Post by Colorado Rockies on Sept 11, 2016 6:58:40 GMT
2016 MiLB Draft Round 4
Baseball History: Say Hey! What a catch.
September 29, 1954: With the first game of the ’54 World Series on the line, star Giants outfielder Willie Mays makes perhaps the most iconic catch in baseball history. In the eighth inning with two runners on base, the Indians’ Vic Wertz pokes a ball to center. Mays races to the wall and gathers in the 450-foot fly. Then, with his back turned to home plate, Mays whirls and fires the ball to the infield. His cap comes off, his body spins, and Mays falls flat on his belly. “It’s a sensational play that ended up saving two runs and giving the Giants enough momentum to win their first World Series since 1933,” says Harvey Frommer, author of Remembering Fenway Park and The New York Yankee Encyclopedia.
4.61. Oakland Athletics (via CAL) OF Ronnie Dawson/HOUBaseball History: Say Hey! What a catch.
September 29, 1954: With the first game of the ’54 World Series on the line, star Giants outfielder Willie Mays makes perhaps the most iconic catch in baseball history. In the eighth inning with two runners on base, the Indians’ Vic Wertz pokes a ball to center. Mays races to the wall and gathers in the 450-foot fly. Then, with his back turned to home plate, Mays whirls and fires the ball to the infield. His cap comes off, his body spins, and Mays falls flat on his belly. “It’s a sensational play that ended up saving two runs and giving the Giants enough momentum to win their first World Series since 1933,” says Harvey Frommer, author of Remembering Fenway Park and The New York Yankee Encyclopedia.
4.62. San Francisco Giants SP Jesus Luzardo/WAS
4.63. Chicago White Sox SP Anthony Kay/NYM
4.64. Chicago Cubs (via ARI) SP Logan Shores/OAK
4.65. New York Yankees SP Zac Gallen/STL
4.66. Texas Rangers (via LAD) OF J.B. Woodman/TOR
4.67. Miami Marlins SP Robert Tyler/COL
4.68. California Angels (via OAK) P Corbin Burnes/MIL
4.69. Kansas City Royals P Daulton Jefferies/OAK
4.70. Atlanta Braves 2B Luke Dystra/ATL
4.71. Boston Red Sox SP Thomas Hatch/CHC
4.72. St. Louis Cardinals (via SD) SS Luis Almanzar/SD
4.73. Philadelphia Phillies SS Freudis Nova/HOU
4.74. New York Yankees (via SEA) OF Austin Hays/BAL
4.75. Washington Nationals (via STL, NYY) SP Joey Lucchesi/SD
4.76. Houston Astros OF Victor Garcia/STL
4.77. Philadelphia Phillies (via CHC, CAL, OAK) SS Gabriel Arias/SD
4.78. Washington Nationals OF Alex Call/CWS
4.79. Pittsburgh Pirates OF DJ Peters/LAD
4.80. Texas Rangers OF Oscar Gonzalez/CLE
Draft Order from September 11th.
