Yup, and that's exactly why videos like this are awesome! They highlight the effort that the sometimes unseen staff puts in to not only prevent that, but also likely pass the ball off to a lucky young fan.
Same! It adds that much more to the viewers, and an extra helping of pride for them. Those foul balls are like rockets off the bat, and can cause some serious damage. So every bit of effort they put into plays like this should be praised.
They can save a lot of injuries to the people in the stands. My dad used to play pro ball for a few teams, the Twins being one of them and he said it wasn't uncommon to see a lot of people get hurt by foul balls. The tv cameras used to shy away from showing that back then as well. You saw the ball fly into the stands and maybe hit someone but then you didn't see the aftermath as they had to be taken away bleeding profusely from the face.
They aren't thou but they are all legit sdsu softball players.. well maybe actually at that point in time yeah they were better than any of the Padres haha but not now.
1:02 so wholesome The lady ducks in slow motion hoping it she doesn't get hit, sees the girl catches it, then goes to cheer hard for her. Epic little slow motion moment lol
Watch a Women's College World Series game and watch how close the third base plays and how fast she will react. The base is 60 feet from the Plate and they usually setup 3-5 feet closer to the plate. 1st Base plays similarly. and the pitcher is only 45 ft away.
@TheSportsGuru I played Men's slow-pitch including third till that age or near it. However the ball is bigger not as hard and having less assistance from the pitcher in increasing its speed, but 60 ft is still very close to the plate. I always admired the courage of the third base women who would play at normal depth when former Arizona batter Jessie Harper was up. th-cam.com/video/tjPRkvqgcZI/w-d-xo.html Actually was watching that game when she hit that ball.
It's amazing to see the crowd and the professionals (players and staff) cheering for their catch; it just goes to show how much they really love the sport, even if there is no points in the play they are happy to see a good catch.
@@MrLinkolin I was at a Brewers game where a little kid caught a foul ball on the fly. Line drive, he jumped BOOM caught it! The crowd gave him a standing ovation. It was so cool to see. The little dude on the scoreboard hiding in Mom's arms of embarrassment. We stood for 3-4 minutes, EPIC DAY! And this was back in the day.
I wish more MLB organizations would give these people REAL uniforms. They definitely earn it. Personal “Thank You” to Boston’s third baseline girl. My daughter STILL brags about the ball she tossed her. ❤️👍
What’s cool about watching these clips is that, the fans and the players are applauding these great efforts which has to make these young kids feel on top of world
Props and respect to those guys and gals. They probably saved a fan from getting hit with a ball. I've sat down the 3rd base and 1st base lines. Those foul balls are ROCKETS! Those were some incredible glove plays!
Honestly, ya love to see somebody layout for a foul. I know I do. I also love how a lot of them got good coverage by the broadcast crew, spread the love of baseball just as far as it can go!
There is something so wholesome about baseball... I hope it never truly dies because it really is an amazing game. Perfect balance between individual greatness and teamwork. The icing on it for me is no-hitters as the visiting team - the home crowd is more than willing to cheer on the visitors to see greatness! I love hockey but you'd never see the home team cheer on being shut-out
Nice to see the broadcasters, players, and fellow fans give those young people a hand for some excellent fielding plays. A few of those liners would possibly have done some damage if they hadn't been intercepted by the ball boy/girl.
it's definitely impressive, especially to those who aren't aware but most padres and red sox ballgirls are sdsu softball players so they're already used to catching balls like this very easily
What if every play in bounds is simply a regular, non-highlight play? I think most people have no clue how much they take for granted catching a simple fly ball. I played baseball competitively until I was 17 and, having an opportunity to do a simple pop fly challenge at Kauffman Stadium back in 2001, tracking a fly ball in a triple deck stadium is not easy, and I felt fortunate to have caught 2 out of 3. Big league players make it look simple.
It depends on if the ball attendant can hit or not. If they can’t hit then they are in the right job, if they can hit then the team’s scouts and GM have screwed up.
Looks like the Redsox have a padded top on their bucket, and the one Rays clip I saw the ballboy was sitting on the bullpen bench. I'd take either of those over the Padres stool!
