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Mary McCarthy on Salinger's Closed Circut
Who you callin' a phony? From her 1962 Harper's review of J.D Salinger's Frany and Zooey, here's Mary McCarthy:...
Pirates Catcher Tony Sanchez Cartwheels Into Dugout To Make Catch
Chris Denorfia's foul pop was hit just far enough into the Padres dugout for Tony Sanchez to lunge over the railing to grab it. But there was no stopping Sanchez from going heels up, power tumbling off a ledge, and landing on his ass on the concrete floor several feet below....
Guy Holding Baby Catches Foul Ball, Nearly Falls Over Row Of Seats
Yes, we know we said it's probably time to move on from showing videos of fans catching baseballs while holding babies. But we're making one last exception for this guy in San Francisco who catches a baseball while holding both a baby and a diaper bag....
The 16 Fall Movies You Should Be Excited About: A Guide
Labor Day is the signpost every year that the sugary summer junk is behind us and that the nutritious square meal of awards season has finally arrived. That's the theory, anyway: In actuality, summer movies like Before Midnight and Fruitvale Station will be as well-received as any Oscar bait, and th...
Josh Donaldson Disappears Behind Tarp To Make Diving Catch
The Rangers' David Murphy wedged this foul pop down the third-base line between the tarp and the padded sidewall. Or right to where the A's Josh Donaldson could get to it....
Fan At Rockies Game Catches Foul Ball In Beer, Takes Huge Sip
Because, as we've seen before, that's just what you do when a baseball lands directly in your beer....
This Game-Ending Wiffle Ball Catch Is Pretty Damn Impressive
At the 12th annual Travis Roy Wiffle Ball Tournament at Little Fenway—a Wiffle ball-sized version of Fenway in Vermont—a man named Konnor Fleming entered wiffleball lore with his diving catch over the fence to end the game. Wicked facking hustle, guy....
Yasiel Puig Makes Sensational Catch
Just the latest from the nightly highlight reel that is Yasiel Puig's rookie season with the Dodgers. In what was a nine-run game in the eighth inning, here's Puig running from somewhere near Montreal to take away extra bases from J.P. Arencibia, and a likely run from the Blue Jays. That's not a bad...
The Padres' Will Venable Made One Of The Best Catches Of The Season
Bear with our hyperbole on this one. Because there was what Will Venable did—sprinting back toward the wall and laying out to make a backhanded catch over his head, à la Jim Edmonds—and there was the situation in which he did it....
Man Catches Foul Ball While Holding Baby
It might be time to move on from the dad-holding-baby highlight. Maybe not right this moment with this specific clip, but sometime soon we have to up the stakes at least. We've been getting them more and more of late and dads with babies are getting too complacent. ...
Boston College Softball Player Goes Over Fence To Make Amazing Catch
Georgia Tech's Alysha Rudnik hit the ball over the fence to lead off yesterday's third inning. But BC senior centerfielder Maria Pandolfo jumped and lunged over the fence to take away her certain homer, startling even the person who had been taking video just a few feet away....
Old Lady Goes To Ballgame, Catches Foul Ball While Ignoring Ballgame
This is great. This little old lady is not even paying attention to the game, the crowd or the person sitting next to her and manages to come away with a foul ball. ...
Here's An L.A. Kings Fan Dropping A Child To Catch A Hockey Stick
The Kings beat the Avalanche last night in a shootout. Mike Richards, who had a goal and an assist, was named the game's No. 1 star. Richards showed the home fans at Staples Center some love by tossing his stick into the crowd. Someone was a little too eager to catch it....
Mariners Fan Catches Foul Ball In Beer, Chugs Beer
Not a ton of excitement in last night's loss to the Astros. Right now on the team site, the highlights are "Kelly Shoppach's first home run as a Mariner," "Bobby LaFromboise strikes out two in his major league debut," and "Michael Saunders crashes into the outfield wall." Saunders will go on the DL ...
Man Catches Home Run In His Left Hand While Holding Baby With His Right
Our resident videographer is off today, so we'll have to make do with this until more replays pop up, ideally in slow motion and looped for all eternity: Nats. Reds. Bases empty, Werth at bat. Sam LeCure on the mound. Werth swings at the first pitch he sees. Deep right-center. Man. Baby. Ball. No gl...
Russell Martin Leaves Canada's WBC Team Because They Won't Let Him Play Shortstop
Pirates backstop Russell Martin doesn't want to be a catcher. It's boring. You have to crouch all game. You never get to run around. You rarely get to throw the ball beyond returning it to the pitcher. Rather than getting to enjoy a sunny afternoon on the diamond, you have to spend every moment goin...