The title is more for humor than accuracy, but I have never seen an OF play fly balls like this. Harrison Bader has only played three games for NY (and I very rarely watch NL games) but part of his superb overall defensive package is that if he is pursuing a fly ball that is in the opposite direction of where he has to throw it after catching it, he backs into the catch so that he is lined up correctly, incredible footwork. We saw a small example in the 10th inning last night with Bogaerts at second:
View: https://twitter.com/ben13porter/status/1573142361827418113
And there was a more obvious example in the PIT series, but I don't see a clip of that online.
Anyway, Bader can't be the first to do this, I read somewhere he learned it from Jim Edmonds. I tried to research it a bit, but instead I figured I'd just throw it open to the experts here. Who else has done this kind of thing well in the past?
View: https://twitter.com/ben13porter/status/1573142361827418113
And there was a more obvious example in the PIT series, but I don't see a clip of that online.
Anyway, Bader can't be the first to do this, I read somewhere he learned it from Jim Edmonds. I tried to research it a bit, but instead I figured I'd just throw it open to the experts here. Who else has done this kind of thing well in the past?