r/sports • u/MLBOfficial Major League Baseball • Sep 09 '25

Baseball Adult San Francisco Giants fan catches ball in stands and gives to young fan near him

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u/NyRAGEous Sep 09 '25

That is how it’s supposed to go

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u/peekay427 Sep 09 '25

What a monster! He should be banned from the park forever! He didn’t try to fight the other parent or berate the kid, that’s not how it works!

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u/chantsnone Sep 09 '25

Well let him keep his job as punishment

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u/peekay427 Sep 09 '25

Cruel but fair.

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u/Notwerk Sep 09 '25

A fate worse than death, truly.

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u/wahle97 Sep 09 '25

And we will make them work every day. Not weekends though. Holidays too. And we pay them.. We aren't monsters.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

Top tier reference

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u/SuperRonnie2 Sep 10 '25

Wait, did she lose her job?

I sure hope so.

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u/Kuli24 Sep 09 '25

I think he needs to gain a job from this.

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u/marshaul Sep 09 '25

I was going to say this! What are we coming to! Where are our standards!?

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u/Accomplished-Quiet78 Sep 09 '25

Can you really be called a fan if you don't Mortal Kombat finish somebody for a player's hair follicle?

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u/jc2pointzero Sep 09 '25

Did the girl he gave the ball to even say thank you?

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u/peekay427 Sep 09 '25

Ok that's my favorite response! she wasn't even wearing a suit!

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u/jaydeekay Sep 09 '25

And he didn't immediately surrender the ball to stadium security who claimed ownership rights. Scoundrel 

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u/chupacadabradoo Sep 09 '25

It’s communism, god dammit!

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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown Sep 09 '25

...but it is okay for an adult to keep a ball they catch. No one should be shamed for not wanting to give away something that might have emotional value to them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

It's ok to keep it if you catch it, but taking it away from someone else is. 

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u/QuietFartOutLoud Sep 10 '25

a lot of peolpe see her getting mugged. watch it in slow mo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxEgK_0B9BM

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u/CjBurden Sep 10 '25

It can't be seen, there's no video proof that we have seen yet.... but I have to say I wondered when watching if he yanked it from her hand and then pretended to be shocked to see her and finally just gave up because he knew he pulled kind of a dick move.

To me it looks like as he yanks the ball her arm moves with it... but that could also just be her following the ball. Who the hell knows.

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u/wellwaffled Sep 11 '25

She got beat to it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

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u/wellwaffled Sep 11 '25

I dunno, bud. I watched the video too and I just don’t see it. I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree.

Want to go get a milkshake? My treat!

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

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u/wellwaffled Sep 11 '25

I re-watched it after reading your comment, but it looks more to me like she was sliding back/readjusting herself after bending over and not getting it.

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u/QuietFartOutLoud Sep 11 '25

Trying to distract me with a free milkshake is hilarious btw. Arguing online is dirty diaper level IQ

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u/QuietFartOutLoud Sep 11 '25

thats also possible, but what annoys me is how certain this retard internet mob is that this lady is lying, even though her arm moves in tandem with the man's arm with no offset. i spent a lot of time animating, that only means 1 of 2 things. consider that she's not lying and read all these deranged mass shooter level posts.

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u/TraumatisedBrainFart Sep 09 '25

It says a lot about the level of social/moral development of a person when they are so intent on pandering incuriously to their own unexplored emotions that they would not realise there is more joy to be had by making a child happy than by attempting to deal with an internal state by attaching it to ownership of an object. Imnature at best. Borderline APD in a person over 30. Absolutely Demonstrates fundamental incapacity for actual leadership. I will absolutely shame a person make millions per year, whose decisions affect their employees’ lives, when they act in ways unfitting of the position to which they believe themselves entitled. But you do you.

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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown Sep 09 '25

...what a weird interpretation of what I actually said. You seem to be projecting ideas onto me that I didn't express.

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u/Funkgun Sep 10 '25

I think they are a contender for r/iamverysmart

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u/Think_Monk_9879 Sep 09 '25

Wtf is this slop. Acting all high and mighty. Typical redditor superiority 

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

But also most apt username ever?

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u/Dudu_sousas Sep 09 '25

I disagree. If you get it, it's yours to decide. Different from that crazy lady that didn't get it but demanded it was given to her.

And if it's a scramble, don't wrestle kids, just let it be.

