Mr. Three Home Run Catches in a Row Tim Anderson

A couple of weekends ago, 17-year old Tim Anderson was manning his regular position way out in the Baltimore bleachers.  No, he isn’t a Baltimore Orioles prospect, just a lifelong fan of the team.

Tim was immediately made famous after catching his third home run in a row in three consecutive nights.  It was such a feat that he made SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays who has segmented the three catches over three nights together.

Kaught Looking recently got a chance to speak to Tim Anderson about his fifteen minutes of fame and a few other tidbits.

Everything was just insane. Soon after I caught the third one, I was hoping that someone would realize that the same person caught three homeruns in three nights. When the game ended, I got a text from a friend saying MASN (the station that covers the Orioles) had put all three together. Then my dad called me and told me the same thing. I watched on DVR when I got home and thought it was all pretty cool. But then I got a tweet from a friend at school that said I was the #9 top play on SportsCenter. Then it just exploded from there. Next thing I knew, SportsCenter wanted to do an interview the next day, MASN wanted to film a segment, the Baltimore Sun and Orioles.com wanted to set up an interview, Yahoo had me as the top story on their homepage, the local news contacted me to film at my house, and I was mentioned on Around the Horn as well as Intentional Talk. It was my 48-plus hours of fame. It’s really hard to describe. It was fun, scary, surreal, and nerve racking. 

Before the three homeruns in three nights, my favorite ball would be a game homerun that I caught in a game in 2010 hit by Orioles’ centerfielder Adam Jones. It was my first homerun caught while actually trying to catch one. But what made it my favorite ball is that on the last game of the year, Adam signed autographs for well over an hour after the game. I happened to have his homerun ball on me, I told him it was a homerun he hit, and asked him to sign it. He was so awesome about it. At first he was in disbelief that I caught it. Then he put a beautiful autograph right on the sweetspot, willingly wrote “HomeRun #49″ on the side, and asked if I knew the date. He waited a little while for me to try to remember it, but sadly I couldn’t. Adam Jones is simply a class act, a player everyone should have the pleasure of meeting once. I’m glad I am able to own one of his homerun balls. 

That’s a tough one. Of course, it would have to be some sort of milestone homerun. Maybe if A-Rod gets back on the pace he was on and starts threatening Bonds like he was supposed to, I wouldn’t mind grabbing one that ties or breaks either Ruth’s, Aaron’s, or Bonds’ marks. 

I would have told Derek to open his checkbook WIDE or else I’m holding onto it and looking for the right buyer. If it was anyone else but Jeter, I would have given it back to him for maybe a few autographs/bats/jersey etc. For some reason I had a feeling that his 3000th was going to be a homerun, and I always said I would be asking for at least a half million. And since I would have been 17 when catching it, I wouldn’t have to have paid any taxes on it! It’s a win-win!

A player has to get his first career homerun back. No questions. I would just request to give it to him in person after the game. I want to have a nice memory of meeting the man in person. 

I usually sit in the same left field section for every game. I love the seats because they’re nice seats and they’re usually pretty empty. I always try to sit in an aisle seat where there is an open railing. At Camden Yards, 3 out of every 4 sections have a handrail in the aisle. So if I sit in that one row without the railing, it make it easier for me to move (as you can see in the Hardy homerun catch and the Ramirez).

Most of the balls I have caught were during batting practice, and I give a lot of those away to kids. I don’t usually give them to kids who ask or beg for them because there’s always that other kid over there who is at least trying to get a ball on his own. I’d say that I give away at least half of the amount of balls I catch each game. 

Absolutely! What doesn’t go well with plaid!?

(note: Tim wore three different pairs of plaid shorts in those three nights.  One sports analyst questioned whether or not he was wearing the same pair each game.)

Kaught Looking wants to thank Tim for taking the time out to talk with us.  We wish him well and hope he continues to keep snagging those home runs.  Maybe next time we see him it will be another major feat.

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