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| CHARLES KRUPA/AP (LEFT) RICHARD LAUTENS/TORONTO STAR (RIGHT) |
| Endy Chavez's catch was one for the ages; Devon White's in '93 was pretty good too. |
At least, that one on the right, 14 years ago today, was what came to my mind immediately after Chavez's catch last night. White's catch off Dave Justice's deep fly ball to dead centre wasn't just poetry, though -- it began the infamous triple play that was somehow missed by umpire Bob Davidson (Baseball-Almanac.com has the sanitized version. As every Jays fan knows, the only person who missed the tag was the ump. Gruber tagged out Deion Sanders - yeah, that Deion - so forcefully, Dave Perkins wrote, "Gruber actually tripped Sanders").
(Thanks to TEP guy Brett Smith for the side-by-side here.)
And yet the debate continues. Was The Catch by Mays in the '54 Series the greatest catch ever or are we just wallowing in nostalgia?
See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dK6zPbkFnE
(The audio, interestingly enough is from the radio broadcast)
Centre field at the Polo Grounds was 460' away and Mays was playing shallow against Vic Wertz.
It's not just the catch, of course, but the pirouette and the throw to prevent Lary Doby, the runner on second, from advancing past third.
Still love the line from Liddle, the pitcher who was relieved by Marv Grisson: "Well, I got my man".
The Catch is still number one.
Posted by: john richardson | October 20, 2006 at 01:06 PM
The Mays catch has to be #1 but since I wasn't born then I will go with Devon White's Triple play as the all time catch in my lifetime.
Posted by: Joe | October 20, 2006 at 01:53 PM
Joe,
I was born. Barely.
Posted by: john richardson | October 20, 2006 at 02:38 PM
DEVO #1 ALTHOUGH MAYS' AND CHAVEZ'S CATCHES WERE GREAT, THEY COULD SEE THE BALL; DEVON WHITE'S WAS ACCOMPLISHED "BLIND" SO IT WAS SUPER-HUMAN AND PHENOMENAL! THERE IS NO DEBATE: DEVON WHITE IS #1
Posted by: J. DENIS POWELL | October 22, 2006 at 04:13 PM