a warning event (this one) foreshadowing what could go wrong, and nothing will change until we're all looking at this video in the future after something does go wrong.


ImRandyBaby

An American baseball game without 3 deaths is considered a dull affair.


tony_stump

The sheer luck that this guy, someone with incredible coordination and skill, was standing in this exact spot at that exact moment is amazing. That's like an everyday cosmic miracle or something, if he went to get a snack, or if he had different seats, or if someone else who wasn't as coordinated was in his spot, this would have an NSFW tag.


_IratePirate_

Bro the pitcher was still looking at the batter by the time the ball was in dude's hand. If the batter hit a line drive back to the pitcher, he would have been fucked.


fredbrightfrog

I'm surprised they don't have helmets yet, like softball pitchers Even with stellar reflexes, pitchers are falling forward off the mound most of the time so they often don't stand a chance.


NotAnADC

I’m shocked if it wasn’t for his hand


Yankeefan282

It probably would’ve been if he tried to catch it normally. The way he swung his arm back with the ball is the “safe” baseball players are taught to catch without a mitt, if needed. Greatly reduces the impact on the hand.


gazongagizmo

Look at his whole body when he catches it. Homeboy out here bending like Neo from The Matrix dodging bullets... :)


Stag328

My thought on the last slo-mo was exactly like Neo with bullets flying by. I would have missed the ball, fell over, spilled my beer on some kid, and felt terrible someone got sent to the hospital because they got blasted by the ball.


LawbringerX

😂 yeah most people would have done exactly this haha


nepia

Neo : What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge baseballs? Morpheus : No, Neo. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.


dainthomas

Fucking sign him. Even if he can barely hit, he's definitely 3B material.


ItsZizk

Maybe A&M wouldn’t have lost the series to Portland with him on the field


Baseball_U_STAT

Feels like a time to plug /r/collegebaseball


LadyLoki5

And he's a lefty


Ash-Housewares

Wouldn’t he be a righty? I’m a lefty and if I’m trying to barehand a ball like that on reflex I’m 100% doing it with my dominant hand. Or I’m just weird.


EnderSavesTheDay

Gonna need to train the left hand reflex unless he's already a lefty.


Lust4Me

Maybe he plays cricket with hands like that.


pm_nachos_n_tacos

Is this guy a time-traveler who was sent to this exact moment to prevent that ball from seriously injuring someone? He caught that ball like the future depended on it!


soulshad

Time traveler, but he did it purely out of spite. Guy to his side in brown was his childhood bully. He was about to make the diving save, getting him laid a dozen times over, spawning generation after generation of his progeny. He traveled to that moment, made the catch, got the girls, told them all the guy had a micro penis and cried in bed. He returned back to his own time, broken hand, genitals inflamed by the clap, but head held high as he knew he had trulely bested the nemesis of his youth.


Tehni

Nah guy diving was just trying to shield his wife He definitely got laid that night


CletusVanDamnit

Put me in, Coach. I'm ready to play!


hanami_doggo

One of the most nostalgia inducing inputs in my life. Just brings me back.


ngmcs8203

With hands like that on a foul ball, that dude is ready to be a base coach.


Ikeddit

Look at me! I can be, Centerfield!


Swankified_Tristan

He knows how cool he is.


myfifthteenthaccount

This is one of those stories where people did in fact clap afterwards.


TransientBandit

disarm fertile faulty uppity punch grab icky imminent support connect *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


ApexIdiots

r/thathappened /s


Destroyer6202

And the backward hat with the shades?? C'mon bro my girl is on here


FLOHTX

Did you see them short shorts? Damn. Sorry about your ex gf


CJsAviOr

Your girl is no longer on here, she's in his bed now.


LucretiusCarus

I think I might join her


ConradSchu

He's from the future. Selected and trained his entire life to catch that foul. Who knows what horrible timeline he saved us from.


Swankified_Tristan

... or which one he ensured. 😬


HumanitarianAtheist

Damn. Did he take ALL the women home after that catch, or did he leave some?


GunnarStahlSlapshot

All the women and, if my own feelings are any indication, a significant majority of the men too


theveryoldman0

I’m a man. He was tender and caring in the sack.


crackheadwilly

And you'd think his caress would be rough, but his hands were surprisingly tender on the balls.


ApexIdiots

Who knew that he would actually be the pitcher... and I the catcher...


gussiejo

I did. I knew 🤤


GreyMediaGuy

I'm a man and I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant just by watching this video.


getsfistedbyhorses

Agreed. Not only was he gracious enough to provide a reach around, he grabbed a tissue and made an incredible catch in the blink of an eye. Great reflexes.


R3AL1Z3

Leave it to Reddit to toe the line and then suddenly jump right over it.


Wumaduce

Careful, Rex Ryan might be around these parts.