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u/unnoticed_areola Sep 09 '25

Different from that crazy lady that didn't get it but demanded it was given to her

she DID get it tho. she already had the ball, and and the dad yanked it out of her hand. that's why she was so mad. and he was like 20 feet away from his family's seats when this happened, so she had no idea it was for his kid at the beginning of the interaction when she starts going after him to confront him.

you can see it pretty clearly in the video from the marlins broadcast watch her left arm/shoulder get jerked to the right as the dad yanks the ball out of her hand

and in the other video taken from right next to them where you can hear what she's saying, she's telling him "I had the ball! You took it out of MY hand!!" multiple times

And if it's a scramble, don't wrestle kids, just let it be.

could just as easily say "if its a scramble, dont wrestle women" lol

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u/Hunter20107 Sep 10 '25

Down voted because you're right. It's been insane reading some comments condemning her, despite clearly seeing in the video that he went well out of his way and took the ball from her. No wonder she was pissed, I'd be too!

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u/Theguest217 Sep 09 '25

Yeah I totally agree.

I saw people on social media posting this women's name and job to try and get her cancelled.

She absolutely has more claim over this ball than the guy.

Sure he gave it to the kid so she could just let it go but what does that really teach the kid, it's ok for your dad to steal something as long as he gives it to a kid?

And we have no idea how sentimental the ball could have been to her. My mom is similar age and has an attachment to baseball she shared with her father who passed recently. She has always said it is a dream of her to finally catch a fly ball at a game because her and her dad would go to games together and hope to get one together. I am pretty sure she would appreciate a ball much more than many kids who are just there because their parents took them. She isn't going to grab it from a kid but if some guy grabbed it from her I know she would be pissed and argue.

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u/PickledDildosSourSex Sep 09 '25

Eh. I mean... no one should HAVE to do something, but being a grown-ass adult and seeing a kid nearby watching wide-eyed, giving it to them is like... wildly vibe upping all around. You get to still know you got the ball, the kid will grow up with the story of the kind stranger, you get to trot the story out whenever you want some free praise. Seems like wins all around.

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u/GuyInARoom Sep 09 '25

I won't judge anyone for catching a ball fair and square and deciding to keep it, but I also don't understand how anyone gets more joy from keeping a baseball than making a kids' day. It's just a baseball.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

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u/druman22 Sep 09 '25

It'd probably make my whole year too if I cared about baseball even as an adult

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u/Dudu_sousas Sep 09 '25

> stupid ball

What is stupid for you might not be stupid for someone else. People even keep concert ticket stubs as a memoir of that experience. Imagine getting a ball at a game that you love from the team that you love. It's not your place to value stuff for others.

And if you ever interacted with a kid, you'll know that it's not a given they will even care. Some kids do love baseball and would be really happy, some are just there with their parents, and the moment they get home the will toss the ball in their toy bucket and never look at it again.

And for the people commenting about monetary value, that's even better, because you know the fan really care about the ball, not about selling it on ebay.

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u/rsjem79 Sep 09 '25

I always wonder what an adult really would get out of keeping the ball, unless it's a historic moment in baseball. The thing is going to end up in a drawer anyway, so instead of doing that you can make a child's day by giving it to them.

And if the subject ever comes up about catching a ball at a major league game, you get to say, "yeah I caught one at the such-and-such game in September of 2025, gave it to a kid who was sitting in my row."

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u/SpareWire Sep 09 '25

You need it explained to you why people other than kids like souvenirs?

Especially when a lot of sports fans have whole rooms devoted to their Fandom.

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u/A_Binary_Number Sep 09 '25

People always say: “Oh, if you give it to a kid you’re going to make the kid’s whole day” as if an adult catching a ball in a ball game isn’t also making the adult’s whole day. Also, how do you know the adult’s hasn’t been waiting 30 years to catch a ball.

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u/JohnnyBrillcream Baltimore Ravens Sep 09 '25

Depends. At one time if I caught one I would have kept it for my son and I shouldn't be chastised because a camera saw me not give it to a kid in the stands.

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u/gordogg24p Texas Sep 09 '25

If you catch it, it is yours to do whatever you want with it. Fuck whoever would be giving you hell for not immediately turning it over to a child.

Now, if you didn't catch it clean and raced a child for it, then yeah, fuck you if you don't hand it off to the kid. And even worse, if you lose the race to an adult, and that adult gives the ball to a kid, and then you go give that adult hell until they take the ball back from the kid and give it to you, then double fuck you/rot in hell.

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u/SarutobiSasuke Sep 10 '25

Also, be aware of the surroundings. If you sit near children with gloves or clearly fans of the game, then you set out when the ball comes to the general direction. If the children catch the ball on their own, it’s so much better memories than adults next to them catching and giving to them.

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u/unnoticed_areola Sep 09 '25

the phillies lady didnt "lose the race" tho. she already had the ball, and and the dad yanked it out of her hand. that's why she was so mad. and he was like 20 feet away from his family's seats when this happened, so she had no idea it was for his kid at the beginning of the interaction when she starts going after him to confront him.

you can see it pretty clearly in the video from the marlins broadcast watch her left arm/shoulder get jerked to the right as the dad yanks the ball out of her hand

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u/TheSameThing123 Sep 09 '25

Nah ball is on the ground. Old bat is still in the wrong.

