Rich, I vaguely remember the Winfield catch that your (later) emailer describes, but it doesn’t seem to belong in this company because the stakes of the game were not very high, which is why we’re having trouble remembering.

It’s a measure of the Yanks/Red Sox rivalry that we don’t exclude Jeter and, now, Cabrera. Those were regular season games, but the fact that they happened in Yanks-Sox games attaches some lore to them instantly … although we’ll have to see if Cabrera’s catch, still so early in the season, stands the test of time.

I like that there’s half a century between Mays and Jeter, but that Swoboda and Agee happened on consecutive days. Mays and Jeter will also be remembered as immortals, while Swoboda and Agee, er, won’t. Another indication that 1969 was divine intervention. There’s no other explanation for it.

Last point: too bad plays by third basemen don’t get remembered automatically like catches (mostly in the outfield — Jeter the exception) do. Brooks Robinson and Greg Nettles should be remembered for almost single-handedly winning world series.