circus catch
noun
: a catch (as in baseball or football) requiring an extraordinary or spectacular effort
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There are no hard-and-fast rules on how to log a home run or whether a circus catch ought to be recorded as more than an out.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Warren 8-5 (3): Freshman Peyton Nissen, who is making circus catches in the outfield, is batting .500 in her past two games.
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—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
On the next fourth-and-1, Grubbs doesn’t throw the ball away, instead going deep to Fitzgerald, who almost makes a circus catch 45 yards down the field.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2026
Cody Cappelletti opened the top of the seventh with a single, but Bailey got the next three batters on a fly ball to left, with Preston Hendry making a circus catch, and two strikeouts.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2025
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Warren 8-5 (3): Freshman Peyton Nissen, who is making circus catches in the outfield, is batting .500 in her past two games.
4.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
On the next fourth-and-1, Grubbs doesn’t throw the ball away, instead going deep to Fitzgerald, who almost makes a circus catch 45 yards down the field.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2026
Cody Cappelletti opened the top of the seventh with a single, but Bailey got the next three batters on a fly ball to left, with Preston Hendry making a circus catch, and two strikeouts.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2025
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“Circus catch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circus%20catch. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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