How to Use basket catch in a Sentence

basket catch

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• So that was the genesis of the basket catch and the hat flying off his head.
  — John. N. McMurray, Smithsonian, 6 June 2018
• Witt raced from his shortstop position and made an over-the-shoulder basket catch in stride.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2024
• Arenado, fighting the sun, made an over-the-shoulder, basket catch.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2019
• Mike Moustakas, playing first base, wasn’t quick enough to call off Farmer, who attempted to make a basket catch.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 May 2022
• First baseman Efren Navarro’s basket catch while running into the tarpaulin along the first base line to end the top of the sixth inning stands out as the best.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2017
• Was making the basket catch as a little kid center fielder.
  — Chronicle Report, SFChronicle.com, 6 May 2020
• And how about Josh Reddick in right field, making a basket catch at the wall for the final out of the inning (after Verlander notched two more strikeouts).
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• Rizzo pummeled a Bello offering, but Duran got a stellar jump, making a basket catch for the third out of the frame.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
• Hays scored when Trey Mancini skied a single into short left field that shortstop Elvis Andrus dropped on a basket catch attempt.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 1 May 2021
• When Grant Huebner led off for Edwardsville with a deep fly ball to center, Lausch ran seemingly forever and made an over-the-shoulder basket catch with his back to the infield.
  — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2022
• Every year on Mays’ birthday, May 6, require every outfielder to catch every routine fly ball with a basket catch.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2021
• Watching Nolan Arenado’s barehanded snatches-and-throws, over-the-shoulder basket catches, pirouettes in the dirt and diving stops down the line have become routine for Rockies fans.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2019
• Olson made an effortless basket catch to quell an Astros attempt at an eighth-inning rally and Chapman showed up his fellow Gold Glove third baseman with this ballet-like play at third.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2019
• Boyd was never in real danger of giving up a hit: Dixon Machado made an extremely athletic play in the second inning and Efren Navarro made a basket catch while banging into the tarpaulin in the sixth inning.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024