Willie Mays Basket Catch Video
Willie Mays makes "THE CATCH"! His famous over-the-shoulder grab is one of the best EVER! MLB Vault 207K subscribers Subscribe During the Mets' Old Timer's Day in 1981, 50-year-old Willie Mays makes a rolling basket catch Willie Mays makes one of the most memorable plays in World Series history with an over-the-shoulder running catch in deep center field during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series
Mays ran back to get under the ball and turned his back, understanding the trajectory of the ball. He caught it, without seeing it again, just before he hit the wall. It is one of the...
During the 1954 World Series between the Giants and the Indians, Mays made a game-saving grab on a long fly ball hit in the eighth. Willie Mays makes one of the most memorable plays in World Series history with an over-the-shoulder running catch in deep center field during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series that's now simply known as It was there to pass the time that Mays first developed his signature basket catch.
As he later recounted for author Steve Bitker in The Original San Francisco Giants: Looking back at the life and career of Willie Mays, his signature moment can be instantly recalled with two words: The Catch. One play in particular stands out: "The Catch" in 1954.
The 1954 World Series pitted Mays' New York Giants against the Cleveland Indians. Tied in the eighth, Willie Mays chased down Vic Wertz's 425-foot drive, making an over-the-shoulder grab to save the go-ahead run and the game
