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Hall of ShameA catalog of baseball's lasting mistakes

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A field catalog of classic major-league blunders. The mistake is the subject. The person is not the punch line.

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Luis Castillo with the Mets on June 23, 2008. This is not the popup at Yankee Stadium on June 12, 2009.

Fielding Fiascos2009

Castillo Drops the Popup

The Mets led by a run with two outs in the ninth when Luis Castillo dropped Alex Rodriguez's popup, then threw to the wrong base.

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