Clumsy baseball fan fumbles shot at fame

An uncoordinated baseball fan has hopelessly failed to nab his 15 minutes of fame after he fumbled three chances to catch foul balls at a game in New York.

New York Yankees supporter Will Smith was in some of the best seats in the house on the third base line when the Boston Red Sox visited Yankee Stadium.

However, with great seats comes great responsibility and catching a foul ball, let alone three of them, is high on the list.

But Smith, who admitted to drinking during the match, embarrassingly failed his duties in front of the packed stadium and a world-wide television audience.

"That first foul was that high foul ball down the base line," Smith told Esquire.com.

"It got lost in the stadium lights and I was like, 'Oh s---, that's coming right at me'."

And the second ball?

"(It) was a chopper coming down the line and I thought one of the crew was going to grab it, but the next thing I know it's right on me and it bounced out of my hands," Smith said.

Saving his worst for last, Smith's third attempt to snare a prized trophy was a simple underhand throw from the third base coach.The ball slipped through Smith's hands and hit him in the face, leaving him to dangle over the fence to retrieve it from the warning track.

However, Smith was quick to blame the helpful coach for selling him short.

"(He) didn’t do me any favours because it was a short throw, and after half a dozen beers at a baseball game, you're not working your best," Smith said.

Smith's embarrassing night was compounded when the Red Sox claimed a convincing 10-4 win.