Stanford WR Francis Owusu makes the Catch of the Year (VIDEO)

Stanford Cardinal wide receiver Francis Owusu may have made the catch of the year in college football Thursday night.

In the beginning of the third quarter at Stanford Stadium, the Cardinal ran a trick play against UCLA that ended with one of the most bizarre receptions of all time.

The 41-yard score from quarterback Kevin Hogan to Owusu helped put Stanford up 42-17 as it went on to a 56-35 rout of the Bruins.

Check this catch from Stanford's Francis Owusu last night. #levels https://t.co/O7agzAwnJ6

— thepunterspage.com (@ThePuntersPage) October 16, 2015

Owusu's behind-the-back-of-a-defender catch has to be seen more than once to be believed.

Stanford WR does his best Tyrone Prothro impression https://t.co/1IBlIHcFz6

— Top Tier (@TopTierU) October 16, 2015

Mike Trout outdoes himself to rob Jesus Montero of home run (VIDEO)

It was starting to feel like highlight clips of Mike Trout had been relatively scarce over the past few weeks — emphasis on relatively. But just when you start thinking maybe the Angels centerfielder is merely mortal, he goes out and performs a feat to remind us that he is something more.

The 24-year-old already has more sensational catches in his four-year career than most respected veteran outfielders, but this incredible catch confirms that Trout is way more than your normal player.

With two men on base in the top of the fourth inning of Saturday's game against the Seattle Mariners, Trout scaled the Angel Stadium wall to rob Jesus Montero of a three-run homer. Not only did the four-time All-Star hang onto the wall to make the catch, but Trout also alertly got the ball back to the infield to keep the runners from advancing.



Throw in the fact that the Angels won a 3-2 game with Wild Card implications, and that's one timely catch even Trout will find hard to top.

So it's worth seeing again:

Congrats on your home run Jesus Montero ... oh sorry Mike Trout happened (via @MLB) http://t.co/PpHy2CdvD2 https://t.co/Q4D6tgFEPU

— SB Nation (@SBNation) September 27, 2015

Todd Frazier catch leaves Keyvius Sampson in awkward position (VIDEO)

During the bottom of the fourth inning of Tuesday night's Cardinals-Reds game, Cincinnati third baseman Todd Frazier went a long way to catch a foul pop-up off the bat of St. Louis first baseman Matt Adams. Frazier went over the railing of the camera well to make the sensational catch and ended up having to hold on for dear life.

Luckily for him, his pitcher Keyvius Sampson  had his back, his legs and whatever else he could grab.

Sampson's quick reflexes managed to keep Frazier from falling onto a 400mm lens, but in doing so, left himself in an awkward position.

Hello? Is that you Todd?

Minor Leaguer makes over-the-shoulder catch to win playoff game, spikes baseball (VIDEO)

The Columbus Clippers (Cleveland's Triple-A affiliate), who won a close Game 1 of the International League Finals by a score of 6-5 on Tuesday night,  found themselves in another nail biter on Wednesday. Their opponent, the Indianapolis Indians, were threatening with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning. On an 0-2 pitch, batter Willy Garcia crushed one seemingly over center fielder Tyler Holt's head.

But somehow, with an amazing over-the-shoulder catch, Holt hauled in the baseball and ended the game. 

And a jubilant Holt celebrated like he was Gronk crossing the goal line.

The best-of-five series continues Thursday night.

Yankees prospect Slade Heathcott makes a spectacular home run robbing catch (VIDEO)

Slade Heathcott had a taste of the big time when he played six games with the Yankees back in May and did things like this:

Heathcott is currently in Triple-A with the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders working his way back from an injury, where he continues to do things to help him get back to The Show.

In the bottom of the fifth inning Saturday night, robbed Rochester Red Wings' Xavier Avery of a home run with this spectacular leaping grab against the fence preserving the 0-0 tie.



The future of Yankees baseball is looking pretty good.

Anthony Rizzo climbs Wrigley Field tarp to make amazing catch (VIDEO)

We all love seeing players leaping into the stands for a catch, but Anthony Rizzo just might have set the bar pretty high for all amazing catches in the future.

The Chicago Cubs first baseman tested the limits of the Wrigley Field playing area, and a little known Major League Baseball rule, to complete one of the wildest plays ever.

The acrobatic play happened in the sixth inning of Wednesday's Cubs 3-2 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers when Rizzo chased Ryan Braun's pop-up down the first-base line before hopping on the tarp and tumbling into the stands to make the catch.

The second best part of the play might be the Cubs fans who engulfed Rizzo who landed about three rows up. 

And because the nimble-footed Rizzo made the catch with one foot on the wall and not in the stands, it was ruled an out.

Betcha didn't know about that rule?

Kevin Pillar goes airborne to rob Miguel Sano of extra-base hit (VIDEO)

The Blue Jays made some pretty impressive front office moves leading up to the trade deadline last week but none of them might be as spectacular as this single Kevin Pillar play in the outfield.

The Toronto centerfielder went airborne to make this tremendous diving catch to rob Miguel Sano of extra bases during Thursday night's game against the Twins.



The high-flying Blue Jays won again last night and have gone 8-2 and scored 59 runs during their just completed homestand.

Next stop, Yankee Stadium against the division-leading Bombers

Royals' Alex Gordon makes spectacular wall-crashing catch (VIDEO)

Kansas City Royals leftfielder Alex Gordon crashed hard into the outfield wall at Kauffman Stadium while making a remarkable catch of an A's foul ball Tuesday night.

At first, the Gold Glove outfielder's condition looked pretty grim after Gordon hit the wall head-on and rolled onto the turf in obvious pain — but not before completing the remarkable play.

Fortunately, Gordon was able to lift himself off the ground and trot into the dugout serenaded by a chorus of cheers.

Josh Donaldson makes unbelievable catch between tarp and a hard wall (VIDEO)

Some are already calling it the best catch of the 2013 MLB season.

And, after seeing the incredible grab pulled off by Oakland Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson in the top of the sixth inning of Tuesday's game against the Texas Rangers, you might have to agree.

With one out and a runner at first, Rangers left fielder David Murphy lifted a high pop fly that drifted toward the third base seats. Donaldson wasn't about to let the stands—or the tarp laying in his path—stop him from chasing down the ball and making the catch

Donaldson makes the incredible play in foul territory, disappearing behind the tarp and in front of the left field wall.

Amazing concentration by Donaldson.

Puig makes incredible catch off wall at Wrigley Field (VIDEO)

Has anyone made so many ridiculous catches in such a short span of time as Yasiel Puig? It seems like the Los Angeles Dodgers rookie right fielder tacks one or two grabs onto his highlight reel every game.

Even when the catch doesn't count as an out, Puig makes it interesting — like this one at Wrigley Field.

After initially ruling this catch an out, the umpires conferred and made the right call. The rules state a fielder must catch th e ball "in flight" for the play to be an out, and a ball deflected off the wall is not considered "in flight."

But this is still one sensational play. The reflexes, vision and hand-eye coordination to make the grab are unbelievable. And, at least the fan in the bamboo sedge hat called it an out.

Kensuke Tanaka makes spectacular catch in Giants debut

It didn't take long for Kensuke Tanaka to make a big impression during his MLB debut Tuesday night.

The San Francisco Giants leftfielder also left a little mark on the left field wall of AT&T Park — after robbing the New York Mets' Andrew Brown of hit in the second-inning with this spectacular catch.

Welcome to The Show.

Diamondbacks' pitcher and catcher combine for crazy circus catch

It's not often you get to see a pitcher and a catcher combine to make a circus catch on a routine bunt but that's exactly what happened when the Diamondbacks' Josh Collmentor and Miguel Montero did it against the Miami Marlins on Sunday.

The Arizona catcher Montero bobbled the pop-up bunt and deflected it into bare hand of relief pitcher Collmentor for an assist and the rare 2-1 put-out.

The D'backs juggling act still couldn't top that three-ring circus from Miami and Arizona lost, 2-1.

Mets' Juan Lagares makes two sensational catches on one play (VIDEO)

Juan Lagares made two sensational catches on one amazing play at Citi Field on Sunday. It's too bad the acrobatic double-catch still only counted for one out.

The New York Mets outfielder raced in on Pittsburgh Pirates' Jeanmar Gomez's third inning liner to centerfield and made a shoestring catch of the ball, which he bobbled, then grabs again before tumbling to the turf. Lagares' concentration and second effort on the play are something to behold.



Lagares' defensive gem wasn't good enough for the offensively anemic Mets who wasted another fine outing by starter Matt Harvey and fell to the Pirates, 3-2.

Rajai Davis' amazing leap robs Yankees McGehee of a home run

Toronto Blue Jays  left-fielder Rajai Davis made a spectacular leap against the left field wall at the Rogers Centre to rob New York Yankees third-baseman Casey McGehee of a sure home run on Sunday.

While the ball is in flight,  Davis does a stutter-step, then patiently watches and waits before climbing the wall about four feet to make the grab.  It is a vision of perfect timing.

The best part of the video is the view of the pitchers in the Blue Jays bullpen, who see the ball appear about 12 inches above the 10-foot wall, then suddenly get snagged by the 5-foot-9 Davis' glove.

Spud Webb couldn't get that much air.



The remarkable seventh-inning play couldn't have come at a better time for the Jays.  The Yankees had been chipping away at the home team's 10-1 lead.  McGehee's failed blast came with Curtis Granderson on second and, after Davis' cat-like play, the Yankees tacked on three more runs to make it 10-7.