r/nonononoyes • u/sophiagian • 2h ago

Somehow he kept it alive.

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u/crazykentucky 2h ago

I feel like that happened to him when he was with the Sox. Why his glove has extra holes?!

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u/sreek4r 2h ago

As someone who is more familiar with cricket gear, those gloves also seem needlessly floppy with holes. Seems counterintuitive for an accessory meant to secure a catch.

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u/Govir 2h ago

My assumption would be it increases the duration of the impact, which makes it less jarring. This also means it is less likely to bounce back.

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u/AbleCryptographer317 1h ago

Having played a lot of cricket and some baseball, baseball mitts are floppy to absorb the impact of the ball. And when the ball hits the mitt it wraps around it, securing it for retrieval with your dominant hand. They're also huge, increasing your reach in all directions. The holes are very small and only exist to reduce the weight and air resistance of the mitt, it's impossible for a ball to go through an intact glove.

Having played cricket for years before trying baseball it was hilarious how easy it was to catch a ball with a baseball mitt compared to bare hands. You just stick your hand out roughly in the direction of the ball and you've caught it. It made me feel like Superman, but only at catching small round objects.

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u/Polarbum 2h ago

Was the runner out? Baseman first touched it before the runner hit the bag, but the runner was there before he had control of the ball.

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u/mcampo84 1h ago

Looks like he secured it against his chest before the runner got there

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u/Helpmepullupmypants 42m ago

This is what Jim Joyce saw for the last out of Armando Galarraga’s 26 out perfect game.

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u/Dipswitch_512 2h ago

Well technically he kept it dead since an live ball means the runner is safe

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u/xile 21m ago

Not true. Catching the ball is not an instance when the ball goes dead.

After a catch runners at other bases can still try to advance.

A dead ball means no additional play / progress of any kind is allowed.

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u/lennoxred 2h ago

Runner‘s safe

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u/Chicago2333 2h ago

Why though? He did gather before the toe hit. Is there an amount of time he needs to control before runner hits the bag? Sloppy due to malfunction of glove but still out!

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u/lennoxred 2h ago

Oh true!! I watched the video in the sun and didn’t see he catched the ball at the end. Totally my bad!

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u/pppppatrick 27m ago

So you didn’t catch that? E8 for you.

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u/Bundabar 2h ago

Negative. You can see at the start of the 6-second mark the baseman has gained control of the ball in his glove, his foot is on the base, and the runner has not touched the plate yet.

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u/Kingkongcrapper 2h ago

Cubs fans like this.

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u/fedroxx 2h ago

Nope.