Web Video Purports to Show Ball Girl's Amazing Catch
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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A ball girl seems to make an amazing catch at a California ball park, but it turns out the footage is part of an ad.
It would be an amazing catch for any baseball player — a bounding leap using the outfield wall as a springboard to snag a fly ball just into foul territory — but this catch was made by the ball girl.
Video of the catch at a baseball field in Fresno, Calif., has become an instant hit on YouTube, but was the catch real?
The video features actual footage of a Fresno Grizzlies game at Chukchansi Park, according to abc30.com, but the ball girl's 'unreal' catch was just that — unreal.
It turns out the video is part of a new viral Web ad produced by Gatorade. The woman in the video doesn't normally retrieve foul balls. She's a stuntwoman who was hooked up to cables for the extra footage, filmed after the game in front of about a hundred fans and players who stayed late, according to abc30.com.
So the catch was too good to be true after all, but still quite a sight to see.
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