Willie mays the catch

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Willie mays the catch

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Aaron

Күн бұрын

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@Doones51 2 ай бұрын

I wish they still had a strangely configured field like the Polo Grounds today.

@deepcosmiclove Ай бұрын

@coltonsvlogsandadventrues Yup, 600 feet to center and about 300 down the lines. Built 1907 I think.

@jimgray3346 22 күн бұрын

They built them unconventionally out of necessity back then. But doing that intentionally nowadays seems kinda lame. Like Tal's Hill and the pole in Houston made the Astros look like such goobers that they just got rid of it. A minor league team should do it though. Anyways, just my $.02

@deepcosmiclove 22 күн бұрын

@@jimgray3346 Yes, it would draw fans to the park.

@bsheaves 2 ай бұрын

How in the goddamn hell did Willie run that ball down with no sunglasses on?

@jayortiz4773 2 ай бұрын

That’s what I’m saying I couldn’t say a thing

@Giantsrule333 2 ай бұрын

Cuz he’s just that good

@OsmanTheDragon 2 ай бұрын

They didn't have sunglasses for ballplayers at the time, I suppose…

@TCB405 2 ай бұрын

He was the GOAT

@thecheeseburger-oy8ve Ай бұрын

the goat is up chilling in heaven thinking about that play🙏🏼

@ElectricScooterMan Ай бұрын

What a tribute. That is a historic play 👍

@georgemrns08 2 ай бұрын

Vic Wertz was the batter, not Stan Murphy.

@Niceguycommenting 2 ай бұрын

couldn't get the licensing perhaps

@fjr70ify 2 ай бұрын

@@Niceguycommenting How about Vic Tayback?

@HankYamamoto Ай бұрын

i love that the arena and the surrounding are all based on Willie Mays era love the 50s or 60s look it has being a player from that time He was a good runner for the ball

@deepcosmiclove 2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure they got the sun angle right. The PG was alligned dead east to west; so at 4pm the sun would have been right behind home plate.

@shouldhavedonebetter 2 ай бұрын

The sign in the Polo Grounds was for Chesterfield - it was a large cigarette with A lways B uy C hesterfield signed under it and 'A HIT!' in smoke above. Just sayin'.

@Gay_Man123 2 ай бұрын

He couldn’t control it that was it only in the game bcuz they wouldn’t promote smoking products

@howardcosell2022 2 ай бұрын

@@Gay_Man123 Who's Stan Muphy?

@Gay_Man123 2 ай бұрын

@@howardcosell2022 what the hell are you talking about

@HufflepuffBaseball42313 Ай бұрын

@@howardcosell2022a stand-in player for Vic Wertz. MLB doesn’t have the rights to every old time player

@howardcosell2022 Ай бұрын

@@HufflepuffBaseball42313 That is why MLB has integrated Negro League stats

@terrybrown3224 Ай бұрын

Modern day under appreciated outfielder Lorenzo Cane was amazing. Recently retired I saw him steal many extra base hits. A amazing athlete.

@FerdinandCesarano 2 ай бұрын

The Giants didn't have piping on the jersey in 1954. The piping was removed after the 1948 season.

@RRaquello 15 күн бұрын

The big square screen you see over the fence was the batter's eye screen. In 1962, Lou Brock, then playing for the Cubs, hit a home run over that screen. He was the first to do it as a left handed hitter. Joe Adcock of the Braves had done it before as a right handed hitter, over the left field screen. The very day after Brock's HR, Hank Aaron hit one, like Adcock, into the left field stands, but not over the screen, just over the fence. Those are the only three players to hit HR's into the Polo Ground center field bleachers in a Major League game.

@YOUJUSTGOTBLAKED Ай бұрын

R.I.P Willie you will be missed

@gutheywillie7888 2 ай бұрын

I’ve always wondered why it’s called “ the catch “ when the throw was the best part of the play

@henrywallacesghost5883 2 ай бұрын

Actually, it was the distance he had to run just to catch it.

@bakaraka5880 Ай бұрын

That’s a home run at so many ballparks.

@jimmyhall4453 2 ай бұрын

Very cool!!! This is confusing with the Catch from Montana to Clark!!! But Willie Mays did this kind of thing every game… Andrew Jones even said he was the best defensive player ever to play the outfield!!

@leroyapplegate5049 2 ай бұрын

This is not confusing at all, this was the original catch, the one that the 49ers got the name from

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, does he ever remind me of me in my days. In my own mind, I was a legend!

@CalebOn_YT 2 ай бұрын

Respect 🫡 ✊ ❤

@soxjohn 2 ай бұрын

The Cleveland hitter, Vic Wertz, was lefty. How bogus!

@deepcosmiclove 2 ай бұрын

It is still pretty good. They even got the sun angle right.

@spacedude1145 Ай бұрын

They probably couldn’t get the licensing rights to him.

@ZMOA2006 Ай бұрын

It’s a great catch… but Jim Edmonds’ catch is way more impressive

@scottthomas3672 8 күн бұрын

If you ever played OF, that was pretty close to what it looks like coming at you when you turn your back on the ball and run to the spot. Much harder than it looks.

@stever1791 27 күн бұрын

Batter was Vic Wertz - and he was a left handed hitter , your video has a right handed hitter . ?????? com on This was the greatest catch in the history of the game

@mikeadamec6844 Ай бұрын

The catch is the important thing; but, one correction. The batter was Vic Wertz who batted left handed. Video show a right handed batter.

@Alan-lv9rw Ай бұрын

My father was in the centerfield seats, row 8, right above Willie.

@OutsideCleaners 2 ай бұрын

that's cool

@Robloxguy-gs7ov Ай бұрын

Willie mays was more worried about getting the ball back into the infield than making the catch😂

@KlkconKlk Ай бұрын

That was beautiful 🥹

@rileykoziol1005 Ай бұрын

There is no fucking way I saw a random post in the MLB group today asking how to do this, and then this video is the first on my recommended list when I open youtube. The algorithm is algorithming