Remembering Bobby Kielty from a Jays perspective

[Brock Beauchamp]

This published on Jays Centre over the weekend and thought I'd share it here. Oh man were we baseball nerds wrong about Bobby back in the day.

Bobby Kielty, Greek God of Vibes - History - Jays Centre

JAYSCENTRE.COM

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An early sabermetric darling, Bobby Kielty was an outfielder who never fully put it together in the majors.

 

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Thanks for posting this. I don't think i'd seen the catch at Fenway before. That was epic! Something like 5 feet over the wall, and his struggle to keep from falling into the bullpen!

If he had fallen, would the catch have counted? And argument could have been made he wasn't still on the field of play...

(i think it would have, but am too lazy to see actual rules, much as a basketball player can still be falling out of bounds as long as he gets rid of it before landing)

Still, technique of holding onto the top of the fence with his off hand was a joy to behold.If only Byron was indestructible and got to try stuff like this!