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Fan makes great no-look catch ... as in, he didn't look up until a foul ball landed directly in his lap

Fan make no-hand catch: foul ball falls into his lap

Some fans will do anything to catch a foul ball. They'll knock over concessions or leap onto the field of play, and when they miss, they're likely to take their glove and go home. But some fans know that the secret to a truly great fan catch is letting the ball come to you.

This fan at Thursday night's Indians-Twins game did just that. While the people around him reached for the ball, he looked up just in time to see the ball land directly in his lap:

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But though the baseball fates giveth, the baseball fates taketh away. He got a souvenir, but the force of the falling ball at the very least knocked the batteries out of his camera. 

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