We often see baseball fans in the stands go viral when they make an incredible catch or some kind of embarrassing blunder.
Nationals fan Jeff Adams went a completely different route.
During the second inning of Sunday’s World Series Game 5 at Nationals Park, the Astros’ Yordan Alvarez drove a home run just beyond the left-field wall and straight at Adams. Adams, who was holding tallboy Bud Light cans in each hand, remained determined to get that baseball without putting down his beers. After all, he didn’t have the time to place down the beers and make a catch.
So, he did what he was taught to do … kept his chest in front of the ball.
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So, why did he do it?
The Washington Post caught up with the newly internet-famous fan and asked him the story behind his unconventional strategy. Adams credited a lesson from his Little League coach.
Via the Washington Post:
“I had a Little League coach, his name was Wayne Mitchell,” Adams said, standing in front of the in-stadium restaurant. “He taught me how to put my chest in front of a ball and let it bounce in front of me. So put my chest in front of it, right? And I angled down. Sure enough, hit me right in the chest. Went straight down. And I got it.”
He added that he didn’t even feel the ball hit him.