I'm surprised that the players' union hasn't beefed about the ballgirls/boys making catches inside the foul line. At least they're there as a last line of defense for the fans.
@@motodog242 To the left of the line, it's a foul ball. If it hits the foul pole or lands to the right of the line, it's fair. The player better hustle to try to beat the kid to the ball
Great catches! You guys have to check out the best catches in cricket where they catch the ball which is just as hard as a baseball with their bare hands! Also for those who don't understand the sport, there is a boundary rope encircling the entire ground. Unlike baseball, if the fielder has any part of his body touching or beyond the rope, not only is the batsman 'not out' but also gets six runs. How fielders manage to catch balls right at the edge or even at times in the air of the boundary rope is phenomenal and definitely a sight to behold!
Awesome plays by all!👏. But another thing in common is that every one of them didn’t take a bow. Instead they instantly were looking for someone to give it to.
Watching the players celebrate those great catches is awesome.... On the flip side, watching the players ducking like they are terrified of the ball leaves a bit to be desired.
All of these were excellent catches, and obviously the pros make them day in an day out..but that one in the corner was the best catch I've ever seen .....anywhere.
That “catch” was part of a Gatorade commercial played by cable assisted stuntwoman Phoenix Brown and never aired. Search the web for numerous sources including Snopes. Was a cool stunt though.
The best part of this is ther players reactions to plays made by the ball kids. Imagine making a play on a ball at 14, and Mookie Betts comes over to give you a high five?
Some of those catches may definitely saved someone from injury.
Had a friend years ago that caught a line-drive hit by Willie McCovey of the Giants.
Only mistake he had made was he caught it with his mouth.
oh well if they did get hit
Yep.. that's the point
Yup, and that's exactly why videos like this are awesome! They highlight the effort that the sometimes unseen staff puts in to not only prevent that, but also likely pass the ball off to a lucky young fan.
@@GhostRider-sc9vu what was the damage done?
MLB needs to have a Golden Glove award for the ballkids.
Fantastic idea, a junior Golden Glove. 👍
I agree, great idea, but they have to be real kids!
@@georgejohnson3579 yeah! none of those ones who try and fly their way to get a very high pop fly, cheaters.
Those aren't the bat kids, those are ball kids, bat boys/girls are in the dugout that go retrieve the bats after the player drops it..
I like it. They should definitely vote on the best catch and give them an award, even if it's just an honorary Golden Glove.
Love how the fans, the nearby players and even the security guys applaud the plays these kids made.
Same! It adds that much more to the viewers, and an extra helping of pride for them. Those foul balls are like rockets off the bat, and can cause some serious damage. So every bit of effort they put into plays like this should be praised.
Why is it a “play”
@@Fate134 Because for them, that's their job, their field of play, the foul area. Ergo, they "make plays" along the foul line.
WOW 😍😘😍
They can save a lot of injuries to the people in the stands. My dad used to play pro ball for a few teams, the Twins being one of them and he said it wasn't uncommon to see a lot of people get hurt by foul balls. The tv cameras used to shy away from showing that back then as well. You saw the ball fly into the stands and maybe hit someone but then you didn't see the aftermath as they had to be taken away bleeding profusely from the face.
Today I learned the Padres and Red Sox Ballgirls are better fielders than some of their actual players.
You ain't lying
Padres ball girls are SDSU softball players
They aren't thou but they are all legit sdsu softball players.. well maybe actually at that point in time yeah they were better than any of the Padres haha but not now.
Better looking also.
That goes for the tigers as well
1:02 so wholesome The lady ducks in slow motion hoping it she doesn't get hit, sees the girl catches it, then goes to cheer hard for her. Epic little slow motion moment lol
That ball girl who was catching those carom's off the wall definitely got skills.
Watch a Women's College World Series game and watch how close the third base plays and how fast she will react. The base is 60 feet from the Plate and they usually setup 3-5 feet closer to the plate. 1st Base plays similarly. and the pitcher is only 45 ft away.
@TheSportsGuru I played Men's slow-pitch including third till that age or near it.
