The 18-year-old's first goal for the club arrived on his Champions League debut and, although he was caught out for Hoffenheim's late consolation, he chose a perfect way to announce himself to a wider audience.
Although he was caught and imprisoned for a few days after a first attempt to cross, he bided his time working as a day laborer for several weeks in North Korea.
Although he was caught far before the finish and ended up 16th, his team: (a) unstintingly sang his praises for taking the offensive, or (b) congratulated him handsomely while quietly deploring his tactical sense in making his attack too early.
And, although Walker was caught at deep midwicket off Cosker when only three short of a century, his side were already in sight of victory.
The 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre of Spain attacked near the finish and, although he was caught just 4km from the line, his attempt demonstrated his Geox team's alertness to the threat of Team Sky.
Although Rove was caught on tape counseling other young Republicans on how to cheat, then Republican National Committee chair George H.W. Bush chose Rove as the winner and later, fatefully, connected him with his son, George W.
England also won the next game, although MacLaren was caught from the opening delivery of the match, the first time anyone had been dismissed by the first ball of a Test.
Although the intruder was caught on camera by the CCTV network, the break-in triggered no alarm.
Although Mr. Bieri was caught, his case showed why experts considered the birth certificate to be the soft underbelly of America's interior defenses against illegal immigration.