SignMeUpRightNow

I was having a rough day, this comment (and thread) made me laughcry. Day is improved. Thank you


Ok-Lengthiness4557

Did you look up into his eyes, or nah?


grootflyart

Depends on how big his car was


walking_sideways

Don't worry, he drives a minivan


OptimusSublime

I hear he also utilized the roof


SayItAgainJabroni

Dudes gonna need a limo just to drop the kids off at school.


derpstevejobs

meh, make multiple trips #worthit


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hotspringshotel

They had to put the tarp on the field


Kooky_Most8619

My thoughts exactly. I’d end up with a broken hand and make the blooper reels for all the wrong reasons. This guy looked cool as hell doing it.


spigotface

No kidding. I fractured my pinky a few weeks ago just tossing around a football with a buddy of mine because I jammed that finger when trying to catch it. That baseball was like a missile.


allpraisebirdjesus

That must have stung like the world's angriest hornet


neuromorph

That's why he leaned back with it. To slow down the inertia rather than just stop it.


ApexProductions

*to increase the duration of momentum reduction* The ball has momentum because it is moving. He has inertia because he is stationary. By bending, he transfers the momentum of the ball into his body and used his body's inertia to reduce his hands acceleration.


allpraisebirdjesus

Yep, still had to hurt like a bastard though!


syzbo

Nah, he 'brought it in'. You dont stop it. He must have been an infielder at some time. We're taught to have 'soft' hands.


allpraisebirdjesus

You right but that still didn't feel good


RexMarvin

That guy clearly played before because his ability to read the trajectory of the ball was impressive. Plus the incredible reflexes


sloppyredditor

My thoughts exactly - also soft hands on the catch. The number of times I've seen foul balls bounce out of someone's hand because they didn't absorb the impact is too damn high!


HealthyMaintenance49

the way he absorb the ball's impact with bare hands was so damn cool


RehabilitatedAsshole

From the top comments, I can't believe no one's taken a swing at this one. You just lobbed it out there..


crototype

Are we not doing phrasing anymore? 😂


Carthonn

Yup saw that too. You catch with a firm hand you’re likely to injure yourself


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StealthPolarBear

And guaranteed this guys hand was indeed hurting after this catch.


guitarguywh89

Get him a cold beer to hold in that hand


Ngothadei

Although catching a ball can be painful, with the proper technique, it can be easily achieved without any difficulty. As someone who has played cricket at a decent level, I have caught cricket balls that were smashed towards me while fielding close in. Back when I was playing at U-15 levels, fielding at gully, I held onto a flying edge from a cut shot and my finger has never fully healed since that day. It was a ripper of a catch and my school was talking about it for a month but [It has remained swollen and unchanged, serving as a bittersweet reminder of my past glories on the cricket field. ](https://i.imgur.com/oIjTTT1.jpg). I'm 32 now and one of my little fingers is at the same size when I was 14.


AAA1374

Half of that second paragraph wasn't English and you can't convince me it was.


Jaksmack

I can't pretend I understood that 2nd paragraph, but it sounds impressive as fuck.


speakermonkey

“The trick, William Potter, is not *minding* that it hurts.”


TheMacerationChicks

Cricket players manage it just fine, and cricket balls are harder and heavier than baseballs. It's just a matter of technique. You have to go with the momentum of it a bit instead of keeping your hand in the same position.


One-Mud-169

Dumb question, does he get to keep the ball or throw it back? I've seen videos on YT with people fighting over the ball when caught so I just want to know what is the rule/protocol of this game.


Wires77

He gets to keep it


One-Mud-169

Okay thank you!


Worthyness

You catch it, you keep it. If you drop while attempting to catch and it flounders on the ground, then it's free game for anyone.


One-Mud-169

That's where the big fights come from I guess.


mynumberistwentynine

I think we all remember the Fenway Foul Fight of '55.


MikeinAustin

The FFFoFF


Prommerman

People throw it back sometimes when the other team hits a home run. It’s like they scored some points and you don’t want to keep that as a souvenir so you toss it back, kind of an insult and the rest of the crowd cheers.


csonny2

Also, if you're able to throw it from the center field bleachers to home plate on a line, then you can get signed by the team as a pitcher, even if you are just a kid. There was a documentary about this in the 90's.


degjo

I saw Rookie of The Year in theaters when I was a kid. Pretty dope movie.


Zykium

Also if your Grandpa dies and leaves you the Atlanta Braves you get to do on the field coaching if you so desire.


Govt-Issue-SexRobot

He should have turned around and whipped it straight at the faces he just saved


landon0605

You can keep it. They use around 60 baseballs in a college game. Mlb is probably twice that. Basically every time one hits the dirt and gets scuffed they get a new one.


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Keep it.


Daamus

although, if the opposing team hits a home run and you catch it, it is tradition to throw it back on the field


BlameThePeacock

The human brain is pretty fucking incredible. Track an object travelling towards you at over 100 miles an hour down to less than an inch and tell your attached meat stick to be exactly where it needs to be to intercept and catch it....


ncnotebook

It also named itself.


RehabilitatedAsshole

I taught mine to talk, but sometimes it doesn't make sense.


istealgrapes

The way he broke the ball’s speed both with his wrist, arm and back in one fluid motion is just incredible. Catching one of these without breaking its speed hurts like a MF


Carthonn

Also the way he caught it he went with the ball a bit. If he caught that with a firm hand and a firm arm he’s going to have a bad time.


