: a catch of a fly ball made with the glove held palm up at waist level
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Willie Mays’ birthday: May 6. June 24: Ramos makes an over-the-shoulder basket catch in center field while wearing Mays’ No. 24 jersey (as did all the Giants that night) en route to a walk-off win.—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 9 July 2024 In the top of the sixth, Toro chased down Ohtani’s fly ball to shallow left field and made a basket catch, denying Los Angeles’ $700 million dollar man a hit.—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024 As a kid, Chaney would imitate Mays’s playing style, trying to re-create his iconic basket catch.—Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 19 June 2024 His famed over-the-shoulder basket catch deep in center field at the Polo Grounds during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series remains one of the most iconic plays in MLB history.—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for basket catch
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