foul ball

I've made it a mission to finally catch a home run or foul ball at a baseball game. I just came as close as I ever have to getting one. Only I made the wrong move...

Generally, when a spectator at a baseball game catches a foul ball he’s next seen fielding a call from a friend or a relative who saw him make the snag on TV. This Texas Ranger ran took that congratulations right away because he was already deep into a cell phone conversation when he casually grabbed a screaming line drive of a foul ball off the bat of Rangers’ second baseman Ian Kinsler. Read Mor

Foul tips are one of the perils of playing the catcher position in baseball, but one doesn’t usually associate fire hazard with that risk. In the video below, a foul ball off the bat of the Chicago White Sox’s A.J. Pierzynski hits the mask of Detroit Tigers’ catcher Alex Avila so hard that sparks fly.

While foul balls hit into the stands provide fans with the chance to make some pretty epic catches, those suckers are traveling at high enough speeds to cause an injury. During last night’s game against the Orioles, Yankees third baseman Eric Chavez almost catches a foul ball that was headed for the crowd. When he can’t make the grab, the ball ends up hitting a woman in the front row smack in the 

I love everything about going to a baseball game, from the stadium dogs to the cold beer...all the way down to the foul balls. Well, over the weekend a father took his daughter to see the Marlins and Dodgers go at it when all of the sudden a foul ball was hit in his direction. If a ball is hit in your direction, what's your natural instinct? Catch it, right? That's exactly what this dad was trying