Phillies fan grabs two foul balls
ALAN ORMAN / For the Inquirer
Kevin Kelley, 17, with the two foul balls he caught with his La Salle High hat. "I must have a magnet," he said.
The best catch during last night's National League division series game between the Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers was made by somebody without the benefit of a glove. And to prove it wasn't a fluke, he performed the feat twice.
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Kevin Kelley, a 17-year-old Upper Dublin resident and senior at La Salle High, became a celebrity of sorts during last night's game at Citizens Bank Park when he made a great catch of a Brett Myers line-drive foul ball with his white La Salle baseball hat. If the Brewers had played defense like Kelley, they might not have lost the opening game.
"My phone has been ringing off the hook," said an excited Kelley, whose family has a 20-game plan with the Phillies. "Everybody is telling me they saw me [on TV]."
The catch actually earned Kelley some redemption because of some earlier near-misses last night.
"I have been taking heat, because there were two other foul balls that came my way and I didn't catch them," said Kelley, who was in Section 112, Row 1, Seat 6, along the right-field line.
As he was being interviewed by The Inquirer, Kelley caught another foul with his hat, on a grounder by Ryan Howard.
"I must have a magnet," he said.
Kelley, who plays outfield for his high school team, said he had never caught a foul ball before in the five-year history of Citizens Bank Park.
"This is an incredible night," he said. "You never expect to get a foul ball, and to come away with two is unbelievable."
Contact staff writer Marc Narducci at 856-779-3225 or mnarducci@phillynews.com.
