Ever Caught a Foul Ball/Home Run?

mca47
mca47 Posts: 13,337
edited January 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
I've been to probably 300-400 Professional baseball games in my day and have NEVER caught a foul ball or homerun! I've had a couple land in my area but nothing within reach.

I know there has to be some on here who've been lucky enough to snag one. Let's hear your stories!!
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  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    1 Foul Ball
    1 Home run
    and 1 Puck

    Actually the puck hit me in my head, and knocked my glasses off. The puck went flying 2 rows away, but they passed it back to me because I was a crying 6 year old.
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    I caught a football at an Arena League Game!

    Came close to a few foul balls, but never got one!

    I caught a foul fish at a Bassmasters competition!
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    MrMerkinball wrote:
    1 Foul Ball
    1 Home run
    and 1 Puck

    Actually the puck hit me in my head, and knocked my glasses off. The puck went flying 2 rows away, but they passed it back to me because I was a crying 6 year old.


    Hahahaha!
    Damn!
    Getting whacked with a puck from an errant slapshot has gotta hurt like a mofo!
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    i caught a home run at wrigley back in 97.......

    and won...

    4 free cub tickets
    an autograph baseball
    and 2 round-trip airline tickets to where ever i wanted to fly in the U.S.A...

    i flew to los angeles to see the rolling stones....

    cool....huh????
    Take me piece by piece.....
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    i caught a home run at wrigley back in 97.......

    and won...

    4 free cub tickets
    an autograph baseball
    and 2 round-trip airline tickets to where ever i wanted to fly in the U.S.A...

    i flew to los angeles to see the rolling stones....

    cool....huh????

    So you won that because you caught the ball? Or was it just something else they were giving away at the game?
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    mca47 wrote:
    So you won that because you caught the ball? Or was it just something else they were giving away at the game?
    just because i caught the ball........

    pretty fucking cool huh????
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • frank coztansa
    frank coztansa Posts: 196
    why did you win? did they guy want the ball back or something?


    caught a few batting practice HRs, and my buddy has caught a foul ball. but i never have. the 2 BP balls and the foul my friend caught we gave to a kid that was near us, and i tell you we made his year.

    ozzie guillen tossed me a ball after he was done playing catch with joey cora when i was a youngin. that ball i still have and have many "no name" autographs one it. but i do have ozzie guillen and harold baines on that ball to...so that should help the value tad.
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  • frank coztansa
    frank coztansa Posts: 196
    the best catch ive ever seen by a fan was that dude who on monday nite football during a bears game, leaped over the railing to catch a kevin butler FG that had gone over the net. that was honestly one of the best catches ive ever seen-- by fan or athelte.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    frank coztansa wrote:
    why did you win? did they guy want the ball back or something?


    caught a few batting practice HRs, and my buddy has caught a foul ball. but i never have. the 2 BP balls and the foul my friend caught we gave to a kid that was near us, and i tell you we made his year.

    ozzie guillen tossed me a ball after he was done playing catch with joey cora when i was a youngin. that ball i still have and have many "no name" autographs one it. but i do have ozzie guillen and harold baines on that ball to...so that should help the value tad.
    well.....

    back when they started that how far did it fly contest sponsored by southwest airlines......

    that is what they would give to the person who caught the 1st homerun ball hit by the cubbies at every home game.......
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • frank coztansa
    frank coztansa Posts: 196
    boy, if they did that for every homer the cubs had given up, southwest would have been out of business by may 1st ;)
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  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    1996 ALCS. Yankees vs. Orioles, I was in the RF bleachers when Brady Anderson hit a HR. The ball was literally hit right at me. If nobody moved I would have been able to just stick my hand out and catch it. Of course everybody goes for the ball and you can clearly see me stand up, get ready to catch it, then get toppled. Word is noone touched the ball, and it bounced right off my seat.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    frank coztansa wrote:
    boy, if they did that for every homer the cubs had given up, southwest would have been out of business by may 1st ;)
    its a pretty funny story too.....

    i was on my second ever date with this girl.......and i must have had 1,254 vodka/lemonades out in the bleachers.......

    i knocked my dates friend(female) right on her ass to get the ball....hehehehehehehehe

    then i ended up taking another friend of mine to california to see the stones......

    the girl i was on the date with............
    has now been living with me for 7 years.....and i still get shit from her for not taking her to california to see the stones....hehehehe

    how was i to know???? it was just our second date......
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    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    frank coztansa wrote:
    the best catch ive ever seen by a fan was that dude who on monday nite football during a bears game, leaped over the railing to catch a kevin butler FG that had gone over the net. that was honestly one of the best catches ive ever seen-- by fan or athelte.

    I REALLY want to see that on youtube.
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  • oppie1
    oppie1 Posts: 755
    foul ball at a Reading Phillies game
    2 pucks from Flyers games
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  • NoCode_inMT
    NoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    frank coztansa wrote:
    the best catch ive ever seen by a fan was that dude who on monday nite football during a bears game, leaped over the railing to catch a kevin butler FG that had gone over the net. that was honestly one of the best catches ive ever seen-- by fan or athelte.

    That won an ESPY that year.

    I grew up in the Aberdeen, MD area. Went to about 100 O's games from 82-86. Dad's company had seats 3 rows behind the O's dugout. Dad caught multiple foul balls.
    1998-6/20, 6/21
    2003-6/1, 10/25
    2005-8/29, 9/4
    2006-7/2, 7/22, 7/23
    2008-4/15(EV solo)
    2009-9/21, 9/22, 9/28
    2011-9/3, 9/4
    2012-9/30
    2013-7/19, 11/30
  • Brainofdz
    Brainofdz Posts: 1,617
    Yes, June 1st 1994, Mets - Rockies at shea stadium.

    I was sitting in the left field picnic area seats, and Charlie Hayes (then of Colorado) blasted a homer right at me. I barehanded that bitch.

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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    1996 ALCS. Yankees vs. Orioles, I was in the RF bleachers when Brady Anderson hit a HR. The ball was literally hit right at me. If nobody moved I would have been able to just stick my hand out and catch it. Of course everybody goes for the ball and you can clearly see me stand up, get ready to catch it, then get toppled. Word is noone touched the ball, and it bounced right off my seat.

    Say hi to Jeffrey Maier.


    Never caught one but at Dodger Stadium one time a foul ball went straight back, first base side and missed the net and hit a guy right in the head. The ball made it up to the upper deck I'd say about 75 feet. The paramedics took him away and within 15 minutes he was back at his seat with an ice bag. After a lot of yelling, the guy who had the ball gave it to him. I thought for sure the guy was dead or at least unconscious.
  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    nothing of importance. I had a AA ball team (Pittsfield Cubs) in my hometown when I was a kid, and I caught a ton of foul balls (seriously, probably 50), but it doesnt really count.

    I had a home run hit to me in centerfield in NY (sox vs. yanks) by Troy O Leary and some kid jumped literally in front of me and caught it. That was the closest I ever came to getting a foul ball/home run.
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  • NoCode_inMT
    NoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    cutback wrote:
    Say hi to Jeffrey Maier.

    Please don't bring up him. As a life long O's fan, still pissed. :(

    And the O's have never been the same...
    1998-6/20, 6/21
    2003-6/1, 10/25
    2005-8/29, 9/4
    2006-7/2, 7/22, 7/23
    2008-4/15(EV solo)
    2009-9/21, 9/22, 9/28
    2011-9/3, 9/4
    2012-9/30
    2013-7/19, 11/30
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    Yep, got a foul ball at a Mariners game about 10 years ago.

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