However the ball is bigger not as hard and having less assistance from the pitcher in increasing its speed, but 60 ft is still very close to the plate.
I always admired the courage of the third base women who would play at normal depth when former Arizona batter Jessie Harper was up. th-cam.com/video/tjPRkvqgcZI/w-d-xo.html
Actually was watching that game when she hit that ball.
@@GhostRider-sc9vu I swear some men hate to see women receive praise for their hard work lol.
@Diwakar Bisht We don't use metric conversions here..
Ballperson
I love the reactions of the batters.
Priceless
Ikr
I wanna see a ball attendant make a sick grab, autograph it, then give it to a player.
I wanna see them make the catch; give the ball to a fan; and then the fan asks for the autograph!
😅🤣😂
It's amazing to see the crowd and the professionals (players and staff) cheering for their catch; it just goes to show how much they really love the sport, even if there is no points in the play they are happy to see a good catch.
Yeah, I was thinking the same, everyone just seems to love seeing a great catch no matter if it gets runs or not
@@MrLinkolin I was at a Brewers game where a little kid caught a foul ball on the fly. Line drive, he jumped BOOM caught it! The crowd gave him a standing ovation. It was so cool to see. The little dude on the scoreboard hiding in Mom's arms of embarrassment. We stood for 3-4 minutes, EPIC DAY! And this was back in the day.
I wish more MLB organizations would give these people REAL uniforms. They definitely earn it.
Personal “Thank You” to Boston’s third baseline girl. My daughter STILL brags about the ball she tossed her. ❤️👍
i watch alot of these things now just to hear RemDawgs voice
Love how happy the players are when they make a catch
Good for next year's pay negotiations.
With a giant glove on to help.
Favorite is the girl climbing the green wall. An oldie, but great!
I found out not too long ago that it was a Gatorade ad and the ball girl was a stunt woman. 😔
Not only were they extraordinarily courageous, focused and skillfully athletic, they were all so humble and coooool about it! 👍
What’s cool about watching these clips is that, the fans and the players are applauding these great efforts which has to make these young kids feel on top of world
Let’s all just agree we all love ballgirl and ballboy catches. One of the reasons we love baseball.
" Put me in coach I'm ready to play ". John Fogerty
"Today!!! Look at me!! I can be!! Center field!!"
best baseball song ever
I think the teams and broadcasters need to emphasize how the ball boys/girls are there for safety. Great video
And these catches prove their devotion to their responsibility. Excellent work and hope they got kudos from the team.
They could always just put up a screen for safety but that would be boring
Props and respect to those guys and gals. They probably saved a fan from getting hit with a ball. I've sat down the 3rd base and 1st base lines. Those foul balls are ROCKETS! Those were some incredible glove plays!
Looks like they saved some players too, lol!
Dang, most of those catches saved lives. Definitely a busted face. Great job!.
These ball attendants are saving fans one foul ball at a time!
I also love how they’re like snag it, toss it to a fan, fist bump. Like it was nothin.
Lol "ball attendants"
I love how excited they get in the bullpen watching the kid make a catch.
Honestly, ya love to see somebody layout for a foul. I know I do.
I also love how a lot of them got good coverage by the broadcast crew, spread the love of baseball just as far as it can go!
Love that most of those calls were done by Don Orsillo!
Oh yeah, those women got skills!!
I love how even when it wasn’t Orsillo, it was Orsillo Light, Dave O’Brien.
@@EnjoySackLunch But we all know that Orsillo was Sean McDonough Light. :-P And through it all, Remy was Remy.
There is something so wholesome about baseball... I hope it never truly dies because it really is an amazing game. Perfect balance between individual greatness and teamwork. The icing on it for me is no-hitters as the visiting team - the home crowd is more than willing to cheer on the visitors to see greatness! I love hockey but you'd never see the home team cheer on being shut-out
It's America's sport, always will be.
The smiles on their own faces says it all!👏
I love the support that the players give their ballpeople. good warm vibes all around. Support and pride from your work family. Love it.
