Happy Super Bowl Sunday, folks,
I think this is one of the most interesting, and certainly one of the most "quick-thinking" defensive plays I've ever seen.
Here's the setup: The Yankees' Orlando Hernandez ("El Duque") is pitching to the Mets' Rey Ordóñez. Ordóñez hits a very routine grounder back to the pitcher's mound, but the ball gets stuck inside of Hernandez's mitt - he can't pull it out - and Hernandez has about 1-2 seconds to decide what to do. Does he keep trying to pull the ball out, or ... ?
Given the high-risk nature of what Hernandez did, I don't know if it