Willie mays the catch

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@Doones51 5 ай бұрын

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

@deepcosmiclove 5 ай бұрын

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

@jimgray3346 4 ай 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 4 ай бұрын

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

@chasebillmyer612 2 ай бұрын

@@deepcosmicloveright field was 258’ Center was 483’ Left field was 279’ I always used that as my home field in mlb the show.

@Mikey2Gunzz Ай бұрын

Agreed, although we still have Fenway which is a national treasure.

@bsheaves 5 ай бұрын

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

@jayortiz4773 5 ай бұрын

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

@Giantsrule333 5 ай бұрын

Cuz he’s just that good

@OsmanTheDragon 5 ай бұрын

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

@TCB405 5 ай бұрын

He was the GOAT

@thecheeseburger-oy8ve 5 ай бұрын

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

@ElectricScooterMan 5 ай бұрын

What a tribute. That is a historic play 👍

@georgemrns08 5 ай бұрын

Vic Wertz was the batter, not Stan Murphy.

@Niceguycommenting 5 ай бұрын

couldn't get the licensing perhaps

@fjr70ify 5 ай бұрын

@@Niceguycommenting How about Vic Tayback?

@deepcosmiclove 5 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.

@michaelfitting1164 3 ай бұрын

Yep, although the N/S was off as the sun would be sitting further South (right field) on the horizon in October so the shadows should have been falling further to left field. Great video though.

@HankYamamoto 5 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

@terrybrown3224 5 ай бұрын

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

@shouldhavedonebetter 5 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'.

@georgetownend 5 ай бұрын

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

@howardcosell2022 5 ай бұрын

@@georgetownend Who's Stan Muphy?

@georgetownend 5 ай бұрын

@@howardcosell2022 what the hell are you talking about

@HufflepuffBaseball42313 4 ай бұрын

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

@howardcosell2022 4 ай бұрын

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

@RRaquello 4 ай 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.

@gutheywillie7888 5 ай бұрын

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

@henrywallacesghost5883 5 ай бұрын

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

@dansmith6572 2 ай бұрын

The throw was amazing but it would mean nothing without "the catch"

@FerdinandCesarano 5 ай бұрын

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

@bakaraka5880 5 ай бұрын

That’s a home run at so many ballparks.

@Robloxguy-gs7ov 5 ай бұрын

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

@YOUJUSTGOTBLAKED 5 ай бұрын

R.I.P Willie you will be missed

@jimmyhall4453 5 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 5 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

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

@soxjohn 5 ай бұрын

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

@deepcosmiclove 5 ай бұрын

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

@Film-Watcher12 5 ай бұрын

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

@rileykoziol1005 5 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

@scottthomas3672 3 ай 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.

@Alan-lv9rw 5 ай бұрын

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

@CalebOn_YT 5 ай бұрын

Respect 🫡 ✊ ❤

@mikeadamec6844 4 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.

@ZMOA2006 4 ай бұрын

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

@BillKovalsky-r7x 5 ай бұрын

Willie should pound the glove when he knows he's got it.

@OutsideCleaners 5 ай бұрын

that's cool

@stever1791 4 ай 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

@Saucy3.0 5 ай бұрын

That was beautiful 🥹

@frankanon4450 2 ай бұрын

Amazing catch but I think Jim Edmonds catch was better because he had a fully extended dive backwards to catch it. Still mad respect for Willie tho. Here's the 2 catches. You guys tell me. Edmonds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2fJZat-ab-ie68 Mays: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZOvpWWugMaBfpI