Man snags 2 foul balls in 3 pitches at Citi Field!!

[DGUtley]

A man managed to snag two foul balls in a span of three pitches behind home plate at Citi Field...


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Patrick Wedderburn exchanged hugs with family and friends Friday night as he held aloft his once-in-a-lifetime haul in section 321 at Citi Field — two foul balls snagged in a three-pitch span during the eighth inning of the Mets’ 5-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.

But the 23-year-old from Farmingville on Long Island didn’t hesitate when asked what he planned to do with the baseballs. “I’m
gonna give her both of them,” he said as he gestured to his mother, Christa, who was at the park as part of her birthday celebration.
Patrick, wearing a Pete Alonso jersey, said he was looking at his phone in the fifth row of section 321 — two levels behind home plate at Citi Field — when the first foul ball off the bat of TJ Friedl landed in the second row.


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This guy caught 4 in one game: https://patch.com/ohio/clevelandheig...d-indians-game

[Tahuyaman]

That’s cool.

[Standing Wolf]

I used to shag a lot of foul balls (and the occasional home run ball) at Arizona League and Arizona Fall League games, till I got too old and stiff to outrun the competition. Only a few times did a ball come down to where I might have been able to snag it without having to chase after it, but they were usually coming at me so fast or from such a great height that I had to let it bounce and hope for the best. At the big league park, there were always teenagers with gloves who would literally run right over you if you got in their way.

The best "catch" I ever witnessed didn't involve a ball, but a glove. Randy Johnson was having a bad day on the mound, and on his way back to the dugout he tossed his glove - not angrily, just casually - up on top of the dugout, right in front of some kid, who stared at it for a few seconds and then, fortunately, picked it up before some adult could beat him to it.