Talk:The Catch (baseball)

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[edit] Endy Chavez

I do not think Endy Chavez's catch deserves a place on this page. It's definitely not "the catch," and we can't list every time an outfielder caught a baseball. I think it should be removed.

[edit] Merge with 1954 World Series?

Shouldn't this be two seperate entries? User:MrCalifornia 22:26, 29 September 2004 (UTC)

Yes User:Gareth Owen 06:14, 30 September 2004 (UTC)

No reason given for merge. User:Jacobolus 04:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Oppose "The Catch" is famous in it's own right, like Babe Ruth's Called Shot, and the Shot Heard 'Round the World, and should have its own article. Much have been written about these 3 famous plays, and are more notable than many other articles in wikipedia --rogerd 04:25, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Oppose "The Catch" is more famous than the rest of that world series, and is part of American popular culture. It deserves its own article. Incidentally, if there's no reason given for the merge, could someone please remove the tags. I did, but they were re-added with no rationale given. --jacobolus (t) 04:51, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Keep it separate Like the 1932 and 1951 events, it is the defining moment of that season. And regarding no rationale having been given to the contrary, keep in mind that oftimes rationale "don't enter into it". Wahkeenah 12:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
- Second thought the World Series article is not overly large, and some of the informaiton overlaps, so a merger and a redirect from this one shouldn't make the Series article unwieldy.
Oppose. The Catch is bigger than the 1954 World Series.
Merge I'm astonished to learn that there's an entire article devoted to one play. Insane. Regarding "The Shot Heard Round the World"--that was not in a world series game, but the 1951 three-game playoff between the Giants and Dodgers to decide the National League championship. To my knowledge, there is no entry for that playoff series. I think it's real craziness to maintain separate articles for a playoff series and particular events within that same playoff series. Vidor 19:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Keep as is. The Catch is the greatest fielding play of all time.--Mike Selinker 08:12, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, Willie himself disagrees on that. But it's certainly among the most famous fielding plays, if not the most famous. Wahkeenah 13:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Oppose. I think that The Catch definitely deserves it's own page. It is much more important than the 1954 World Series. If any of the articles stand it should be this one. --Rocket Red

[edit] Otis Nixon

If we're mentioning all legendary baseball catches, then Otis Nixon's catch on July 25, 1992 needs mention. If you mention the moniker "The Catch" to true Braves fans, this catch is the first and only thing they'll think of. Nixon scaled a roughly 9 foot outfield wall to rob Andy Van Slyke of a home run. -- §Hurricane E RIC § archive 22:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)