by Gus Ramsey
For whatever reason, I've always been fascinated with counting the number of steps an outfielder takes when making a long, running catch. It started with the Tommy Agee catches in the '69 World Series which I watched repeatedly on home movies rented from the local library when I was a kid.
While this study is not exactly the same, it's a very cool look done by ESPN stats folks on hang time, distance covered and all that goes into great catches and near misses.
http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/19095/the-numbers-behind-a-catch-and-a-just-miss
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