Twelve-Year Old Catches Two Fly Balls in One At Bat

While my posts on this site don't reflect it, I am quite the sports nut. I'm finding out that I'm in the minority of most of the atheist / science geek circles I run in, and that's fine. I've always loved sports, the nature of competition is fascinating to see played out with strategy, injury, and true grit toughness. If you had seen the mountains of baseball and football cards I collected as a kid and teenager, you'd know I'm dead serious.

I don't blog much about sports here mostly because that's not really the point of this blog, but I will do so from time to time because sports are a part of my life and a particular passion of mine. I religiously participate in fantasy sports, especially baseball, and make a habit of having games on in the background whenever possible, even if not actively watching.

Anyway, via Dvorak Uncensored, here is a quick video clip of one twelve-year old kid catching two foul balls during the at bat of one player. That kid has a great story to tell his buds and perhaps his own kids one day. Baseball may be slow, largely filled with long periods of nothing happening and interrupted by quick punctuations of activity, but it is also a game which, more than any other, emphasizes numbers, math, statistics. Like Dvorak stated about the likelihood of this double foul ball situation happening:

This is ridiculous proof of the random number theory which shows things happen in clumps.