Masato Akamatsu, outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team, made incredible catch that has been dubbed the Spider-Man catch.
During the game, Shuichi Murata hit a fly ball to deep left field. Akamatsu can be seen running as fast as he can towards the left field wall. The ball looks like it is going to be an easy home run, or so everyone thought.
Out of nowhere, Akamatsu jumps up the fence, places his left food on the top of the wall, and snags the ball out of midair, robbing Murata of a home run. Sports media has dubbed the play the Spider-Man catch, as Akamatsu scaled the wall just like something the comic book hero would do.
The skill required to run full speed at a ball, jump up the wall, not fall over, and make the catch is just amazing. Japanese baseball is exciting to watch. Seems like most professional players would just give up and let the ball go over the fence.
Posted on August 01, 2010 4:17 PM Tags : Baseball | Sports
Chris Coghlan, outfielder for the Florida Marlins, was added to the disabled list last week after he injured his knee during a post game pin in face celebration.
Coghlan celebrated his teams win by planting a shaving cream filled pie to the face of teammate Wes Helms, who hit a game winning single against the Atlanta Braves last Sunday.
It was all fun and games until reigning NL rookie of the year Coghlan twisted his knee awkwardly. An MRI on Monday revealed that the injury was a torn meniscus in the left knee and he could be out of to eight weeks if surgery is needed.
This freak injury comes a couple months after Angels first baseman Kendry Morales broke his leg after leaping onto home plate celebrating his walk off grand slam. Not surprisingly, Marlins' manager Edwin Rodriguez has decided to ban future pie celebrations.
I am an Angels fan and it was so tough and embarrassing to watch Morales break his leg in such a stupid way. Now he is probably out for the whole season. Coghlan is lucky to be out only weeks at most, but his injury was more embarrassing. I am not a fan of the pie in face in celebration. I will be glad to see it go.
And who is that yelling at the end of the interview?
Paris Rosen crashed hard after attempting a front flip during the Moto X Best Trick contest at the X Games 16 in Los Angeles. Before his practice session, Paris Rosen, 29, had problems with the carburettor on his bike and had to stop to fix his bike. Because of this, Rosen was unable to practice and lost confidence in his bike and his ability to land the front flip.
During the attempt, everything seemed to go wrong. The bike only flipped about halfway as Rosen land hard on his back with the bike nearly falling on him. Rosen lied motionless for several minutes in front of thousands of shocked and silent fans. Medical personnel loaded Rosen onto a stretcher where paramedics rushed him to the hospital.
Doctors reported that Rosen was able to move his arms and legs and should fully recover.
When I was young, it took me weeks, if not months to learn how to do a kickflip on a skateboard. Each time I fell, I always thought I was tough and would dust myself off and try again. Only now do I realize what a pansy I was.
Other than Travis Pastrana's double backflip a few years ago, this has to be one of the most insane tricks I have ever seen attempted, successfully or not.
A fan was taken down by security prior to the World Cup match between Spain and the Netherlands as he attempted to steal the golden trophy that was on display for all to see. The fan, nicknamed Jimmy Jump, jumped onto the field and ran straight for the trophy which is awarded to the winner of the World Cup every four years.
Security reached the intruder and knocked him to the ground just seconds before he would have been able to grab the trophy. Security then dragged the man off the field right in front of a group of photographers.
Jimmy Jump, who also ran on the field during the 2004 final game, wore a red hat and a shirt with an anti-racism message reading Salta Salta Jimmy Jump Against racism.
Looks like someone on the security team was sleeping. How can they allow someone to jump on the field and make it all the way to the trophy before being caught? With almost a billion people watching this event, you would think they would step up security as there are a lot of bad people out there who would like to cause havoc. Luckily, Jimmy Jump didn't cause any damage or harm.
With that aside, that takes some nerves of steel to run on the field and try to grab one of the most sought after trophies in the world. I wish he made it to the trophy and ran off with it just to see what would happen next.
Little did we know this would be the most exciting part of the game to follow.
An unusual fight broke out between two cyclists, Rui Costa and Raul Barredo, after finishing stage 6 of the Tour de France. Cyclist Raul Barredo approached Rui Costa at the conclusion of stage 6 of the Tour de France, and for unknown reasons, the two started exchanging punches, while security tried to hold the two back.
After a few swings, the fight ended as quickly as it started. Neither cyclists were injured, but both were fined about $350 for their immature behavior.
Cycling is a strange sport. It is one of those sports that no one really watches on television and also a sport that most people do not participate in. Even golf is more exciting to watch.
I do admit that this fight is pretty entertaining and brings some sort of excitement to a boring sport but come on, watching guys punch each other while wearing helmets and spandex, not for me.
