Freakish Backward Diving Grab Might Be The Best Catch Of The Baseball Season So Far

I mean, you can’t do much better than this… with a human body.

One on, two out, bottom of the 12th inning is a pre-tty important moment in a baseball game. And when the Giants' Juan Perez got up and took a piece out of Padre Nick Vincent's pitch, he thought he might have broken things open.

One on, two out, bottom of the 12th inning is a pre-tty important moment in a baseball game. And when the Giants' Juan Perez got up and took a piece out of Padre Nick Vincent's pitch, he thought he might have broken things open.

But: but. Will Venable had a different idea. His backward-running, over-the-shoulder dive-and-grab is about as magician-like a catch as a baseball player can make while still obeying the dictates of his human body.

But: but. Will Venable had a different idea. His backward-running, over-the-shoulder dive-and-grab is about as magician-like a catch as a baseball player can make while still obeying the dictates of his human body.

They say, "Act like you've been there before." Venable acts like he's there every day.

They say, "Act like you've been there before." Venable acts like he's there every day.

Does he look impressed with himself? No. Which makes it all the more impressive.

Does he look impressed with himself? No. Which makes it all the more impressive.


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