He was nowhere near that ball and yet he decided it would be best to dive after it. But hey, he got his uniform dirty and that shows he cares. Not like selfish Ichiro who dare not get dirt on his jersey because it would sully his image.
it was raining badly that game, and the field condition was awful, everyone was looking bad that game. including the ball going under both Swisher and Cano (Swisher fell after that), Jacob sliding into position and missing a hard bounce. and Jeter falling 1 step to his right and letting the ball through (yes i realize the pasta diving Jeter jokes, but it’s not like he ever dives and miss the ball by 6 feet) late in the game Brett Gardner made a sliding stop on a Bryan Pena double and it looked like a freaking water slide out there.
Swing and a miss
Goose - April 12, 2009
I laugh at his misfortune
Fuzz - April 12, 2009
Who's the Boss is not a food.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 13, 2009
Indeed
Susheel Ramasahayam - April 12, 2009
In a somewhat unrelated note, I noticed that HoRam's SBN picture still has him in a Mariners uniform.
Goose - April 12, 2009
We just found somebody worse than Griffey in the OF
Heydude - April 12, 2009
The announcers were giving him shit for this too
they said he should have just played it on a hop to keep the runner to a single, instead of the triple that ensued.
marinerdan - April 12, 2009
Wow...just...wow...
SethGrandpa - April 12, 2009
There are few things I find more selfish than false hustle
JI - April 12, 2009
Hahahahahaha
Zwakamatsu - April 12, 2009
Wow, that's pretty amazing
He was nowhere near that ball and yet he decided it would be best to dive after it. But hey, he got his uniform dirty and that shows he cares. Not like selfish Ichiro who dare not get dirt on his jersey because it would sully his image.
Willie Mays Haze - April 12, 2009
I like how "Kansas City, MO" just CRAWLS by while he's still sliding
It sends the message “this, Kansas City, is how slowly time will pass as you suffer the agonies of two years of Willie Ballgame!”
Decatur - April 12, 2009
He missed it by "Just THAT much!"
mark sobba - April 12, 2009
Wasn't he suppose to be a second baseman there?
So you could say he was playing “out of position”, I guess.
mark sobba - April 12, 2009
just made the geico play of the game
he is now only 10%
mikekim21 - April 12, 2009
I saw that live yersterday, the announcers where not very pleased and blamed it on him being an utility man
and not very experienced with the outfield
Schuxu - April 12, 2009
Willie is yours
And we’re thrilled that you have him.
ThundaPC - April 12, 2009
This is a giggle maker.
royalcurve - April 12, 2009
He did make a pretty great grab today however
Woodinville_12thMan - April 12, 2009
It would be better if you could pause it right as the ball is hitting the ground and quantify the distance between his glove and the ball
OlSalty - April 12, 2009
Hit ESC.
Aaron Campeau - April 12, 2009
Yuck
.Taylor - April 12, 2009
at least show the catch that he did make.
arniegrape2k - April 13, 2009
lacks comedy value
pdb - April 13, 2009
We don't celebrate routine achievements around here
Jeff Sullivan - April 13, 2009
Holy shit Yuni took a pitch!
Jeff Sullivan - April 13, 2009
GIF! GIF! GIF!
JI - April 13, 2009
You joined Lookout Landing just to make this comment?
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 13, 2009
stalker
vivaelpujols - April 13, 2009
I'd like to see the ball Swisher dropped that day, and the one that went through his wickets the next.
MLB streaming archives sounds like a nice feature, if there weren’t so many complaints about the service or the blackouts I’d think about it.
The blackout rules don’t apply to same day game replay do they? Maybe a silly question, but then it’s MLB.
Kermit. - April 13, 2009
Typically games that are blacked out are available on mlb.tv an hour or so after they complete
at least that’s the way it worked last year.
pdb - April 14, 2009
They're still way behind that so far this year.
Aaron Campeau - April 14, 2009
To be fair
it was raining badly that game, and the field condition was awful, everyone was looking bad that game. including the ball going under both Swisher and Cano (Swisher fell after that), Jacob sliding into position and missing a hard bounce. and Jeter falling 1 step to his right and letting the ball through (yes i realize the pasta diving Jeter jokes, but it’s not like he ever dives and miss the ball by 6 feet) late in the game Brett Gardner made a sliding stop on a Bryan Pena double and it looked like a freaking water slide out there.
And Willie did dive and get one ball that game.
RollingWave - April 15, 2009
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