I wish they still had a strangely configured field like the Polo Grounds today.
@deepcosmicloveАй бұрын
@coltonsvlogsandadventrues Yup, 600 feet to center and about 300 down the lines. Built 1907 I think.
@jimgray334622 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
@deepcosmiclove22 күн бұрын
@@jimgray3346 Yes, it would draw fans to the park.
@bsheaves2 ай бұрын
How in the goddamn hell did Willie run that ball down with no sunglasses on?
@jayortiz47732 ай бұрын
That’s what I’m saying I couldn’t say a thing
@Giantsrule3332 ай бұрын
Cuz he’s just that good
@OsmanTheDragon2 ай бұрын
They didn't have sunglasses for ballplayers at the time, I suppose…
@TCB4052 ай бұрын
He was the GOAT
@thecheeseburger-oy8veАй бұрын
the goat is up chilling in heaven thinking about that play🙏🏼
@ElectricScooterManАй бұрын
What a tribute. That is a historic play 👍
@georgemrns082 ай бұрын
Vic Wertz was the batter, not Stan Murphy.
@Niceguycommenting2 ай бұрын
couldn't get the licensing perhaps
@fjr70ify2 ай бұрын
@@Niceguycommenting How about Vic Tayback?
@HankYamamotoАй 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
@deepcosmiclove2 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.
@shouldhavedonebetter2 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_Man1232 ай бұрын
He couldn’t control it that was it only in the game bcuz they wouldn’t promote smoking products
@howardcosell20222 ай бұрын
@@Gay_Man123 Who's Stan Muphy?
@Gay_Man1232 ай бұрын
@@howardcosell2022 what the hell are you talking about
@HufflepuffBaseball42313Ай бұрын
@@howardcosell2022a stand-in player for Vic Wertz. MLB doesn’t have the rights to every old time player
@howardcosell2022Ай бұрын
@@HufflepuffBaseball42313 That is why MLB has integrated Negro League stats
@terrybrown3224Ай бұрын
Modern day under appreciated outfielder Lorenzo Cane was amazing. Recently retired I saw him steal many extra base hits. A amazing athlete.
@FerdinandCesarano2 ай бұрын
The Giants didn't have piping on the jersey in 1954. The piping was removed after the 1948 season.
@RRaquello15 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.
@YOUJUSTGOTBLAKEDАй бұрын
R.I.P Willie you will be missed
@gutheywillie78882 ай бұрын
I’ve always wondered why it’s called “ the catch “ when the throw was the best part of the play
@henrywallacesghost58832 ай бұрын
Actually, it was the distance he had to run just to catch it.
@bakaraka5880Ай бұрын
That’s a home run at so many ballparks.
@jimmyhall44532 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!!
@leroyapplegate50492 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_YT2 ай бұрын
Respect 🫡 ✊ ❤
@soxjohn2 ай бұрын
The Cleveland hitter, Vic Wertz, was lefty. How bogus!
@deepcosmiclove2 ай бұрын
It is still pretty good. They even got the sun angle right.
@spacedude1145Ай бұрын
They probably couldn’t get the licensing rights to him.
@ZMOA2006Ай бұрын
It’s a great catch… but Jim Edmonds’ catch is way more impressive
@scottthomas36728 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.
@stever179127 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
@mikeadamec6844Ай 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-lv9rwАй бұрын
My father was in the centerfield seats, row 8, right above Willie.
@OutsideCleaners2 ай бұрын
that's cool
@Robloxguy-gs7ovАй бұрын
Willie mays was more worried about getting the ball back into the infield than making the catch😂
@KlkconKlkАй бұрын
That was beautiful 🥹
@rileykoziol1005Ай 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
@detroitpolak9904Ай бұрын
I’m not 100% positive, but that had to be the LONGEST OUT in MLB history. Vic Wertz could not have been happy….
@user-iv8fx6ky7vАй бұрын
Willie should pound the glove when he knows he's got it.
@scottl.1568Ай бұрын
Stan Murphy was not the batter😮
@Nhamp2000Ай бұрын
Nope. Vic Wertz.
@tkelly54222 ай бұрын
Who had the scout on that hitter? Playing WAY to far in. Catch was way harder than it needed to be.
@nbk9373Ай бұрын
Go Hawks 🐤
@BassPlyr232 ай бұрын
Except that it was Vic Wertz who hit the ball. And he was a left-handed batter. Other than that, absolutely nothing wrong with this video… 😂
@JoblessMusicАй бұрын
Not the fans wearing modern clothes lol
@moonbear50612 ай бұрын
Vic Wertz was left handed not right handed hitter
@michelleblackkeys84102 ай бұрын
RiP
@Jvwc12 ай бұрын
The hat should’ve come off
@taadn2 ай бұрын
😂
@stuartdavis798Ай бұрын
The real catch wasn't good enough? Is there really a need for this computer generated nonsense? Maybe get outside and actually play some baseball?