Guy grabs ball from between woman's legs, a breakdown
What Happened
In the top of the third inning, with the bases loaded and no outs, Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Ryan delivers a fastball to Boston Red Sox batter Xander Bogaerts. The 84 mph slider from Ryan sails into the outfield seats, heading underneath the fence but over the padding. As the ball bounces between the legs of a female fan in the stands, a male fan sitting nearby quickly reaches in and grabs the ball with both hands. The fan celebrates his catch, ignoring the woman's reaction. Joe Ryan appears confused, wondering what just happened with the ball ending up between the fan's legs. The play raises an interesting rules discussion. In baseball, if a fielder catches a ball between their legs, it is typically ruled a valid catch. So the question becomes: did the woman effectively "catch" the ball by having it end up between her legs? Or was the male fan's double-handed grab a legitimate play? The woman appears frustrated, opening and closing her legs in an attempt to maintain possession of the ball. The male fan, wearing a Red Sox hat, continues to hold onto the ball, unwilling to give it up. It's an awkward scene, as the two fans will now have to sit next to each other for the remainder of the game. Ultimately, without a clear ruling from the umpires, it's up for debate whether the male fan's actions were within the rules or if the woman should have been awarded possession of the home run ball. The play highlights the nuances of baseball's catch rules and the unexpected situations that can arise at the ballpark. As the inning continues, the Twins will look to escape the bases-loaded jam without further damage, while the Red Sox hope to capitalize on the odd sequence of events in the stands. The game remains tied as the drama unfolds both on the field and in the seats.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentbases loaded top of the third no outs
fastball first pitch from joe ryan who
looks straight out of stranger things
looks a bit evil to be honest with you
looks like
an evil
like it looks like his twin brother is
the non-evil version of this is the way
he looks this breakdown is brought to
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get 20 off your first order bogart spits
into his hand touches the bat hoping it
brings him some luck and it does 84 mile
per hour flat slider and that's
thrown
into the outfield seats where it's gonna
go under the fence but over the padding
for a home run in between that lady's
legs but this gentleman double hand
steel maneuver gives it to the kid
because he's a nice guy just joking
keeps it in his hand in his hand
celebrates and she's thinking
what the heck
i had that in my legs
what are you doing and joe ryan is like
huh huh what the heck did she have on
her legs so here's my dilemma was she in
possession now we've seen outfielders
grab a ball between their legs
and be ruled a catch right so a catch
means possession first off this kid with
the glove
you don't want to do that you're going
to ruin the home run if you touch that
ball
the rules here are interesting it's a
home run if it goes under that fence
it seems like it would be so much easier
just to say it has to clear the top
but maybe this is this happens a decent
amount so it goes under
it bounces up maybe it hits her in the
shin
and then it's rattling around also the
guy the main guy he has his hand he's a
red sox fan and he's got the wherewithal
to come back and not ruin it so good job
there but then the ball's right in there
look at her feet they're opening up
she oh right there she opens her feet
and then squeezes them now the ball is
between her feet i think that's a fair
catch i think that's possession she goes
down to get it now this guy with the
black watch on his wrist he's digging
digging and shoving it to the other side
fair
not fair
i think not fair
but i don't know i'm interested to see
what you guys think like i think that's
possession
you know if an outfielder can catch the
ball in his legs and it counts as an out
that's possession so she's got the ball
in her legs that'd be like ripping that
of her hands and we all agree you can't
rip the ball out of someone's hands if
they got it
i i hope we all agree on that
so what do you guys got
a double
handed like he had to use both hands to
grab that it was a maneuver he also had
to wrap his hands around her legs
just kind of odd
and they got to sit next to each other
the rest of the game now she can't go
two hands because she's got a hot dog
and she is only taking one bite looks
like ketchup only so don't let that sway
your opinion if you don't like that
does he give it to the kid no he has to
celebrate first
she is very upset
what's going on here so if this was
kangaroo court
what are you guys ruling
fair game
or did she have possession with the nice
leg squeeze
and he stole it from her
had to sit next to each other the rest
of the game
that was kind of awkward but they did
have nice seats if you want nice seats
you can go to seat geek you can use
promo code john boy you get 20 off your
first order you can sit in the front row
you can have a hot dog you can make a
leg catch and i hope no one just grabs
it from you
because then you gotta go to kangaroo
court and figure out who's wrong or
who's right
what do you guys got
rude
or fair game