No two ways about it, this is one great catch.
Posted on 02/04/2022 10:04:29 AM PST by OneVike
No two ways about it, this is one great catch.
” So what? I did.”
The dude in the commercial was an infielder.
I must admit it Steve, after looking at evidence of the contrary, I now agree it is a fake. Someone offered proof it was done for a gatorade commercial that never ran.
Explains why it sat in my file for so long. I most likely forgot and when I ran a cross it I posted it thinking it was legit.
Oh well, it’s still kinda cool
” but it looks real. “
Looks real? As an left-fielder, please explain how a ball girl can outrun a barred ball?
Please explain how a batted ball reaching a max height of about five feet can hit the outfield wall.
Please explain how anyone can climb 10 feet on a vertical wall and be in position for the catch while never looking back to locate the ball.
“Please explain ... “
I guess you missed my later post where I looked again and concluded it’s not real for several reasons.
” concluded it’s not real for several reasons.”
One reason. But I was interested in your viewpoint as a left fielder why you thought certain items looked real.
"The ball girl was a stunt woman, working on behalf of an advertising production agency that was filming a Gatorade ad."
You might say it was a cunning stunt.
Well, when I played left field, in high school, I caught a few balls in foul ground and that ball, if there really is a ball in that "catch", is only foul by a few feet. But to catch a ball in foul ground it would have to hit pretty high to have time to get there because the left fielder normally positions in fair ground a few yards.
And as you, or someone, pointed out, from looking at batter it looks like the ball was hit on a low trajectory. A golf ball will sometimes start out on a low trajectory and then curve up to be pretty high, but I don't remember seeing a baseball do that.
And the left fielder is the closest defender to where that ball was supposedly hit and, in the video, the left fielder is pretty close when the ball-girl "makes the catch".
If a high fly ball is hit to that location, and if anyone is going to catch it, it's the left fielder.
Great explanation. I was given a link to an article that proves it was a fake, created for a commercial. But had I not read the article, your explanation would have kept me from even posting it.
A most excellent explanation for the facts.
Thanks. you nailed it.
Thanks.
I see you are still getting blog hits.
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