Where does Trouts catch rank?

[happybat4]

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http://mobile.sportingnews.com/article/4656409-mike-trout-robs-home-run-scales-fence-best-catch-ever-baseball-mlb-angels-jesus-montero?modid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

[sneaky_flute]

It's probably top 5. Endy Chavez's catch during the 2006 NLCS is my all-time favourite. 

[Inside Pitch]

It's probably top 5. Endy Chavez's catch during the 2006 NLCS is my all-time favourite. 

 

[happybat4]

I like Lofton. It's a shame he didn't get more HOF recognition. He was a great center fielder

[wopphil]

Cheve's catch was amazing. As was Edmonds'. But Trout's isn't far behind.

[Angelsjunky]

I still think its Trout's second best after that one a few years ago.

 

As for all players, Edmonds might still be the greatest. I mean, come on:

 

[seenoevil]

[Oz27]

If we limit it to best Angels plays, I have it above Trout in Baltimore but below Edmonds. All three of those were absolutely insane though.

[Stradling]

This catch led to another AO self ban, so it's number one in my book!

[fan_since79]

I wish there was film of the catch that Al Simmons made on June 3, 1932 in the 9th inning to rob Lou Gehrig of a possible fifth home run in that game. It's been described as a spectacular leaping catch at the center-field wall of Shibe Park, 468 feet from home plate in those days. No film, no photos. A shame.

[AngelArcher]

I like the JJ Hardy catch better. Max effort jump and reach, then crashing into the wall with the SW logo. Edmonds is still all time though.

[seenoevil]

[Blarg]

Dammit, I can't find the Erstad center field catch, it rivaled Edmonds.

[Blarg]

Seenoevil is just begging to be banned.

[AngelsLakersFan]

I do think the Mathews catch was better as well

[greginpsca]

Dammit, I can't find the Erstad center field catch, it rivaled Edmonds.

Are you thinking of the catch he made in Yankee Stadium. If so, he was playing lf.

[Kenny]

It pains me to say it, because I was so close to witnessing it with my own eyes, but I think it's his best catch.

All time, though, I don't know. If the Angels make it to the playoffs, then it's that catch that made it possible.

[fan_since79]

DeWayne Wise's catch to preserve Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009.

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v5699065/tbcws-wises-homerrobbing-grab-preserves-perfecto

[wopphil]

DeWayne Wise's catch to preserve Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009.

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v5699065/tbcws-wises-homerrobbing-grab-preserves-perfecto

That was a great catch, but it looked better because it almost popped out of his glove. If that hadn't happened, it wouldn't have looked as dramatic.

[LAA Road Tripper]

In my mind, Edmond's is the best ever recorded, bar none. It's the only time I've seen someone dive 100% directly away from home plate and make the catch. That's an insane angle.

As for Trout, I'd put last night's slightly ahead of 2012 Baltimore.

[WallyWorld]

A distant ****ing second.

Yours truly,

Gary Matthews, Jr.

[Angelsfirst]

Definitely Trout's best IMO. I wish sports science would do a piece on this catch. Just mathematically, that ball had to be the farthest over the fence catch in the history of baseball. Talking about how high and far it was from the fence. Just unbelievable.

Still think Edmonds is the greatest catch by an Angel. And to me, is in the top 3 of all time greatest catches.

[Guest]

Trout's catch was definitely the most spectacular because of how calculated it was–he tracked the ball, jumped the fence, and effortlessly grabbed it. I gotta tip my cap to how well he timed everything.

Diving catches, while impressive, are mostly impulsive acts.

[Homebrewer]

The most spectacular, in importance and in athletic prowess (of that day, at least) was Cuban born Brooklyn Dodger Sandy Amoros amazing catch in the 1955 WS..

 

It happened in the bottom of the sixth inning in Game 7 at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 4, 1955, as the Dodgers, who had come back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the Series at three games each, tried once again to do something they had failed to do five times since 1941: beat the Yankees in the World Series.

With the Dodgers clinging to a 2-0 lead, Amoros was sent in to play left field. Then, with runners on first and second and none out, the Yankee catcher, Yogi Berra, sliced a drive down the left-field line that seemed destined to score the tying runs, especially since Amoros had played the pull-hitting Berra toward left-center field.

But Amoros, hailed as the fastest man in the majors when he joined the Dodgers in 1952, streaked across the outfield, and the left-handed fielder snagged the ball on the run, his right arm fully extended. Then he whipped the ball to the shortstop, Pee Wee Reese, who relayed it to Gil Hodges, doubling Gil McDougald off first.

There were three more innings in the game, but the Yankee fire had been banked.

 

 

 

[Homebrewer]

The timing of the catch last night was amazingly perfect.

Athletic ballet.