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Buster Olney casually caught a foul ball, said it was 'no problem

Buster Olney made a very casual barehanded catch

The job of a journalist is to report the story, not to become it. But during Sunday's Angels-Braves game, ESPN analyst Buster Olney snagged a foul ball off Jason Heyward's bat, seemingly so he could continue his pen-chewing in peace: 

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When asked about it on the broadcast, he said, "I had no problem with that … because I knew you'd play it if I messed it up." Of course, he didn't keep the ball for himself. He gave it to "the shortest, smallest person I could find."

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