Saturday night's game at Chase Field was an eventful one. Hours after Tony La Russa was named the team's new chief of baseball operations, the Diamondbacks set numerous offensive team records in an 18-7 shellacking of the always-loved Dodgers, and one fan made headlines by catching not one but two home run balls in the upper level of the bleachers in left-center in the second and third innings.
But perhaps the more impressive fan feat was pulled off later in the game. D-backs first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, an inning after hitting an absolutely massive homer deep into the left-field seats, came up against Dodgers backup catcher Drew Butera -- yes, the Dodgers' backup catcher was pitching, just to highlight how the game was going for them -- and hit a similarly ridiculous moon shot, with this one coming down in a stairway toward the back of the lower deck in left field.
It was there that one skilled fan, while holding his young child in his right hand, caught the ball on the fly in his left hand, with the momentum of the ball knocking him backwards yet not causing him to lose control of either of his prized possessions.
Take a look:
