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
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Arenado, fighting the sun, made an over-the-shoulder, basket catch.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2019
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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
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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
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Was making the basket catch as a little kid center fielder.
—Chronicle Report, SFChronicle.com, 6 May 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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