# Best baseball dive ever!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-baseball-dive-ever/785286>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 26, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-baseball-dive-ever/785286 "2017-04-26T14:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-baseball-dive-ever/785286/21 "2017-04-27T00:46:28Z")

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[Scroll down to the 2nd video.](http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/chris-coghlan-takes-flight/)

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-baseball-dive-ever/785286/22 "2017-04-28T07:44:38Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> Here are some great catches, I particularly like Trout climbing the wall and reaching way over to rob a home run. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKR2vRj8Xzk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKR2vRj8Xzk)

If you like yourselves some catches, [you’ll like these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTVLD6KW3_8) from baseball’s posher cousin.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-baseball-dive-ever/785286/23 "2017-04-28T13:03:18Z")

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> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> [Scroll down to the 2nd video.](http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/chris-coghlan-takes-flight/)

That’s the same video (except looped) as I posted the second time. That’s what I mean by that it seems like it should be his right foot touching the base, and it seems like there’s space between his foot and the base. Even the text accompanying the video hedges: “it’s quite fitting that Coghlan seemingly never touched third base en route to the runway.” I don’t think I’d be able to overturn on that angle alone.

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