Billy Hamilton Lays Out For Spectacular Catch, Possibly Angers Baseball Gods

The Reds lost to the Mets again, despite being comfortably up 3-0 when Billy Hamilton made this spectacular full-stretch diving catch to get Kevin Plawecki out. After the catch, the Mets came back and scored four runs in the seventh to win 4-3. Did Hamilton’s dope catch call malevolent baseball spirits upon them? Probably.

Was it worth it? You be the judge.

Earlier in the game, he also may have irked the Baseball Gods by outrunning Bartolo Colon and reaching base safely. This one’s probably more on the Reds’ Twitter account ( known pranksters) for dishing out some shade on poor Bartolo: