Listen, making a diving catch isn’t an exact science. You run really fast and hold off until the last possible second. Then you close your eyes, dive, stick your glove out and hope to make the catch while not eating a face full of grass. You don’t actually see the ball go into the glove, you just hope for the best.
Braves outfielder celebrates making a catch while the ball rolls 30 feet away
It was a legitimate mistake!
The only indicator on whether you made the catch is feeling the ball hit the glove. Except sometimes that is nothing but a tease. That was the case for Atlanta Braves outfielder Eury Perez.
He thought he had it. He knew he had it. Except he didn’t have it.
On the bright side, the San Francisco Giants didn’t score a run in the inning and Perez’s teammates thought it was absolutely hilarious.
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