Giants' Web Gems

the only other one I can think of is JT's catch when he fell on his ass and still caught a foul popup. I agree, however, that those are the top 3.

One that immediately pops up in my mind is from August '04 against the Cubs when Dustan Mohr made a diving catch to rob Moises Alou of a potential game-tying hit.  Barry had to hop over Mohr to avoid a collision.  Another is Omar leaping over Kent to turn a double play on Opening Day last year.  That reminds me of another Omar gem from last year where he made three diving snag-and-throws against the Diamondbacks, the last one done while sitting down.  I love Omar.

The best I can remember was Calvin Murray coming in and towards left from center on slightly wet grass.  He dove and then slid another 20-30 feet on his stomach after making the grab.  Nice looking play.

But other than that, put a camera on Omar, he'll give you some plays.

Terry Mulholland throwing his glove to first base for the out.

Not really a spectacular play, but by SportsCenter's web-gem criteria it certainly qualifies.

To add to the kitsch-gems I'm sure they can find footage of pitchers being blown off the mound at the Stick.

...but Jose Cruz Jr.'s diving catch of a Lo Duca sinking/tailing liner to preserve a game that ended in a victory against the Spawn of Garvey now comes to mind.

I still believe, however, that dropping a can of corn in the playoffs that cost the team a win and likely the series disqualifies Cruz from significant web gem status and that he must return the gold glove he earned that season.

In one of Livan Hernandez's first games as a Giant, he did something that only smart, pure ballplayers would do (that, frankly, nice white North American little league grads would never try).  Runner on first; Livan pitches; batter is attempting a sac bunt but pops it forward about 20 feet.  Livan pounces down to the ball & easily could have caught it for the out, but instead puts his arms out & watches it fall at his feet, picks it up and throws to 2nd to start an easy double play that had the runner from first out by 75 feet and the batter by 10 feet.  GREAT stuff because it's something he had already thought about and had locked in his mind, not an improvisation.  Pure baseball genius.  (Yes, I am disappointed in numerous other things about Livan, attitudinal and otherwise.  But the dude understood the game.)

Anybody able to catch Baseball Tonight?  I forgot about it when I got caught up in the Giants game.