This morning, MLB tweeted, “Greatest LEAP ever? RT if you agree, reply with your favorite leap …
http://atmlb.com/x0oTMv
”. While that leap is pretty fab, I’m not convinced it is the best ever. So, in honor of this special February 29th (the first time we’ve celebrated that on this blog!), I’ve decided to make a little gallery of what I consider to be some of the best baseball leaps. Some are of catches, some of homers and some are of those beautiful things called World Series victories. I think the most priceless parts of these photos are the facial expressions, but I gotta admit, these guys have some pretty fantastic leg power too.
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- Jeeet-ah ballerin-ah.
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- Tex’s leaps are pretty much the best. For us. Probably not for him.
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- The Catch of the Year, courtesy of Ryan Braun and my sign. (I was there with the sign. Obviously why he made that catch.)
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- Unintentional leap, methinks, for Jacoby Ellsbury. Endless fodder for bloggers like yours truly.
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- Everyone’s favorite leap of all, right here.
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- Who knew Pat the Bat has such a leap?
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- Papelbon. Woah.
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- RuRu and Pujols. *aws*
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- Andrew McCutchen celebrating a homer has a serious case of pure baseball joy. This can only be remedied by a big dose of even more pure baseball joy.
So, what is your favorite leap? Since it is a day that doesn’t really exist, I think we should debate completely fun and mindless things like this. ‘K? ‘K.
Happy Leap Day!
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I am a big fan of Aaron Rowand’s leap at the beginning of the 2006 season. The one where he ran into the wall of the Zen, broke his nose and still caught the ball. It didn’t mean anything in the grand scheme, but it proved to me that Rowand is a heck of a ball player.
Oh, yes! That has got to be one of the greatest leaps of all time.
Kirby Puckett, the great Twins’ center fielder, made an amazing high above the wall catch to prevent a home run in the 1991 (maybe 1987?) World Series. I have tried to find some video but failed.
Those center field wall catches feature some of the best leaps, for sure.