Willie Mays-The Catch

[uricehe4]

Most overrated catch in sports history.

[dataslul]

I'm a life-long White Sox fan, and I feel obligated to mention Dwayne Wise's catch in the top of the 9th inning that preserved a perfect game for Mark Buehrle while potentially saving a home run, but I even I think that Endy Chavez's NLCS game 7 play from 2006 beats them all. He had to range to his left, make a snow cone catch over the wall that saved a 2R homer, and then he doubled up Edmonds.

[jets495]

i am sorry...willie was a great player but this catch is just over rated. i have been watching jim edmunds do this once a month for like 15 straight years. I may be prejudice but i think endy chavez's catch in game 7 of the 2006 nlcs was better than this and my have been the best ive ever seen. i honestly think jim edmunds might have 10 or 15 catches on his own better than this one...sorry willie

[elmontro16]

David Wright's barehanded, the best one ever!

[NiagaraFalls4424]

You jealous ignorant people and I expect most of you are racist are so full of hatred you make me sick to my stomach!!!!

[puyaboy2712]

willie mays is my great uncle he lives in california :)

[thevshi]

@puyaboy2712 I know this is kinda old, but my great uncle pitched that ball. ;)

[zappa2496]

Unfortunately, what is missing in this video is the effort to get to the ball. Mays was playing somewhat in and this park is freaking huge. It's amazing that he got within 10 feet of the ball before it landed.

[idunnobella]

jim edmonds catch was better

[Spartan9299]

It wasn't in the World Series. This was...makes all the difference.

[willt65]

Wertz's ball was hit much further - Mays had a longer run to make the catch

[crixxxxxxxxx]

And about 30-40 feet more shallow.

[JohnnyMac496]

Jim Edmonds did not have to get up and throw the ball from 580 ft away from the plate. this also was in the world series.

[idunnobella]

so now its 580 feet? wow

[uricehe4]

@JohnnyMac496

Neither did Mays. "580 feet"? Good lord, how much weed have you been smoking. You need to subtract about a hundred feet off that before you even begin to be accurate. This is the most overrated catch ever.

[JohnnyMac496]

mays wouldn't have had to dive for the ball that edmonds caught.

[bracaa01]

It was LUCKY!

[bondurango]

Actually, that's not even his best catch. He did one better when he flew into the fence at Candlestick Park to rob a guy of a home run.

[dharmabums320]

I was in the park for the one you're talking about: off Bobby Tolan of the Reds, right? Mays crashed into the fence and rightfielder Bonds simultaneously, was knocked out, and still held on to the ball. Sheer beauty.

[bondurango]

That's the one. Willie Mays making like an Air Jordan spread eagle slam dunk before Jordan.

[EDoug35]

in my opinion, thats #1 right there

he catches its at like 480 feet deep in straight center over the head (and if u c his glove in the HOF, u can see that its only like an 11 inch glove a most, compared to like 14 inch the players have now) and then he ends up doubling the guy off, f*cking amazing

willie mays is one of the greatest ball players in history, u cant possibly disagree

if u do then Fuck You, u dont kno baseball

[dawndeath117]

good catch. not great. i wudnt even have that in my top 20 plays of all time. That catch by endy chavez in the nlcs in 2006 ws serious sht. it was 2 feet over the wall and he stillaught it!!!!!!

[jmarino200]

How is it #5...

[tbradyne]

one of the most famous catches EVER

yet it really isnt anything amazing

there is like 10 a yeal in mlb and some of them r alot better

[LukeL007]

I have always wondered why this catch is so popular, I see a play like this a couple times a year on TV and even in my local softball leagues.

[fredrico0012]

how come they never show the greatest part of that play, when he doulbles off the guy? He did that from dead center almost

[toolagit5]

yea, uhhh, overrated catch, jim edmonds makes catches equal or better to this at least once a season. "But he threw it back into the infield!! thats insane!!!!"

What else was he gonna do with it, stick it up his ass?

Anyone who has played or knows baseball well also knows that this catch is overrated and does not belong in the top 5 or 10 plays in a highlight reel where it is usually found.

[redsox4home]

while ill give u that edmonds catch might have been better consider this.....

the situation he was in.... the world series

also the park was 500 to straight away center and that ball was only 30 feet(give or take 10 feet) away from the fence and he had to run a good 100 feet to reach it

also, the time was an important factor. that catch was the firs of its kind, as was the tallent of mays

[losingallmyfriends]

actually willie admitted this was not his best catch. his best catch was a robbed home run in which he collided with another player and both were knocked unconscious - and he held on to the ball. still an amazing catch, no doubt.

[heightssurfer]

@toolagit5 totally agreed thank god someone unerstands

[tellthetruthg]

@toolagit5 One thing you don't see is how shallow he was playing. Thats what truly made the catch remarkable .

I saw Willie play at the stick for the first time in 64 he played so shallow he was a threat to throw a guy out at first on a grounder up the middle. The only player I ever saw until this day play that shallow was Paul Blair. Both had an amazing ability to know where the ball was going as soon as it left the bat. He was the one to say the catch was ok the throw kept runners from moving

[irishkid27]

not that great of a catch

[Tripod181]

kellen tht makes no sense

[kelleno]

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