It is a fake, just a fake as Foster's Osama picture.
First of all they would not be stupid enough to stand by the first base foul line to do an interview during batting practice. Plus the reaction was inauthentic. Watch his hand in slow motion you can tell they added sound effects.
In 2007, Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a line drive almost exactly where these two people are standing. It's why base coaches in MiLB and MLB have to wear batting helmets now.
Even before that happened, reporters aren't allowed to interview players that close to the line if anyone's hitting. You don't even see interviews that far into the diamond after a game because the grounds crew, understandably, would freak out.
Longoria looks at the ball before the reporter, yet his back is to the hitter. Did his Spidey Sense pick it up?
Very photoshop! Watch the real ball come off the bat low, toward shortstop, while the batter takes no notice to where his so-called foul ball goes; but, readies himself for the next pitch. Sorry to spoil it for everybody.
I think "fake" is an unfair term. Staged, yes. In fact, the more I read the more I believe it was staged.
I have hit many baseballs over many moons, and I also happen to coach a little league team. (In addition to being a baseball fan.) Balls take this exact trajectory all the time. A ball leave the bat high and fair, but as it goes farther away it hooks foul.
The one thing that might be fake is, the "reporter" might not be a real reporter. I do believe that the hit, the ball, and the catch were all real. Staged, more than likely but still real.
Very photoshop! Watch...you can actually see the real ball come off the bat low toward shortstop while the batter takes no notice to where his so-called foul ball goes; but, readies himself for the next pitch. Sorry to spoil it for everybody.
If you watch the batter at home plate, you can see, in the one frame after he hits the ball, the streak of the actual ball going off to the right (from the camera's perspective) before the edited-in ball arcs towards Longoria and the reporter.
I had something similar happen to me many years ago in college. Except it was in the cafeteria and involved a biscuit. Thrown from many tables away towards myself and the woman I was hitting on. Although slightly inebriated (she too), I managed to spy the biscuit out of the corner of my eye, catch the it with one hand as it fell to the other side of us, and take a bite out of it before placing the half eaten projectile on the plate between us. All done without losing my focus on the woman or our conversation. Truly amazing, non-digitized or rehearsed, and completely impressed the hell out of the woman and the thrower. Alas, apparently not enough to get a date out of it.
How was there even a question about this being fake?
1. You can see the ball leaving the bat and going the other direction.
2. There's no way Longoria 'sensed' the ball.
3. Both Longoria and the reporter are terrible actors. She didn't duck or flinch, and his 'keep it on the field' was too lamely nonchalant.
Just a promo. And a really poorly-made one at that.
that is cool, but i fear manufactured.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt would be cooler if it wasn't fake.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseReally? Jonah, you disappoint me. That thing is faker than presidential sincerity.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYep, fake. The impending sweep by the Sox of the Yankees is distorting Jonah's baseball radar.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSaw it last nite on the news, cool, yes, but all done with computers.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt is a fake, just a fake as Foster's Osama picture.
First of all they would not be stupid enough to stand by the first base foul line to do an interview during batting practice. Plus the reaction was inauthentic. Watch his hand in slow motion you can tell they added sound effects.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIn 2007, Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a line drive almost exactly where these two people are standing. It's why base coaches in MiLB and MLB have to wear batting helmets now.
Even before that happened, reporters aren't allowed to interview players that close to the line if anyone's hitting. You don't even see interviews that far into the diamond after a game because the grounds crew, understandably, would freak out.
Longoria looks at the ball before the reporter, yet his back is to the hitter. Did his Spidey Sense pick it up?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBy stepping through the frames, you can see the real ball in the air behind him.
Fake.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePlausible to me, I once saw a similar turn and snap-catch on an errant lacrosse ball.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt's still a cool video, like Bruce Lee playing ping pong with numchucks (another fake).
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseVery photoshop! Watch the real ball come off the bat low, toward shortstop, while the batter takes no notice to where his so-called foul ball goes; but, readies himself for the next pitch. Sorry to spoil it for everybody.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI think "fake" is an unfair term. Staged, yes. In fact, the more I read the more I believe it was staged.
I have hit many baseballs over many moons, and I also happen to coach a little league team. (In addition to being a baseball fan.) Balls take this exact trajectory all the time. A ball leave the bat high and fair, but as it goes farther away it hooks foul.
The one thing that might be fake is, the "reporter" might not be a real reporter. I do believe that the hit, the ball, and the catch were all real. Staged, more than likely but still real.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseVery photoshop! Watch...you can actually see the real ball come off the bat low toward shortstop while the batter takes no notice to where his so-called foul ball goes; but, readies himself for the next pitch. Sorry to spoil it for everybody.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf you watch the batter at home plate, you can see, in the one frame after he hits the ball, the streak of the actual ball going off to the right (from the camera's perspective) before the edited-in ball arcs towards Longoria and the reporter.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI had something similar happen to me many years ago in college. Except it was in the cafeteria and involved a biscuit. Thrown from many tables away towards myself and the woman I was hitting on. Although slightly inebriated (she too), I managed to spy the biscuit out of the corner of my eye, catch the it with one hand as it fell to the other side of us, and take a bite out of it before placing the half eaten projectile on the plate between us. All done without losing my focus on the woman or our conversation. Truly amazing, non-digitized or rehearsed, and completely impressed the hell out of the woman and the thrower. Alas, apparently not enough to get a date out of it.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHow was there even a question about this being fake?
1. You can see the ball leaving the bat and going the other direction.
2. There's no way Longoria 'sensed' the ball.
3. Both Longoria and the reporter are terrible actors. She didn't duck or flinch, and his 'keep it on the field' was too lamely nonchalant.
Just a promo. And a really poorly-made one at that.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis thing is a fake from top to bottom. That guy looks nothing like Eva Longoria.
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"The video was produced and released by Gillette."
Still fun to watch, though. :)
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