Red Sox Fan Makes Insane Catch On Rafael Devers' Broken Bat During ALCS Game
Red Sox Fan Insane Catch On Devers' Broken Bat ... During ALCS Game
Forget the plays in the field made by Alex Bregman and Xander Bogaerts ... the best catch during Wednesday's ALCS game happened in the stands -- when a Red Sox fan caught a splintered bat with one hand!!
The wild play all went down in the 2nd inning of the Sox's Game 5 tilt with the Astros ... when Rafael Devers broke his bat trying to hit a pitch off Houston starter Framber Valdez.
#RedSox fan catches a Rafael Devers broken bat shard #DirtyWater #ALCS #MLB #AstrosVsRedSox pic.twitter.com/VY72CxuMGC
— Arizona Sports Fan (@SportsAzFan) October 20, 2021 @SportsAzFan
In footage of the play, you can see part of the bat went flying into the crowd -- a very scary sight, considering the piece of lumber had a sharp and jagged edge on it.
But, 41-year-old Matt Ferrera stuck out his hand and managed to catch it regardless ... saving everyone around him and avoiding injury himself.
A piece of a shattered bat flew into the crowd at Fenway and a fan made an incredible catch. pic.twitter.com/dKPFqhdhZv
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Ferrera -- who appeared to be allowed to keep the bat by Fenway Park officials -- told Yahoo Sports' Hannah Keyser after the play his life did not flash before his eyes.
"I just saw the bat coming," Ferrera said. "And I was like, 'I got to grab that thing.'"
Seriously, nice catch ... take notes, players!
