Two of the best defensive plays of 2013. Both made my jaw drop:
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id...ic_id=51231442
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id...ic_id=51231442
Reply with some of you favs from this year or all time.
Two of the best defensive plays of 2013. Both made my jaw drop:
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id...ic_id=51231442
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id...ic_id=51231442
Reply with some of you favs from this year or all time.
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
That Prado play was really good. BP's turn here is the best play I've seen this year. One of the best I've ever seen. Edit: Asdrubal was extremely good too.
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id...%2Bplay%2Bknee
Last edited by TSJ55; 08-29-2013 at 11:05 AM.
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powersackers (08-29-2013)
I screamed so loud on this one my wife thought something terrible had happened. My uncle in Costa Rica texted me within seconds with an OMG message about it.Originally Posted by TSJ55
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Favorite fielder of all time Rey Ordonez. Here is a relay throw to nail a runner at home.....from his knees.
http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=25546877
This one is not bad either.
http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=20187611
powersackers (08-29-2013)
Ken Caminiti, the strength and accuracy of the throw from the seat of his pants always makes me remember this one.
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZqooXkzisI
Ordonez is the best defender I have ever seen. Ozzie was past his prime by the time I was old enough to really start paying attention and Ozzie, while not playing in the dark ages, didn't exactly play in the day of video for the early part of his career either.
How good was Ordonez at defense? The guy was a no average, no power Major Leaguer who had a starting lineup figure. Career .600 OPS. Had a freaking action figure.
I will admit freely that I own said action figure.
powersackers (09-10-2013)
There was an Ordonez play on a high hopper with seemingly no chance at the fast runner and Rey gave the quickest release on a hard throw I've ever seen....but can't find it.
this play hurt for a long time
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id...ayer_id=121301
KittyDuran (08-29-2013),OC_Red (08-29-2013),powersackers (08-29-2013)
De Aza was out!
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
I can't find video of Freel's catch of a Pujols flyball from 2006, but this one is pretty great too:
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id...y=ryan%2Bfreel
klw (08-29-2013),powersackers (08-29-2013)
All time favorite defensive play: Bo Jackson throws out Harold Reynolds
All time favorite defensive play by a Red (seconded by Larkin): Eric Davis throws out Bobby Bonilla in the 1990 playoffs
All time best defensive play I've seen in person: Dave Parker making a throw out at home in the mid-1980s, then leading off the next inning with a home run. Sorry no video or details. I was a teenager at the time.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Wow on that Bo Throw! I wasn't familiar with that one.
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Bo Jackson is on my (and a lot of people's) short list for all-time greatest athlete. And that throw, I can't get enough of watching it it's such an amazing play.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
http://www.sportsradiokjr.com/pages/...ticle=11473325
At about 4:30 in the audio clip, Harold Reynolds starts talking about the throw and his reaction to it.
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
Oh man I serioulsy LOL'd at about 6 min of that audio when he mentioned Bo's comment.
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Johnny Footstool (08-29-2013)
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