It’s been some time since baseball fans have seen a bare-handed outfield snag as impressive as this.
On Monday, during the top of the fourth between the Washington Nationals and the Miami Marlines, Lane Thomas sent a well-hit ball out to right field. Miami’s Jesus Sanchez was running into position to make the play on the borderline fair-or-foul ball, but overshot the distance just a tad.
Barehanded catch on a fly ball! 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/k6ptqzBh6Y
— MLB (@MLB) September 21, 2021
Oh yeah, that’s the good stuff! It no doubt brings to mind shades of Kevin Mitchell’s running over-the-shoulder snag from 1989 as well.
And, of course, here’s the slow-mo replay of Sanchez’s sensational catch.
Jesus Sanchez just caught a fly ball with his bare hand. pic.twitter.com/FDhsb7xIwe
— Justin Groc (@justgroc) September 21, 2021
MLB fans were quick to react to this stunning catch from Sanchez with exactly the amount of excitement as you’d expect.