Multiple times a season, a fan will make a nice snag in the stands with a mitt, and we’ll hear something like “That’s why you wear your glove to the park.”

But what if you don’t have a glove? Some people try to use hats, which are often inferior to the barehand approach. One woman at the Cardinals game tonight, though, utilized a different tool altogether:

Damn! Just enveloped that baseball, and that’s an awkward way to try to catch anything, much less a major league pop fly. Well played.

It’s hard to say how much of her approach was self-defense, but that’s always a factor for foul balls, regardless, so it’s quite acceptable.

And hey, the Cardinals ended up putting away the Pirates 8-4, which means St. Louis is undefeated since this woman caught a foul ball in her purse. Maybe this turns their entire season around! (Or, considering their rash of injuries, maybe they should put her in right and bat her third.)

About Jay Rigdon

Jay is a columnist at Awful Announcing. He is not a strong swimmer. He is probably talking to a dog in a silly voice at this very moment.