Defensive Gifs From Other Teams

Snodgrass'Muff

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I was going to put this in the A's thread in Adopt-a-Team, but this will make it easier for people to see and people should see this.
 
Yoenis Cespedes has a frickin' cannon.
 
 

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Holy shit. The 347 sign on the OF wall is right there. That's at least 330 in the air and a perfect strike on the plate.
 

Soxfan in Fla

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Cuzittt said:
Mlb network had it at 304 ft. Regardless... it's a hell of a throw.
There is no way that was 304. The 347 sign is for the measurement to the foul pole. He can't be more than 15-20 in front of the pole.
 

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Soxfan in Fla said:
There is no way that was 304. The 347 sign is for the measurement to the foul pole. He can't be more than 15-20 in front of the pole.
Tim Mead, Angels vice president of communications, said the numbers now read "true distance," accounting for the exact distance from home plate based on where the number is located. Last year, the number closest to the foul pole was reflecting the distance down the line, even though the sign sits 15 to 20 feet away from it.
The distance at the foul pole is 330.
http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140331&content_id=70556330&notebook_id=70561164&vkey=notebook_ana&c_id=ana
 

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Impressive, but that would have been a lot more impressive if it wasn't necessary due to botching a very routine play. 
 

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The only throws that come to mind in the same sense of awe are the Dave Parker missile in an ASG, Bo Jackson from the warning track and Rick Ankiel from CF to 3B
 

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The Jackson and Ankiel throws are great comps.  But the Jackson throw was the best I've ever seen because he was throwing from a flat-footed start.  (IIRC, Ankiel had his momentum behind him as he lined up the throw.)
 
The one that comes to mind from my youth was Roberto Clemente in the '71 series. There was a fly hit down the right field line and when Clemente caught it he had his back almost turned to second base.  But because he knew the runner (Merv Rettenmund) would be tagging, he wheeled completely around and threw in one motion. 
 
The only video I can find of the throw does not show the play in its entirety.  It begins at the 1:20 mark in this video and stops right after Curt Gowdy exclaims "what a throw!"
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1k5ozCUpcI
 
What separates this example from others is that Clemente is not using a full windup and he's not moving forward when he makes the throw.  Indeed, his momentum is taking him away from third, and yet he gets the ball there on a line.
 
From the same World Series, there was also this slightly less impressive throw to stop a run from scoring.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUy65ZpSP0
 
Roberto had a cannon out there and he combined it with one of the quickest releases in the game.  A shame that relatively little video exists from his youth to make the case.
 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI-s0T26A5Y
 
This one was pretty good.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFAbXnlzZGQ
 
This one too... good lord.