Sam Fuld write up on ESPN

[Clem Fandango]

I know, right? WTF. Top billing on their MLB page too.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4391911

 

Still, nice fluff piece on his journey through the majors while coping with diabetes and also being kind of a huge stat nerd. Pretty good read

[woodchip2153]

In his downtime, Fuld says he's a voracious reader. One of the Web sites he likes is sporcle.com, which contains (surprise) challenging trivia and numbers games.

 

Does he read NSBB?

[chuckywang]

In his September 2007 major league debut, Fuld earned the Chicago Tribune's nod for the 'play of the year' after making a wall-crashing grab and rocket throw resulting in a double play, known to many Cubs fans as "the catch."

 

I know of no Cubs fans who call that "the catch".

[E.J.]

In his September 2007 major league debut, Fuld earned the Chicago Tribune's nod for the 'play of the year' after making a wall-crashing grab and rocket throw resulting in a double play, known to many Cubs fans as "the catch."

 

I know of no Cubs fans who call that "the catch".

 

Yeah, that's pretty pathetic writing. It was a nice catch and all, but come on.

[Sammy Sofa]

I can only assume Fuld himself wrote this article.

[utkcub]

Still, it's a cool article on Sam. Glad to know us stat heads aren't alone out there.

[chuckywang]

In his September 2007 major league debut, Fuld earned the Chicago Tribune's nod for the 'play of the year' after making a wall-crashing grab and rocket throw resulting in a double play, known to many Cubs fans as "the catch."

 

I know of no Cubs fans who call that "the catch".

 

Yeah, that's pretty pathetic writing. It was a nice catch and all, but come on.

 

Add to that the fact it wasn't even close to his major league debut. It was his 10th game.

[laurens]

In his September 2007 major league debut, Fuld earned the Chicago Tribune's nod for the 'play of the year' after making a wall-crashing grab and rocket throw resulting in a double play, known to many Cubs fans as "the catch."

 

I know of no Cubs fans who call that "the catch".

 

Yeah, that's pretty pathetic writing. It was a nice catch and all, but come on.

 

The only moment in history baseball fans refer to as "The Catch" is the one by Willie Mays at the Polo Grounds

[Careless]

In his September 2007 major league debut, Fuld earned the Chicago Tribune's nod for the 'play of the year' after making a wall-crashing grab and rocket throw resulting in a double play, known to many Cubs fans as "the catch."

 

I know of no Cubs fans who call that "the catch".

 

Yeah, that's pretty pathetic writing. It was a nice catch and all, but come on.

 

The only moment in history baseball fans refer to as "The Catch" is the one by Willie Mays at the Polo Grounds

I was wondering which "The Catch" (baseball or football) would be more famous, so off to google I went.

 

Results: Youtube picks baseball. Wikipedia picks baseball, but it's close. Google's first hit is for the Wikipedia page on the football catch. Baseball in a split decision.

 

The real question is: will White Sox fans start calling something else The Catch now?

[laurens]

In his September 2007 major league debut, Fuld earned the Chicago Tribune's nod for the 'play of the year' after making a wall-crashing grab and rocket throw resulting in a double play, known to many Cubs fans as "the catch."

 

I know of no Cubs fans who call that "the catch".

 

Yeah, that's pretty pathetic writing. It was a nice catch and all, but come on.

 

The only moment in history baseball fans refer to as "The Catch" is the one by Willie Mays at the Polo Grounds

I was wondering which "The Catch" (baseball or football) would be more famous, so off to google I went.

 

Results: Youtube picks baseball. Wikipedia picks baseball, but it's close. Google's first hit is for the Wikipedia page on the football catch. Baseball in a split decision.

 

The real question is: will White Sox fans start calling something else The Catch now?

 

I don't think of White Sox fans as baseball fans

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I don't even remember that catch

[Careless]

I don't think of White Sox fans as baseball fans

I expect that sort of partisanship from Cubs fans living on the South Side. Coming from a European I'm not sure has even been to this country, it seems odd

[laurens]

I don't think of White Sox fans as baseball fans

I expect that sort of partisanship from Cubs fans living on the South Side. Coming from a European I'm not sure has even been to this country, it seems odd

 

My baseball coach is a White Sox fan and we always make fun of each other for being Cubs/White Sox fans. I don't really hate Sox fans, only when I'm around him. and he is from the south side.

[Old Style]

I don't think of White Sox fans as non-retards

fixed

[daske17]

I don't think of White Sox fans as human

fixed

 

Double fixed.

[Derwood]

I don't think about White Sox fans

fixed

 

Double fixed.

 

Trifecta

[Sosa21MVP]

I don't even remember that catch

[Sammys Boombox]

I thought it was cool that he liked sporcle.

[bcl412]

I thought it was cool that he liked sporcle.

 

More like sparkle.

[splintersag]

I thought it was cool that he liked sporcle.

 

More like sparkle.

Nah, seriously, sporcle is a pretty cool website. I waste away hours at a time there.

[shnsajax]

I don't even remember that catch

 

Yep

[ManCrushOnNomar]

There's a football "The Catch?"

 

And Sporcle is awesome.

[Clem Fandango]

There's a football "The Catch?"

 

Montana to Clark. It's kind of epic

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catch_%28American_football%29

[Ryne Ween]

In his September 2007 major league debut, Fuld earned the Chicago Tribune's nod for the 'play of the year' after making a wall-crashing grab and rocket throw resulting in a double play, known to many Cubs fans as "the catch."

 

I know of no Cubs fans who call that "the catch".

 

Yeah, that's pretty pathetic writing. It was a nice catch and all, but come on.

 

The only moment in history baseball fans refer to as "The Catch" is the one by Willie Mays at the Polo Grounds

 

Thats not necessarily true. The White Sox emblazoned the words "The Catch" in the spot Wise caught that ball last month.

[BCVM22]

Thats not necessarily true. The White Sox emblazoned the words "The Catch" in the spot Wise caught that ball last month.

 

That the White Sox PR staff arbitrarily labeled it "The Catch" does not necessarily mean that anyone of value actually calls it as such. The White Sox also consider Hawk Harrelson a broadcaster; the fallacy to that should be obvious.