What's you best play?

Post by **retep** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:59 pm

Just wanted to give people a chance to boast about a really good play they made with the Defremery Park group. Their fave.

Mine would be a play I made a bunch of months ago playing 2B, right when i first started playing with ya'll. A ground ball was hit between me and the first baseman (I forget who was there, Josh maybe?). The first baseman missed the ball. I cut behind him and scooped it up. With no one covering first, I got into a foot race with the batter. I ended up diving to tag first base with my glove to get the out.

You turn.............

Southpaw Slim · Post by **Southpaw Slim** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:21 am

My favorite play was a few months ago, possibly september or october. We were playing with some ex-DeFremery All-Stars. A ball was softly lined to 3rd by I think Rob, when it tipped off the 3rd baseman's (Eric's) glove and I made a full extension dive headlong to save the ball just above the grass. Big RBI situation, too.

Post by **retep** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:30 am

What position were you playing, nick?

Southpaw Slim · Post by **Southpaw Slim** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:35 am

Left field

TheLegend · Post by **TheLegend** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:35 pm

I don't usually remember individual plays I make unless they REALLY stick out, so I'll just list all the plays I vividly remember

I've made a couple of long running catches in center, one up against the fence in left-center a while ago, and the one Sunday over my shoulder, near the fence in right-center.

I remember one day when it was raining and I robbed Josh of three straight hits. The first one was a line drive right at me that I caught, the second and third times I got him out, he ripped it down the line, I dove to glove it and threw him out. No one seemed to make a big deal out of those plays (I guess cuz Josh didn't exactly motor down the firstbase line) but next to Peter's play a few weeks ago, I think those were some of the best plays that have been made on the DeFrem infield (it's really not well suited for diving outs on ground balls)

Tayster · Post by **Tayster** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:32 am

I'll go with the one where I caught the ball after Paul tipped it up in the air back at Defermery a while back. While it wasn't a spectacular diving catch, I think it was the most heads-up play I've ever had, especially getting the runner from first doubled up in the 9th inning of a really close ballgame.

Southpaw Slim · Post by **Southpaw Slim** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:15 am

Daniel, that's one of the greatest plays I've ever seen in any baseball game. Rarely does someone have the focus to turn 2 on that play.