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You’ve Got to See This Awesome Barehanded Catch

It happened during a baseball game between St. John’s Jesuit and Fremont Ross in Ohio: The ball is knocked straight up, St. John’s catcher Corey Tipton makes a grab for it, the ball bounces off Tipton’s glove, and pitcher Joe Robie makes an amazing diving catch.

The amount of effort and finesse put into this tag team play is, well, awesome:

“The Toledo Blade said the game (won by St. John’s – i.e. Robie’s and Tipton’s team) ‘will be remembered for its wild sixth inning,’” Sports Grid’s Glenn Davis writes.

“Well, this play happened in the third, so . . . we’ll have to respectfully disagree.”

(H/T: BI)

Comments (43)

  • CombsNicole
    Posted on June 1, 2012 at 1:23pm

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  • prhdr
    Posted on June 1, 2012 at 8:55am

    Catches like this happen in cricket all the time. Still a great catch though!!!

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  • zypldot
    Posted on June 1, 2012 at 8:33am

    I could do that … (the right field, watching the play)

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  • superpatriot2
    Posted on June 1, 2012 at 2:12am

    Dang, My Ross (58) “Little Giants” lost the game. Would imagine this being posted on “The Blaze,” is big news around Fremont.

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  • V-MindMeld
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:49pm

    Holy Ouch!

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  • teresa2010
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:33pm

    He did a belly flop on land…OUCH!!!…It‘s a wonder he didn’t break a rib

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  • deimos
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:25pm

    Hemmingway said there are only 3 sports, auto racing, mountain climbing, and bull fighting. the rest are only games.

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    • SovereignSoul
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 12:54am

      Sorry to be a party pooper, but this is one in a long list of quotations mysteriously attributed to Ernest Hemingway. While the general public seem to agree that this is in fact a Hemingway quotation, scholars have some reservations and for good reason. The early Hemingway did not believe that bullfighting was a sport. For him it was a tragedy. See his October 20, 1923 article titled “Bullfighting A Tragedy” reprinted in By-Line: Ernest Hemingway Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades edited by William White. Hemingway reiterates his beliefs regarding the tragedy of bullfighting in his 1932 book, Death in the Afternoon.

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    • busterpuddles
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 9:50am

      If that is truly what hemmingway said, then he must be right up there with Obama with the way he has with words. but also like Obama, he’s an idiot for having such a narrow opinion.

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  • KC1
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:34pm

    Ha like a six year old he acts like he was seriously injured. This shouldn’t be considered a sport, a game at best, like golf or ping pong. Do yourselves a favor and check out the Stanley Cup playoffs to see some real athletes play a real sport. On a nightly basis you see much more skill in Hockey than the best Baseball can offer.

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:26pm

      Hocky is trash, the rules suck, the refs suck, and hockey sucks, its not a sport, its just waiting for a fight to break out. You are an imbecile

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    • KC1
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:08pm

      Haha your angry cause you play a ladies game.

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    • big oil iceman
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:08pm

      I have to agree even if I don’t like hockey. The thing that makes hockey that much more of a sport is the fact that you have to be able to skate to play. You can’t run around the ice like ball players do on the field.

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    • cclevel
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:05pm

      @ libsalwayslie Really!! Amazing that you would show your own level of immaturity while attacking others.

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:36am

      Golfs should be on the endangered species list!! So many of them are shot everyday! AND they even have them held-hostage in a fenced-in course-area. The hunters can find them cause we paint them white, and sometimes brite colors. They keep the grass short so they can’t hide!
      Where is PITA when we need them!

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  • gretsch62
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:08pm

    Awesome!

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  • mtonepa
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:58pm

    Why is this still on this page, the Kimberlin story is much more important.

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    • copey99
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:33pm

      Just so you would waste your time posting here before you looked at the story you wanted.

      Anyway nice play!

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  • MetalPatriot
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:47am

    That was awesome.

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  • RugDog
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:26am

    If obama had a baseball, it would look just like that one.

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  • Chief Joe
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:31am

    Did anyone notice the batter/runner walking and trying to impede the catchers ability to get to the ball until it was tipped? A good umpire would have called him out for interference regardless of the outstanding effort/catch by the pitcher.

    Has good sportsmanship gone the way of manners and work ethic?

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    • Docrow
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:59am

      He stayed in the base path and was trying to avoid contact with the ball. Nothing wrong with that.

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    • zbunner
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:51am

      Good call Chief! That is the first thing I noticed as well. The runner made no attempt to allow the catcher to play the ball. Automatic out… great catch though.

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  • Impenitent
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:30am

    this catch was pretty good, but the mutant fish from England was an awesome catch…

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  • JACKTHETOAD
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:04am

    He DID before he THOUGHT. We’re mostly all capable of that, whether it’s that physical or not. Instinct is a beautiful thing, and it seems will be a handy talent in the upcoming days. When the situation arises, don’t think; do.

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  • smokey888x2
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:07am

    If I had a son he would be drunk just like him

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  • dadadadio
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:19pm

    Funny, in Hollywood they hit the ground like that, bounce up and keep swinging from the rafters. Here in Realville, it hurts! Takes a bit to get back up….

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  • Trboteg
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:07pm

    It’s good to see Toledo in a positive light in the news!

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  • NewLife56
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:53pm

    Great Catch!!! BUT, did you hear the liberals screaming “HEY! You worked hard and earned that catch, Now GIVE US THE BALL”

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  • NEAF
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:45pm

    Cool.

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  • morningzoo
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:43pm

    Robie is a big Obama supporter

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