Comments on: “THE CATCH” http://frogcarfagno.com/the-catch/ The Blog of Mark "Froggy" Carfagno Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:03:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: 85 http://frogcarfagno.com/the-catch/comment-page-1/#comment-396 85 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:06:40 +0000 http://frogcarfagno.com/blog/the-catch/#comment-396 I was at the Tony Barron game, I was 13. We were sitting down the left field line, and the last poster was right about the date because I believe they announced the McGwire deal early in the game. Anyway, Barron completely sold out to make the play and ended up smashing his face into the turf at the Vet, and if you've ever been on it, you know how painful that must have been. He was down for several minutes and got a huge ovation when he finally got up. My dad and I talk about it from time to time, he never remembers his name, and I'll never forget it. I was at the Tony Barron game, I was 13. We were sitting down the left field line, and the last poster was right about the date because I believe they announced the McGwire deal early in the game. Anyway, Barron completely sold out to make the play and ended up smashing his face into the turf at the Vet, and if you’ve ever been on it, you know how painful that must have been. He was down for several minutes and got a huge ovation when he finally got up. My dad and I talk about it from time to time, he never remembers his name, and I’ll never forget it.

]]> By: mplant http://frogcarfagno.com/the-catch/comment-page-1/#comment-329 mplant Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:15:28 +0000 http://frogcarfagno.com/blog/the-catch/#comment-329 @ Joe Ferry: I know this is way late. Hopefully you've found the info you were looking for. For whatever reason, I was thinking about this play today. I decided to Google it to see if any footage existed. I had known for a fact the Phils were playing the Cardinals that night. The reason for that is because I went to the following night's game, which turned out to be Mark McGwire's first as a Cardinal. There were a couple Cards fans behind us waiting for the gates to open, and they were saying it was the greatest catch they'd ever seen in person. Coming from fans that got to see Ozzie Smith for the better part of two decades, that is saying a lot. Anyway, according to retrosheet.org, the game occurred on July 31, 1997 and it was against the Cardinals. I seemed to remember the play taking place fairly late in the game, but according to the play-by-play account, Barron had two putouts, one in the first inning, and one in the fifth. I'm just about 100 percent certain it wasn't the first inning, so I ruled that one out. If the fifth inning play was indeed the one, the batter was Gary Gaetti. It was the second out of the inning and there were no baserunners. The next batter, John Mabry, lined to center to end the inning. As far as the game goes, the Phillies won, 2-1, in 10 innings. The Phils scored first in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Mickey Morandini. Curt Schilling shut out St. Louis over the first eight innings, but allowed a one-out RBI double to Ron Gant in the ninth. The Phils won it in the tenth on an RBI single by Midre Cummings. Ricky Bottalico pitched a scoreless tenth to get the win, Tony Fossas took the loss. According to Barron's game log, that particular game was his fifth in a Phillies uniform. His first game as a Phillie was on July 22, 1997. Darren Daulton had been traded on July 21, so I'm assuming Barron was called up to take Daulton's spot on the roster. He was a 31-year-old rookie whose only prior MLB experience consisted of one at-bat with the Expos in 1996. Barron spent the remainder of the '97 season as the everyday right fielder for the Phils, hitting a very respectable .286 in 57 games. The Phillies acquired Bobby Abreu that offseason, though, and Barron never again played in the majors after 1997. @ Joe Ferry:

I know this is way late. Hopefully you’ve found the info you were looking for. For whatever reason, I was thinking about this play today. I decided to Google it to see if any footage existed. I had known for a fact the Phils were playing the Cardinals that night. The reason for that is because I went to the following night’s game, which turned out to be Mark McGwire’s first as a Cardinal. There were a couple Cards fans behind us waiting for the gates to open, and they were saying it was the greatest catch they’d ever seen in person. Coming from fans that got to see Ozzie Smith for the better part of two decades, that is saying a lot.

Anyway, according to retrosheet.org, the game occurred on July 31, 1997 and it was against the Cardinals. I seemed to remember the play taking place fairly late in the game, but according to the play-by-play account, Barron had two putouts, one in the first inning, and one in the fifth. I’m just about 100 percent certain it wasn’t the first inning, so I ruled that one out. If the fifth inning play was indeed the one, the batter was Gary Gaetti. It was the second out of the inning and there were no baserunners. The next batter, John Mabry, lined to center to end the inning.

As far as the game goes, the Phillies won, 2-1, in 10 innings. The Phils scored first in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by Mickey Morandini. Curt Schilling shut out St. Louis over the first eight innings, but allowed a one-out RBI double to Ron Gant in the ninth. The Phils won it in the tenth on an RBI single by Midre Cummings. Ricky Bottalico pitched a scoreless tenth to get the win, Tony Fossas took the loss.

According to Barron’s game log, that particular game was his fifth in a Phillies uniform. His first game as a Phillie was on July 22, 1997. Darren Daulton had been traded on July 21, so I’m assuming Barron was called up to take Daulton’s spot on the roster. He was a 31-year-old rookie whose only prior MLB experience consisted of one at-bat with the Expos in 1996. Barron spent the remainder of the ‘97 season as the everyday right fielder for the Phils, hitting a very respectable .286 in 57 games. The Phillies acquired Bobby Abreu that offseason, though, and Barron never again played in the majors after 1997.

]]> By: Joe Ferry http://frogcarfagno.com/the-catch/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Joe Ferry Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:00:09 +0000 http://frogcarfagno.com/blog/the-catch/#comment-308 Frog: I definitely remember Barron's catch and agree with you that it was an amazing feat, considering he was diving on that hard turf. He sold out his body. Any idea who it was against or what date it was? I'd love to look up the box score and see the circumstances. Frog:
I definitely remember Barron’s catch and agree with you that it was an amazing feat, considering he was diving on that hard turf. He sold out his body. Any idea who it was against or what date it was? I’d love to look up the box score and see the circumstances.

]]> By: NICKY BEACH http://frogcarfagno.com/the-catch/comment-page-1/#comment-306 NICKY BEACH Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:12:23 +0000 http://frogcarfagno.com/blog/the-catch/#comment-306 I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT CATCH I COULD NOT REMEMBER HIS NAME THANKS THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE IN 1974 BILL ROBINSON IN ATLANTA JUMPED OVER THE FENCE. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT CATCH I COULD NOT REMEMBER HIS NAME THANKS THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE IN 1974 BILL ROBINSON IN ATLANTA JUMPED OVER THE FENCE.

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