I saw the ball girl climb the back end boards to snag a foul ball. That was epic!
th-cam.com/video/QI3OPeCJDNQ/w-d-xo.html
You saw a commercial
@@phillipmcneely4976 indeed they did
@@phillipmcneely4976 it was still cool
Ballperson
I enjoyed this more than the regular season.
Padres ball girls on something else
Yeah because they're playing for daddy 😎
"You catch like a girl!"
Me: Really? Thanks!
I love watching these young ladies put on a show for the fans and showing future talent 👍
I’m not really a baseball fan but moments like these are what makes baseball really unique and special
This is the most exciting thing I've seen from baseball since baseball was invented. They should just make this the game.
Lol what?
It's crazy to me how exposed the crowd are to potential death in baseball.
long as those highlight reel ball boys/girls are there everyone is safe
Ever watched cricket ? Ball comes just as fast and is harder.
A hockey puck is frozen rubber. Goes without saying how much damage that can do.@@akitas8165
Their equivalent to the seats behind the goal posts in football stadiums. But unlike football, you can keep anything that's out of play
That’s why they pay the big bucks. I risk, no glory. They choose those seats for the excitement. 😂
Cracks me up that everyone is so happy when the BB/BG makes the play. 😋🤣
That DIVING catch line drive out after the bounce by that Cutie is just plain All out BADASS!!!
Nice to see the broadcasters, players, and fellow fans give those young people a hand for some excellent fielding plays. A few of those liners would possibly have done some damage if they hadn't been intercepted by the ball boy/girl.
They are true heroes of the game for the way they protected fans from getting hit
Be funny if after the game, the reporters only interview the ballboys/girls and ignore the players 🤣
They all need contracts! There were some very impressive plays, out of play...nice!
They’re impressive. The one ball girl had back to back ricochet catches proving the first wasn’t a fluke. Nice job.
@@danelkington3808 haha typo, corrected.
WOO-HOO! YOU GO, GIRLS! The girlfriends are fantastic at catching stray baseballs. AWESOME! ⚾🧢🥰🤗💖🇨🇦
it's definitely impressive, especially to those who aren't aware but most padres and red sox ballgirls are sdsu softball players so they're already used to catching balls like this very easily
Yet another reason that you can't help but love baseball.
Unless you love the integrity of our elections more.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing when the catch by your ball attendant is your play of the game?
What if every play in bounds is simply a regular, non-highlight play? I think most people have no clue how much they take for granted catching a simple fly ball. I played baseball competitively until I was 17 and, having an opportunity to do a simple pop fly challenge at Kauffman Stadium back in 2001, tracking a fly ball in a triple deck stadium is not easy, and I felt fortunate to have caught 2 out of 3.
Big league players make it look simple.
Good thing for the pitcher hehe.
It's amazing
It depends on if the ball attendant can hit or not. If they can’t hit then they are in the right job, if they can hit then the team’s scouts and GM have screwed up.
Gotta say, the San Diego ball girls are outstanding!
When the batter says "wow," it was a great catch.
The skill shown by these ballkids is amazing! Hats off to them all!
The Padres have bit more class than the Red Sox & Rays do, they actually provide them with Padded stools not just used, empty 5 gallon Paint Pails.
Looks like the Redsox have a padded top on their bucket, and the one Rays clip I saw the ballboy was sitting on the bullpen bench. I'd take either of those over the Padres stool!
Red Sox are obsessed with historical preservation of Fenway with the exception of the seats above the Green Monster, but the Rays have no excuse.
The Padres have soft butts that need the cushion...
Great snags that in some cases saved someone's head.
This revives memories of my eight years as a Little League Coach in England.
Boston should really shell out for chairs or stools, instead of buckets.
I saw that as well. Fenway, Pahk some things never change.
lol, was going to say that too
Or the guys sitting in the folding chairs should give them to the girls.
@Insignificant Speck Of Dust Then perhaps they should have stools for them. That should work because they’re of a similar shape.
Fun highlights! Thanks for putting this together.
I LOVE THOSE DIVING CATCHES THEY SAVE LIVES
Love watching the reaction from some of the fans and others, like the bull pen guys.
Most of the ball girls are collegiate softball players.
