Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 02, 2007
First Catch

With a runner on third and two out, Mark Teixeira launches a deep fly ball to right center. Matthews runs, leaps, and snow cones the ball, just short of the wall. It will make the highlight films, but I got the feeling Gary leaped too soon. He had room and time to get under the ball. The snow cone could easily have been a botched catch for a run.

I just rewatched it a couple of times to make sure, and yes, if he keeps running he makes the catch without jumping.

Update: It's a good day for Matthews so far as he walks leading off the bottom of the first and scores on a Guerrero double to put the Angels up 1-0.

Update: In the bottom of the second, Kotchman sends a ball to the top of the wall in center. Lofton jumps, but can just tip the ball as it goes over the fence. It's quite possible Matthews makes that catch.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:17 PM | Opening Day | TrackBack (0)
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