I'm Beyond Impressed With This Kid Who Catches A Fastball Heading For His Face

Whoa there, Dottie Henson. Save some for the rest of us. Actually, no, I would not put this kid on the level of Rockford Peach’s finest. Why? Because he was genuinely shocked he caught that shit. You can’t smile and hand it off to the catcher like that after looking that badass at the plate. If he were the cock of the walk on the diamond he’d take a bite out of the baseball before chucking it back at the pitcher twice as fast as it came, a la Pat Burrell in his hey day. That’s the killer competitive instinct that separates the guys who make the show and the bloggers who replay high school AB’s in their head WAY too often instead of moving on with their lives. In the wink of a young girl’s eye, Glory Days, kid. I’ll see you at the nearest dive bar when you hang up the cleats for good.

Catching that on pure reflex is still impressive, but that must have been one hell of a meatball for his hand not to break. We’re talking high school Smitty, room temperature heat. Anything with real gas behind it and his hand shatters on impact.

via NIS