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In June 2021, a TikTok user resurfaced the #amazing ball girl catch video: The video had been amazing — or fooling — viewers for more than a decade, as our original fact check details below: In June 2008 a reader emailed us the following message: The video clip linked above was purportedly taken during a minor league baseball game between the Fresno Grizzlies and the Tacoma Rainiers. When a Tacoma batter hits a foul drive into the left-field corner, a ball girl sprints down the line and, leaping and scaling the outfield wall, makes an amazing catch of the ball on the fly. She then casually tosses the ball to the stunned Fresno left-fielder and jogs back to her seat as if it were all no big deal, while the play-by-play announcer describes the event in breathless detail: Is it real game footage? No, it's a commercial for Gatorade sports drink: (Although the above quote states that Gatorade shelved the campaign, the ball girl commercial aired during baseball's 2008 All-Star Game.) The clip, produced by Element 79, combined footage taken during and after a game between the two minor league teams with some digital trickery to produce the illusion of a spectacular catch made by a hustling ball girl. ShootOnline talked to director Baker Smith, who explained how the effect was created: In 2015, a ball girl made a real outstanding catch at a major league game in San Diego.
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