Oh
hopefully we're watching future drafts . some of these would be amazing for even the pro players to make
Its awesome to see the players celebrating the catches.
I'm surprised that the players' union hasn't beefed about the ballgirls/boys making catches inside the foul line.
At least they're there as a last line of defense for the fans.
Unless they allow players in the foul zone, get over it? It’s hard to catch a foul ball that isn’t a pop fly when you’re like 50 feet away, lol.
@@motodog242 To the left of the line, it's a foul ball.
If it hits the foul pole or lands to the right of the line, it's fair.
The player better hustle to try to beat the kid to the ball
the catches are amazing, but the best part of all these, is the instant giving of the ball to a fan
Some of those catches saved fans from a broken skull
Those ballgirls are the best of college softball. They are american sweethearts!!!
Omg I had no idea these existed! What a wonderful clip, thanks.
Love the reaction by the hitter at :36. And the announcer at 2:15.
Great catches! You guys have to check out the best catches in cricket where they catch the ball which is just as hard as a baseball with their bare hands! Also for those who don't understand the sport, there is a boundary rope encircling the entire ground. Unlike baseball, if the fielder has any part of his body touching or beyond the rope, not only is the batsman 'not out' but also gets six runs. How fielders manage to catch balls right at the edge or even at times in the air of the boundary rope is phenomenal and definitely a sight to behold!
Awesome plays by all!👏. But another thing in common is that every one of them didn’t take a bow. Instead they instantly were looking for someone to give it to.
Watching the players celebrate those great catches is awesome.... On the flip side, watching the players ducking like they are terrified of the ball leaves a bit to be desired.
I could watch these all day!
Those ball girls do such An awesome job
Those little fist bumps say it all.
well we know where all the future MLB stars are hanging out on game days.
I hate to say it… but these ball girls are just solidifying why I prefer to watch softball. 😂😂 they carried this video hard
The one where the girl spidermans up the wall is my favorite.
I clicked on this and was not expecting much. I was wrong and I was awed. Thank you.
Some of these catches might have saved fans from serious injuries too. Awesome!
Just another Sunday for any cricketer. Nice glove lol.
That so cool and I love that the fans and the players applaud them
She went flat out great
Still to me the best ballpark save was the one where she climbed the wall after a foul ball.
O yeah. Definitely my favorite. She was like 15ft up the wall.
All of these were excellent catches, and obviously the pros make them day in an day out..but that one in the corner was the best catch I've ever seen .....anywhere.
That was a stunt woman on wires for a Gatorade commercial.
That “catch” was part of a Gatorade commercial played by cable assisted stuntwoman Phoenix Brown and never aired. Search the web for numerous sources including Snopes. Was a cool stunt though.
@@BeckVMH what a bummer
I like that they give the ball to the kiddos ☺️
to go from a SITTING position and snagging some of those sizzlers take amazing cat-like reflexes...... WELL DONE 👏👏👏👏
Nice plays. Some of those were hot shots. Good on them for saving the fans.
The best part of this is ther players reactions to plays made by the ball kids. Imagine making a play on a ball at 14, and Mookie Betts comes over to give you a high five?
This video never gets old. 😁
all these awesome ball girls deserve big payouts for every ball they catch.
If they weren’t female, that might happen. :(
Cool to see them make a highlight reel.
Esp love the cute ball girls and their great athleticism!
Sign these gals and guys up to a minor league contract
Sent one to the Mets so, she can say guys; this is how you do it....LOL!
Ballpeople- saving viewers from blunt force trauma
I like how they always give the ball to the kids
Most people don't know this, but all those ball boys went on to play in the major leagues.
This got me way too fired up
I was at that game. It was one great play after another from the ball boys that day in chicago, st louis and san diego.
I didn’t even know this was a thing!? I’m impressed as hell!
I would love to see more content like this! 🥰
Damn! These kids have one hell of a future ahead! Talent scouts take notes!
That was more fun to watch than the games.
WOW! These ball people are awesome. Sign them up!
First play was full extension lay out. Nice.
Remember when the Athletics had attendance?
Really had people in the stands?
Thank you, John Fisher.