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Fan makes one handed catch with baby in tow at Mets game! (Original Post) Tomconroy Jun 2022 OP
That guy was dangerously close to losing his balance and falling. Auggie Jun 2022 #1
I hate these stories snowybirdie Jun 2022 #2
Was my first thought also. N/t kozar Jun 2022 #3
Child endangerment. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #4
That was a good catch, and I don't think that the man endangered his kid in the process. Chainfire Jun 2022 #5
Sign him up! kairos12 Jun 2022 #6

snowybirdie

(5,627 posts)
2. I hate these stories
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 06:40 AM
Jun 2022

Putting a small child in danger just to catch a ball is bad parenting. Period! But, hey, they got their five minutes of fame.

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
5. That was a good catch, and I don't think that the man endangered his kid in the process.
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 09:58 AM
Jun 2022

The most amazing feat of physical prowess that I ever pulled off was a total freak of nature. I may be the least ambidextrous person you have ever known, and that I am right handed are key to this story:

My son and I were on a small boat fishing trip. It was noon and hot, so we anchored the boat in a shady spot and distributed sandwiches and sodas. My son was sitting in the bow facing me and I was sitting on the left side of the small boat. I had a sandwich in my right hand when my attention was attracted to some kind of insect had fallen in the water beside me and was raising a ruckus. In the clear water, I saw a nice fish heading for the bug. I reached out, with my left hand, at exactly the right moment and caught the fish as he hit the bug. With a straight face I told my son to open the ice chest and I tossed the fish into it. My son was more than amazed, and I acted like it was nothing. If I fished for 500 years, I could never repeat the feat. It is a fish story that I rarely tell for the simple fact that everyone but my son thinks that it is a lie.

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