Denzel Clarke’s Gold Glove case continues to grow one spectacular play at a time.
The Athletics center fielder made headlines last month when he pulled off a Spider-Man catch to prevent what would have been a 407-foot home run off the bat of Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk. Clarke, a Toronto native, leapt over the wall to make the grab in front of his hometown crowd at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.
But as incredible a catch as that was, Clarke was able to one-up himself in the first inning of Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. A’s pitcher Grant Holman hung a breaking ball that Angels first baseman Nolan Schanuel sent deep to left-center field.
The ball would probably be a home run 99% of the time. Unfortunately for Schanuel, Clarke wanted to be in the 1%.
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Clarke threw his body past the wall to make an electric catch, robbing Schanuel of a home run. Both Holman and Schenuel were left speechless as Clarke made the near-impossible play.
The catch was so good that the crowd started cheering for Clarke despite the A’s outfielder taking away a run for the home team. The applause continued for well over a minute.
The highlight play will be the Catch of the Year only until Clarke does something even more preposterous.
