Introducing Bat Catching, Red Stripe Drinking Mitch Davie – Early Nominee for 2011 Sports Fan of the Year

March 7, 2011 By 24 Comments

Earlier today, one of the most incredible action pics of a sports fan I’ve ever seen starting circulating through the Internet sportosphere. This post will quickly recognize Mitch Davie, the subject of said picture, and an early nominee for 2011 Sports Fan of the Year.

Basically, Davie was attending a Braves-Blue Jays Spring Training game in Kissimme, FL, sipping on a Red Stripe tall boy, when the sports gods presented him with an opportunity to go down in history as a gigantic badass. He rose to the occasion, proof below.

sports-fan-of-the-year-mitch-davieImage source: Dave Goldman/AP via Seattle Times

So a bat comes flying at Davie, and not only does he keep his Red Stripe steady, but he saves the terrified guys next to him from a certain bat-induced welt, all while his eyes are closed. Impressive. Badass.

Mitch Davie, you are the current leader in the clubhouse for 2011 Sports Fan of the Year.

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  • http://whatuhwhy.tumblr.com/ MrRiggs

    Thats just full of win. The people a couple rows up are even like ahh!, hes still got a beer in hand, nice!

  • http://twitter.com/drewlange @drewlange

    I could do that

  • http://www.midwestsportsfans.com JerodMSF

    Prove it. And there must be video or a picture.

  • kyle

    he is the only black guy in the picture

  • adam

    that guys forearm on the left is wacked out

  • Carl

    Got a video of this somewhere??

  • Kellia Ramares

    Give that man a contract!

  • Gator Brian

    Either you're a Gator or you'e gatorbait!

  • YoMamaKeepsCallin

    Get a few pops into ya, and you cease to think, you just do. Sometimes for worse, sometimes you become a MF'n jedi.

  • Yankee Dave

    He looks like Bernie Williams to me. Maybe he's making a come back.
    Yankee Dave

  • Lenny66

    Good Snag !!! The expressions on the faces of the people around him are CLASSIC !!!

  • Guest

    What the article failed to mention was that after he caught the bat, he used it to give everyone around him two for flinching.

  • tim

    HOORAY Baseball!

  • BigBadDaddy

    looks like the guy he saved wet his pants. he might want to lose the raybans and swap out those jean shorts for a dress.

  • Double C

    Mitch Davie…WINNING!

  • Ken

    Red Stripe…it gives you big balls!

  • Kassey Wetherbug

    I KNOW RIGHT!!!!

  • rupert19

    Good job,BIG GUY.

  • http://twitter.com/MoSchnitz @MoSchnitz

    Guy on the top right looks like George W Bush.

  • Eddie Haskell

    Notice the kid in the lower left catching some upskirt action from the mezzanine.

  • http://twitter.com/GJonMartin @GJonMartin

    Happy Gilmore would have taken it to the chest.

  • http://twitter.com/mitchdavie33 @mitchdavie33

    Thanks for all the love everyone! Were gonna have some videos up on youtube in the next few days so stay tuned! And follow me @mitchdavie33 and @sportsblog247!

  • Bill

    Sorry I meant to hit thumbs up, and I hit thumbs down. You are awesome!

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