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From: powrwrap on 24 Oct 2007 12:23
Anybody catch this last night? In an hour long show that could have
been compressed to 1/2 hour or so, ESPN declared the winners of the
best "web gems" or most awesome fielding plays in baseball for 2007.

Nick Punto's play on the Indians Garko was #4 overall. If you recall,
Punto was playing a deep 2B, ranged to his right and into short center
field on a high hopper by Garko, leaped up caught the ball bare-
handed, and while still airborne and falling backward, threw the ball
to Morneau, one-bouncing it to nail a stunned Garko.

Near the end of the show they had a feature segment on Punto.

They showed Punto's play as a 2B when he went horizontal while running
in toward the pitcher's mound, grabbed the ball bare-handed and
shoveled the ball submarine style to Morneau, all in one motion.

Also showed the hard hit, one-bouncer that Punto, as SS, charged and
grabbed bare-handed and threw in one fluid motion to get the runner at
1B.

Finally, they showed his leap against the Twins dugout facing to snare
a foul pop-up at the Dome (as 3B-man).

Torii Hunter won the wall-banger category with his catch at Fenway and
I think this catch was #10 overall.

BTW, I thought Curtis Granderson's extended run out to left-center and
robbing of a home run on a sno-cone style catch should have been the
#1 web gem of 2007.

From: AnnE on 27 Oct 2007 22:46

"powrwrap" <powrwrap(a)aol.com> wrote in message
news:1193243024.623839.308500(a)e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Anybody catch this last night? In an hour long show that could have
> been compressed to 1/2 hour or so, ESPN declared the winners of the
> best "web gems" or most awesome fielding plays in baseball for 2007.
>
> Nick Punto's play on the Indians Garko was #4 overall. If you recall,
> Punto was playing a deep 2B, ranged to his right and into short center
> field on a high hopper by Garko, leaped up caught the ball bare-
> handed, and while still airborne and falling backward, threw the ball
> to Morneau, one-bouncing it to nail a stunned Garko.
>
> Near the end of the show they had a feature segment on Punto.
>
> They showed Punto's play as a 2B when he went horizontal while running
> in toward the pitcher's mound, grabbed the ball bare-handed and
> shoveled the ball submarine style to Morneau, all in one motion.
>
> Also showed the hard hit, one-bouncer that Punto, as SS, charged and
> grabbed bare-handed and threw in one fluid motion to get the runner at
> 1B.
>
> Finally, they showed his leap against the Twins dugout facing to snare
> a foul pop-up at the Dome (as 3B-man).
>
> Torii Hunter won the wall-banger category with his catch at Fenway and
> I think this catch was #10 overall.
>
> BTW, I thought Curtis Granderson's extended run out to left-center and
> robbing of a home run on a sno-cone style catch should have been the
> #1 web gem of 2007.
>

Thanks for posting this, I had NOT caught that show. Love the fact that
Punto was #4. That outta set some standards around here. <G> Glad to
know he's getting some positive recognition!

AnnE





From: Yathinkso on 28 Oct 2007 20:00

"AnnE" <AnnE(a)spam.proof.com> wrote in message
news:tsednQ56r6aSZb7anZ2dnUVZ_o2vnZ2d(a)comcast.com...
>
> "powrwrap" <powrwrap(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1193243024.623839.308500(a)e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> Anybody catch this last night? In an hour long show that could have
>> been compressed to 1/2 hour or so, ESPN declared the winners of the
>> best "web gems" or most awesome fielding plays in baseball for 2007.
>>
>> Nick Punto's play on the Indians Garko was #4 overall. If you recall,
>> Punto was playing a deep 2B, ranged to his right and into short center
>> field on a high hopper by Garko, leaped up caught the ball bare-
>> handed, and while still airborne and falling backward, threw the ball
>> to Morneau, one-bouncing it to nail a stunned Garko.
>>
>> Near the end of the show they had a feature segment on Punto.
>>
>> They showed Punto's play as a 2B when he went horizontal while running
>> in toward the pitcher's mound, grabbed the ball bare-handed and
>> shoveled the ball submarine style to Morneau, all in one motion.
>>
>> Also showed the hard hit, one-bouncer that Punto, as SS, charged and
>> grabbed bare-handed and threw in one fluid motion to get the runner at
>> 1B.
>>
>> Finally, they showed his leap against the Twins dugout facing to snare
>> a foul pop-up at the Dome (as 3B-man).
>>
>> Torii Hunter won the wall-banger category with his catch at Fenway and
>> I think this catch was #10 overall.
>>
>> BTW, I thought Curtis Granderson's extended run out to left-center and
>> robbing of a home run on a sno-cone style catch should have been the
>> #1 web gem of 2007.
>>
>
> Thanks for posting this, I had NOT caught that show. Love the fact that
> Punto was #4. That outta set some standards around here. <G> Glad to
> know he's getting some positive recognition!
>
> AnnE
>
>
>
>
>

LOL...if you have low standards

From: Matt on 29 Oct 2007 00:35
On Oct 28, 7:00 pm, "Yathinkso" <yathin...(a)idontknow.net> wrote:
>
>
> LOL...if you have low standards

Heh - based on Anne's alliegance to players like Douggie Baseball and
Punto, I think we can safely say that the answer to that question is
clear. :)

Matt

From: AnnE on 29 Oct 2007 00:44

"Matt" <AcesWired(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193632517.988012.285370(a)v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 28, 7:00 pm, "Yathinkso" <yathin...(a)idontknow.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> LOL...if you have low standards
>
> Heh - based on Anne's alliegance to players like Douggie Baseball and
> Punto, I think we can safely say that the answer to that question is
> clear. :)
>
> Matt

Hey, be nice! lol

And now Bobby Kielty got his ring! Didn'tcha just love his home run?

I should go google the past NG posts!

heh, heh! AnnE


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