Friday night was already shaping up to be a good one for Michael Kacer.
He took his 13-year-old nephew, Isaiah, to his first New York Yankees game. And as part of a group with Achilles International ? a nonprofit organization devoted to athletes with disabilities ? Kacer got to hang out on the field before the game, meeting Nick Swisher and posing for a photo with Joe Girardi. Kacer served 11 years in the National Guard and lost his left arm in a 2008 rocket attack.
But the night got even better after the game began. During the Yankees' half of the first inning, Curtis Granderson popped a foul ball behind home plate. The ball caromed off the concrete just inside the wall and bounced up toward the next level of seats. Kacer reached out over the railing and caught the ball with his cap. No sweat.
Here's the video, courtesy of MLB.com:�
Kacer needed a little prompting from his nephew before springing into action.
"He's like, 'Get up and catch it,'" Kacer said, "'and I'm like, 'It's going nowhere near me.
"And then I watched it bounce and I'm like, 'I ... might ... be able ... to get it,' and it just happened to go right in the hat. So it makes for a great souvenir for him."
It also makes for a great video for us to watch. Nice catch, sir.
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