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- EochaidRiata, on 10/12/2007, -0/+59Summary: show up 3 hours early and pick up balls from the empty stands during batting practice.
- smock9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52I only have one ball.... wait what are we talking about again?
- JHawk24821, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41We watched a video of a guy that wrote a book about catching balls?
- timdietrich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+36Good summary, now I feel like I wasted the last 3 minutes of my life! +1
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+40Great description
- nyrol2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37That way he can get into any gay strip club around the world!
- rawM3TAL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31Wow, that reporter was pwnage.
"Hmm.. Let me sit here and stare at him while I chuckle to myself." - FlapJaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Yeah great.. way to use your elbows, sir!
That was hilarious when he almost fell. - binnis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27It's cool that he knows how to ask for the balls in several language.
Just a small example of social engineering. - SirBriggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21I got a ball stolen by a guy like that when I was a kid.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23"Now i'm british... does any other brits find that bloke sad?"
I'm American and that bloke is very sad. He's the rainman of foul balls. - d03boy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19@Evoguy
Ya, he caught it from the guy who threw it to him... - SubWolf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Thats dedication
- gameguy43, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17he actually has good japanese and hebrew accents
- kamikazicondon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16that guy is hardcore..i only have 3 balls
- tim1987, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Much better than fake crazy.
- Hodown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I could do that at a royals game
- Bonobo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14He wrote a book on catching balls??? strange guy
- killinger777, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Now I see why no one watches cbs news.
- Evoguy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14So... did he catch one during that game or not?
- DisposableRob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Batting practice isn't "the game". That said, I like his methods for getting autographs.
- achoo5000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12At the very end he was just staring and grinning, I think he's in love.
- chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11seems kind of autistic..
- LordSkywalker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9How about letting others having a chance to be "the one" that you speak of Zack?
- davidmackey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Although his life is sad, i find it better that he at least has something that makes him happy than go shoot up a school or something.
- sunwukong, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I saw this guy's book before, he counts batting practice as well as coaches or players tossing him a ball in his streak. That hardly compares to the odds of actually catching a ball in a game. Go early enough to any crappy team's ballpark, and you're almost guaranteed a ball.
- cvrefugee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Old Chinese proverb:
Baseball is wrong...man with four balls CANNOT walk. - logicbus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I thought the guy was a little weird until his last few statements at the end of the segment. That part sold me on the interview and sold me on this guy. He gets excited about catching foul balls and he goes to a lot of baseball games. I can't blame him for either.
- oriolesfan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6As a baseball fan, I thought that was an interesting video. I've only caught about 2 or 3 baseballs in my time, but they've all been foul/hr balls that were actually in play. I guess I could go 3 hours early to a game to get some during practice, but wheres the "thrill", that he talks about, in that?
- JayRod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm assuming that would be balls being hit by the opposing team.
- koheed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That guy may have some sort of chemical imbalance. At least he has a hobby.
- yidali, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4yeah, I too noticed (although those maybe the only phrases he knows) his dialog is actually decent.
- xenoploid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No way he "catches" all those balls; more like "acquires".
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Wow, that guy is a ***** lunatic. Just a normal baseball enthusiast catching a lot of balls would be one thing... but that guy is on crack or something, it's like he has foul ball OCD.
- kman2k1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I was a huge baseball fan as a kid and know what that feels like, but after maybe 50 balls you begin to realize it's not that big of a deal.
I think it's great he's still so passionate about it. Maybe I'd still have some passion for the sport had steroids not broken Roger Maris' home run record. - eN1X, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I want to kick that guy in the face....GOD that was annoying!!!
- flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Thats what I thought. How can he prove he got all those balls? He cant. He could have bought a ***** load and just wrote numbers on them. How this made the news I dont know.
- lsdeath, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Anyone else think he's lying through his teeth? Not one game in 13 years that he hasn't caught a ball? You might have a better chance winning two lotteries than pulling that off.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3lol earing the italian version.
perfectly correct, bravo. - nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4makes you feel better about your internet addiction doesn't it? ;-)
- aquaknot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2He was probably the rudest guy in the park if you think about it.
- mfratt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Now i'm british... does any other brits find that bloke sad?"
As long as youre not a nutty soccer hooligan, I wont call you a hypocrite.
Anyway, some of us enjoy baseball, and the experience of going out to the park and all. Then again, I live in a city big on its baseball (Boston), so you may have a different impression if your team hasnt finished better than 25GB in the last decade ;-) - trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1His German isn't too bad either.
- tim1987, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Real men don't get balls 454 games in a row, either.
(Woo, we're "World" Champions!!) - deanc, on 04/07/2009, -0/+1I thought the emotions that he tied to catching balls was poetic.
Cheers,
Dean
http://www.LiveBaseballChat.com - dhulser, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@mrfratt-
i'm an avid baseball fan as well as player, but i still looked at your comment trying to figure out what 25 gigabytes meant... i guess being on digg puts you in the technology mindset...
GB=games back - levyjl1988, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now that's a die hard FAN!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Would he be able to get a baseball if I dumped gasoline on him and lit him up like I want to? Die baseball catching guy, DIE!
- phengley, on 11/04/2008, -0/+0People that swipe balls from the players are jerks. There are too many of these guys around. http://uptobat.com/
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