With respect to Ceddanne Rafaela’s incredible catch last night against the Royals, I will countenance absolutely no highlight-truthing. Get out of here with your “bad route” takes. I don’t want to hear them.
The kid make a leaping, spinning, backhanded, wall-crashing catch, and I quite literally don’t know if I’ve ever seen each of those four-adjectives applied to one play before. It was incredible and I feel lucky to have seen it. Thanks, universe! You’re alright sometimes!
But was it actually the best play he’s made this year? Yes. it was. But in order to create suspense and enhance the reading experience, pretend you don’t already know that as you revisit his 10 best plays of the year (so far.