shoestring catch

noun

: a catch (as in baseball) made very close to the feet

Examples of shoestring catch in a Sentence

The left fielder made a shoestring catch.

Recent Examples on the Web

Fields and the second team had eight plays during their turn, with tight end Tre Watson extending his hands on one of the looks to make a shoestring catch. — Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

The Cubs players continued to taunt Ruth at every opportunity, and a big one came their way in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jurges slashed a sinking liner into right field and the lumbering, top-heavy Babe muffed a shoestring catch. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

The next batter, Josh Flores, hit a fly ball to left field and Everly made a shoestring catch, according to the umpires. — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026

One inning later, Cody Bellinger made a remarkable shoestring catch of Soto’s sinking line drive and then fired an absolute strike to first to double off Lindor. — Tim Britton, New York Times, 7 July 2025

And Bellinger’s sensational shoestring catch on a Juan Soto line drive turned into a rally-killing double play in the seventh. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025

Bellinger’s sensational shoestring catch on a Juan Soto line drive, meanwhile, turned into a rally-killing double play in the seventh. — Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025

Canady struck out Prange then Johnson was robbed of her second hit by a shoestring catch in right field. — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 3 June 2023

The ball went off the right calf of North Carolina linebacker Cedric Gray, then off the right toe of linebacker Power Echols, who made a shoestring catch. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shoestring catch

• isopach
• attach
• bycatch
• despatch
• detach
• dispatch
• mismatch
• nuthatch
• potlatch
• bache
• batch
• brach