X-Nico

unusual facts about The Catch



Don Liddle

Liddle is most remembered as the man who, in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, threw the pitch to Vic Wertz that resulted in The Catch — Giant center fielder Willie Mays' historic back-to-home-plate, over-the-shoulder grab of Wertz' line drive with two men on base in the deepest part of centerfield at the Giants' home field, the Polo Grounds.


see also

B-25 Mitchell aircraft in Catch-22

The Catch-22s budget could only accommodate 17 flyable B-25 Mitchells, and an additional non-flyable hulk was acquired in Mexico, made barely ferry-able and flown with landing gear down to the Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico filming location, only to be burned and destroyed in the landing crash scene.

Bert Emanuel

Despite the fact that Emanuel clearly controlled the ball at every point during the catch, booth replay official Jerry Markbreit ordered a review of the call.

Ditech

They featured a nefarious loan officer, played by actor Ron Michaelson, repeating the catch phrase "Lost another loan to Ditech!" In May 2007, the company introduced a new marketing campaign, adding the tagline "People Are Smart" and including the signature line Home financing by GMAC to further help distinguish the Ditech brand from direct-to-consumer lenders of questionable repute.

Don Narcisse

His most well-known contribution was the "Catch For Kids" program with SaskEnergy on behalf of Kidsport Saskatchewan which began in 1998.

Endy Chávez

On July 13, 2007, American International Group (the company whose advertisement happened to be on the spot on the left field wall at Shea Stadium where Chávez made the catch) sponsored a special Bobblehead Doll day to commemorate the catch.

Green–white–checker finish

This exception was used during the 2007 Daytona 500, and during the 2009 Aaron's 499 when Carl Edwards' car went airborne into the catch fence off of Ryan Newman's car and came to a rest in the middle of the track as cars skirted to either side to cross the line.

Haruo Umezaki

Published in English as part of two short anthologies of Japanese war stories: The Shadow of Sunrise: Selected Stories of Japan and the War (Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo (1966), and The Catch and Other War Stories edited and introduced by Shoichi Sacki (Kodansha International, (1981), both of which include three other stories by Tamiki Hara, Fumiko Hayashi and Kenzaburō Ōe.

Heavenly Daze

The catch is that Shemp cannot be seen nor heard by anyone on Earth, much to his delight.

Hoswick

They then resisted the landowner, John Bruce Jnr of Sumburgh's claim for a third share of the profits which was customary under Udal Law (the catch was traditionally split three ways, one for the 'admiral', one for those who drove the whales ashore and one for the owner of the land on which the animals were beached)

IMac

"There's no step 3!" was the catch-phrase in a popular iMac commercial narrated by actor Jeff Goldblum.

Jeff Krosnoff

On July 14, 1996 with 3 laps to go in the Molson Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place, Krosnoff's car made wheel-to-wheel contact with the car of Stefan Johansson, sending it into the air, over a concrete barrier, and into the catch fencing lining the street course.

Jhoon Goo Rhee

Rhee is well known in the Washington, D.C. area for a television commercial that has a jingle by Nils Lofgren and features the catch phrase, "Nobody bothers me," followed by "Nobody bothers me, either."

Jim Breuer

Breuer appeared in Pizza Hut commercials, advertising the cheese crust-filled pizzas using the catch phrase, "Jackpot!".

Joe Starkey

In addition to his Super Bowl calls, Starkey was play-by-play announcer for the 1998 club's two signature moments - Garrison Hearst's 96-yard touchdown in overtime against the Jets, and Steve Young's game-winning touchdown to Terrell Owens - The Catch II.

Jordan Silk

The catch was described by Sir Vivian Richards as "one of the greatest grabs of all-time." and caused a Twitter meltdown amongst cricket fans and players alike.

Lake Wylie

South Carolina DNR officials say they are not worried about the catch, and have their plan to exterminate the fish if it becomes a problem.

Patton Design, Inc.

Patton Design was also featured on ABC's American Inventor and represented the million dollar winner with the "Anecia Survival Capsule", the second place winner with "The WordAce", as well as the third place winner with "The Catch Elite".

Peet Coombes

Peet Coombes (1952–1997) was a British musician, guitarist and vocalist with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the two pre-Eurythmics bands, The Catch, who only released one single, "Borderline/Black Blood" (1977, Logo) before morphing into the other, The Tourists, who had quite a few UK hits in the late '70s. Many of The Tourists' songs were written by Peet.

Rawalpindi Rams

In Sohail's next over seasoned Rams opener, Awais Zia, struck four consecutive boundaries and restarted Rams' quick advance towards the target but as so often is the case in cricket the bowler has the last laugh and Sohail ended up stopping the Awais Zia thanks to a superb fielding effort from Haaris Ayaz at mid-wicket who dived full length and pouched the catch with one hand.

Rexall

Both shows were often opened by an advertisement from an actor (Griff Barnett) portraying "your Rexall family druggist", and included the catch phrase "Good health to all from Rexall." They also sponsored the Jimmy Durante Show and there are references by the character Mr. Peavey in some of The Great Gildersleeve radio shows.

Tille trevally

One such fishery is in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, where it and three lutjanids made up 50% of the catch, with C. tille the predominant carangid in the fishery.

Toshio Tamogami

On 14 July 2004, when questioned further about this supposed 'unconstitutionality' of the Air Self-Defense Force, he said his opinion should not distress its members since (quoting the catch phrase of Yoshio Kojima, a popular comedian) "what does that matter?"

Who the F**k Is Justin Bieber

It is an instrumental track, but contains the catch phrase "Who the fuck is Justin Bieber?" from Ozzy Osbourne, thus the title of the single.