By Jim Lackey
By now, more than 24 hours after it happened, there are probably only a few dozen people who haven’t seen Pope Francis bobble the baseball thrown to him from the stands — er, the crowd of pilgrims — at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square yesterday.
If you’re one who hasn’t seen it, watch this closely:
Here’s a better shot, taken by Claudio Peri and distributed by the European Pressphoto Agency:
Pope Francis reaches out to grab a baseball thrown by someone in the crowd as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 24. (CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA)
As you can see in the video, Pope Francis leaps and almost catches the high throw. According to Rafael Walter, who posted the “Popeball” video to YouTube, the toss was made by a member of the Koeppel family from St. Edward’s Church in Palm Beach, Fla., reportedly in the hope of raising money for their parish.
For anyone who knows baseball, the error is on the throw, not on the attempted catch.
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Source: http://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/pope-francis-baseball-moment/
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