Jackson flips over wall for potential catch of the year

Austin Jackson races to the bullpen wall and dives over to make incredible home-run robbing catch.

[@jayp.6166]

This might be the best catch i have seen since Jimmy Edmonds over the shoulder diver in '97. Wow

[@evanrox1]

$50 Says this will be an Audio Clip on MLB 18: The Show

[@cle_brendan8631]

Evan Richard lol true

[@DoubleD2RW]

You win

[@johnjackson9767]

Damn, I love baseball.

[@baseballworldwide9439]

g0dsboss24 stop lmao

[@Sweet68Camaro]

LOL Serious? How long did you have to sit through utter boredom to see a play like this? Great catch, but the game is SLOWLY dying.

[@Edgepotts01]

@@Sweet68Camaro it’s not boredom to people that love the game lol

[@weakestlink20]

I can't even be mad that he robbed my guy HanRam of a homer. This is brilliance.

[@5thingssports185]

Wow what a catch! You usually don't see this kind of effort until closer to October, but I love it! And I'm a Red Sox fan!

[@i.adeadpool3644]

5 Things Sports boo hoo yankees have more

[@bendsomemetal]

Sarah Remmel better at choking

[@KevinGetchell]

5 Things Sports same

[@rhagedorn]

This could easily be the best catch EVER considering how far he had to run, how high he jumped and flipping over a fence totally disregarding the fact that he could have suffered a major injury. The timing involved made the catch miraculous.

[@Lion-gu7gn]

baseball is a sport of incredebile moments.

[@janetaldrich7747]

Warming up in the Sox bullpen ... Right-hander Austin Jackson ... (great catch)

[@OhioOwns]

even the Boston pitching coach says "Niiiiiice." at 0:42

[@jackd9112]

*Ohio Against The World* Spaceballs!

[@OhioOwns]

hahahaha holy crap you're the first person to realize what that was. you, sir, are a very smart man, for knowing the awesome movie Spaceballs

[@cle_brendan8631]

Ohio Against The World he got a standing ovation too

[@cle_brendan8631]

Ohio Against The World yea I know spaceballs too lol...... funniest knock off of Star Wars, then there's family guy stare wars

[@fredfrederickson]

Pause at 1:02 and look at the faces in the crowd I was at this game and had a perfect view from right field it was without a doubt the most incredible baseball play I have ever experienced in person

[@nathanielthomas2502]

Yes he made some great catches for Detroit

[@maxgleadow7850]

The catch that Torii Hunter couldn't make

[@kylecostello1311]

Turns out this was the play of the year 😂

[@dme1016]

This is basically escorting a homerun outta the park. You don't land your ass in fair territory - on the field - IN PLAY - "snatch it back"...it's not an out. The rulemakers are just stupid.

[@clevejae9829]

great call

[@owaisirfan8929]

The odell of baseball

[@cle_brendan8631]

Defyer ッ a snag master

[@sulaimaanahmad]

WHOOOAH'! 😀

[@bradshropshire5305]

yeah

[@generalbullmoose]

I always thought the fielder had to stay in the field of play for the out to count. Did that change at some point?

[@showmethedickens]

His body was in the field of play when he caught it. Also, I guess every foul ball that is caught in the stands is now just a foul ball too.

[@jackd9112]

*Charles Dickens* No if they catch the ball in the stands on a foul ball it's an out...

[@showmethedickens]

I...was being sarcastic to the OP

[@vinnysparkz]

That is a homerun,you have to catch it and bring it into the field of play or it is a homerun

[@i.adeadpool3644]

Vincent Erickson 3 no it’s not bro

[@JoesArtchannel]

Not it’s an out cause he caught it lol

[@i.adeadpool3644]

Joe's Art agreed

[@NoctemAeternusMusic]

Incorrect.

[@carterm7018]

No watch the best mlb catches that didn't count and there is multiple times when a great catch didn't count. Including a catch where Betts caught a ball in the same place and he caught it well inside the wall but couldn't stop and fell over. They challenged and it was counted as a home run.

[@detroitdizthepoet313]

I miss AJ...

[@deefromdetroit3289]

only if Torii Hunter could do that the Tigers would have been in the world series in 2013

[@nathanielthomas2502]

Dee from Detroit Omg i said the exact samething...still very painful for me...@ least he did go all out so much so he slightly over ran it

[@cle_brendan8631]

SNAG MASTER

[@shifty4935]

Top 5 all time

[@bigsmokiee55]

Why was this an out but the guy who robbed Ripken’s was ruled a homer?? Ps the south side misses you A Jax

[@27newyorker]

Listen people, in baseball, if a ball is caught before touching anything, it's an out. That's called baseball, it's not a home run because he caught it, if it had fallen out, it would have been a home run. But this tells you that the people saying this is a home run don't know how baseball works

[@dme1016]

It's amazing that announcers, umpires, etc, claim that this kind of catch is an out. IT'S A HOMERUN UNLESS THE OUTFIELDER SNATCHES IT BACK INTO THE FIELD OF PLAY, PEOPLE!! Why not just let an outfielder stand on the other side of the fence & catch it? This is a dumb call & is totally unfair to the hitter.

[@idontknowyou8873]

D Me, then now we have to take away all foul ball catches in the stands because it is the same exact thing. He was in when he caught it and fell out. Are you dumb?

[@dme1016]

- kalebp2430 - Screw that. If they don't touch-down in the field-of-play, they're just escorting the homerun out. And,I'm brighter than you could ever hope to be, since you asked.

[@idontknowyou8873]

Im a statistic calculator for MLB dumbass

[@aquila519]

Then what about foul ball catches? Lmfao it's an out

[@NoctemAeternusMusic]

You can complain all you want, but you’re wrong. Just because you think a rule should be a certain way doesn’t make it so.

[@Andrew-md4oi]

I'm 3 and I could do that

[@cle_brendan8631]

Andrew yea it's soo easy Lol jk

[@i.adeadpool3644]

Andrew shut up u stupid

[@Andrew-md4oi]

I.A Deadpool your the stupid one have you ever heard of a joke

[@i.adeadpool3644]

The joke wasn’t even funny

[@GoodDartz1]

Kenny Lofton's catch was better.

[@roquey44]

Gary Matthews Jr. was better than Lofton's.

[@OhioOwns]

nah, Loftons was monumental. I was there, the stadium literally shook. and by "stadium" I mean JACOBS fucking FIELD.

[@mjp96]

Not only that I saw Kenny make a Willie Mays catch over the shoulder in the deepest corner of Fenway Park. My father was with me and he saw both! He said Kenny's was more incredible. But kudo's to Austin!!!!!!

[@radiocameron]

Willie Mays catch at the Polo Grounds was better than all.

[@shifty4935]

Otis Nixon is the winner. Long route, straight, no adjustments, best jump off wall, highest catch. All the others make up the top 5 of all time for sure

[@robhill9336]

Can someone explain how this was not a home run? The ball left the park. Had he caught it and landed in play, then it'd be an out. But the ball ended up over the wall.

[@ambrizfer7898]

Rob Hill well if the ball aint reachable then its a home run but idk i don't wacth baseball

[@kurtwetzel154]

As long as the player is in the field of play starting to make the catch it counts. Does not matter where the player lands with the ball. Its just how it is. This sort of catch happens from time to time when a player lands in a dugout that isn't the field of play but its a catch. Players wouldn't attempt crazy catches if they had to be in the filed of play to consider it a catch thus an out. Its not worth the risk.

[@xTBars]

then why tf u commenting

[@nsits5977]

Rob Hill

[@dme1016]

Rob Hill It is a homerun. No doubt. Baseball gets this wrong constantly.