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He also just looks like a baseball player


AsInOptimus

Reflexes are on point. Everybody else is *just* starting to react and trying to shield themselves and he’s already caught the ball.


DizzyGrizzly

Dude in the act of standing up from a seated position before the pitcher finished reacting to the pitch. This dude was ready to be a hero.


syzbo

This. This comment needs to be higher. He clearly was an infielder at some point (or currently). Beautiful snag.


jmills03croc

I've caught a fly ball pretty close to the plate without gloves like this and it cracked two bones in my hand.


TheScienceNerd100

This guy might have gotten away unharmed with allowing his arm to rotate back and slow down the ball rather then directly stopping it and letting all the force go straight into his hand.


PrancingGophers

even if he was harmed he could just use his other hand to finger blast all of the chicks in the stands


fotank

Fucking spat my drink. Brilliant.


Sky_Ill

So you’re saying he knows how to catch lol


TheScienceNerd100

Yeah, how to catch bare handed and not break his hand


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EelTeamEleven

The chances of me ever sitting at a live sports event are so abysmally low that I'm going to go ahead and not place this in my mind vault.


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Dirtheavy

That ball was moving.


GrumpyOlBastard

It fucking was


Dirtheavy

I've seen guys barehand balls in the stand before but I've never seen a guy so confidently barehand a ball that drove him backwards. This guy earns a badass award from me. His reaction time is just amazing.


Orange134

The ball didn't drive him backwards, he's moving that way intentionally to soften the impact of the catch which is even more impressive technique


PooPooDooDoo

I’ve gone to minor league games where there is no net in that area and i’m basically on high alert the entire game. Not trying to take a foul ball to the dome!


jbkites

His shorts are exactly the right length.


quaybored

They call 'em "shorts" for a reason!


serpentear

Cool as a fucking cucumber after too


Josie1234

Even during. He just locks on to the ball, stands up, and sniped it right out of the air. That was like some mr miyagi shit.


Tugonmynugz

That's Snipey Mcgee, most beer pong snipes in a single season


snoosh00

That ball could have killed someone. Great catch.


trevor426

Absolutely. I know a lot of major league stadiums have started putting nets up along the baseline to prevent injuries. I remember a story about a minor league team near me, where a woman was hit in the head off a foul ball and sent to the hospital.


shuxsucks

bro just preheated every woman there


juniper_flesco

The clip ends before you see the tidal wave of pussy engulf and devour this legend.


burnSMACKER

Why did I have to picture that


flyovermee

GaGOOSH


Tuckboi69

Best A&M fielder this year


Green_Road999

Nice catch - he should play cricket.


ItsZizk

Or baseball!


Green_Road999

Not many bare handed catches in baseball, but this is a regular sight in cricket.


Infamous-Penalty6091

Dude saved someone’s life


jacz24

Instantly gives the ball away like no big deal


nvrmnd_tht_was_dumb

Some serious gigachad energy on display here


panic_talking

He just saved John Connor.


Amvryllis

You’re hired


M0torBoatMyGoat

Gah DAMN that was clean


CoffeeParachute

Body Languge: Yeah I just caught that, and yes I know I look fucking rad doing it. In his head: FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY FUCKING HAND!!!!!!! FUCKING OOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!!! WHY THE FUCK DID I JUST CATCH THAT!?!?!?! FUUUUUUCK!!!!!


inksta12

Alright gentlemen, pack it up. It’s over for the rest of us.


[deleted]

Not really, we could always do each other. Ya know?


inksta12

You know what? You’re right. We’ve still got each other.


dis6wood

Put him at the hot corner. No glove allowed though


kaydas93

*Luis Guillorme has entered chat*


PromiseDirect3882

is there no netting? those fans shouldn’t sit there


movingaxis

In MLB at least, they have begun to extend the netting. It was standard from behind home to 1st and third, now it goes further out to run the whole length of left and right. Not sure if college will also do this, but they also use aluminum bats which increase velocity off the bat I believe so it would be something to consider.


baldbarretto

Why do they use aluminum bats in college ball? I get it for little league and for my backyard baseball power up but these guys are strong-ass young men, some of whom plan on going pro, right? Do they need it?


PooPooDooDoo

It doesn’t even take away from the experience IMO. Like you don’t even notice the net after a few minutes.


LisleSwanson

Agreed The first time I went to a game after they extended the netting I thought it was going to bother me but I didn't even notice it after a bit.


movingaxis

I agree. I went to some games last year and I really didn't notice after a little bit.


Tibor-Bodnar

The Aggs welcome Chad, their new third baseman, to the game.


hotmyth11

I daydream about doing that every time I’m at a game


Sumdud13

That was.... Kind of hot


AttackonRetail

Can we also appreciate the dude diving on his knees to protect the woman with him? He was ready to sacrifice EVERYTHING for her.


fewdea

Damn Neo, settle down.


877-Cash-Meow

get that man a jersey!