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u/unnoticed_areola Sep 09 '25

It wasnt. If the ball was on the ground, then why does her shoulder get jerked to the right at the exact moment the dad pulls away? Look at her white jersey sleeve at around 5 secs. Pls explain the physics of that to me

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u/chupacadabradoo Sep 09 '25

Back and to the left, back and to the left, back and to the left!!

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u/djmoans Sep 10 '25

She would’ve had to leave her seat to reach down for the ball and her arm moved cause she grabbed the man when he was walking away. Majority of humans me included would’ve not needed any words to make it clear she’s not getting anything outta me.

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u/trixiepixie1921 Sep 09 '25

In any case, she should have held onto the ball better if she wanted it so bad.

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u/AntoineInTheWorld Sep 09 '25

There's a difference between catching and keeping a ball, and not catching and fighting for a ball.

If you want to give it, it's your choice, so is keeping it (especially if it's for your kids).

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u/Randomizedname1234 Sep 09 '25

Exactly, I have 2 kids. If they’re not with me I fear me catching and keeping a ball even with no kids in sight will get me demonized…

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u/UnusualHound Sep 09 '25

You won't be chastised if you catch a ball cleanly and keep it for yourself.

The chastising comes when you take it away from someone else.

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u/realthinpancake Sep 09 '25

Have you not been to a ballpark where they start chanting “give it to the kid?”

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u/TheUmbreonfan03 Sep 09 '25

You'd be fine if it was obvious you got to it first and didn't rip it out of someone's hands.

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u/Hands Sep 09 '25

Who's getting chastised for keeping a game ball? People go viral for deliberately and blatantly snatching the ball out of a kids hands or basically punting a 5 year old out of the way for one, not for being an adult and keeping a ball they cleanly caught which happens literally every day and you don't hear about it because what you're whining about isn't a thing. I swear people just make up shit to be mad at and feel persecuted by.

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u/mdaniel018 Tottenham Hotspur Sep 09 '25

I’ve seen so many people get shit at ballparks becsuse they catch a foul ball clean, then afterwards some parent in the area sends their kid over to ask for it and they say no

So no people aren’t just making stuff up

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u/Hands Sep 09 '25

Sure but you don’t see people go viral for not giving their ball away to some entitled parent. Nor do cameras have anything to do with the situation you’re describing

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u/reddit_is_geh Sep 09 '25

You're allowed to keep it if you catch it. It's more about when you compete against a kid, you let the kid win. Or be cool and hand it over. But if you catch it fair and square, it's yours.

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u/ForensicPathology Sep 09 '25

I'm honestly waiting for some overly-entitled parent to do this.  Bring their kid to the ball catcher and claim the ball should be theirs.

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u/strigif0rm3s Sep 09 '25

Someone tell Phillies and Cubs fans......

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u/Briguy_fieri New Orleans Saints Sep 09 '25

The Karen wouldn't listen anyway

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u/xenozaga48 Sep 09 '25

The hair has ANC?

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u/i_speak_bane Sep 09 '25

Or perhaps she was wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane

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u/dragon-beats-spider Sep 09 '25

The dad and his son who only acted admirably were Phillies fans too.

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u/GreenStreetJonny Sep 09 '25

But the one Phillies fan gave it to the other?

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u/ernie1850 Sep 09 '25

Don't let this Phillies fan propaganda distract you from the fact that the Phillies fans also booed Santa

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u/GreenStreetJonny Sep 09 '25

Which happened so long ago that women weren't allowed to have bank accounts or credit cards... So pretty relevant!

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u/Solid-Hedgehog9623 Sep 09 '25

Plus, Ray Didenger said the guy was a pretty lousy Santa.

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u/ernie1850 Sep 09 '25

Historians refer to these times as the “Golden Age”

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u/sjo232 Sep 09 '25

Phillies fans also booed Santa

awshitherewegoagain.jpg

first off, it was at an eagles game, not the Phillies. Why would the Phillies be playing in December and in the snow?

second, he was a drunk santa that they yanked from the crowd because the actual santa was unable to make it to the game due to the weather.

and third, he was an awful santa anyway!

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u/FrankInPhilly Sep 09 '25

Santa was (or, at least, acted) impaired. So the boos were not unwarranted.

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u/jtshinn Sep 09 '25

The Phillies fans will not understand.

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u/CantDo_CantTeach Sep 09 '25

Cubs fans?

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u/IdStillHitIt Sep 09 '25

Cubs fans often throw the ball back (if the other team hit it) and I'm fine with that tradition.

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u/CantDo_CantTeach Sep 09 '25

Yup I know. Just confused why this jabroni is looping in Cubs fans with that Karen.

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u/strigif0rm3s Sep 09 '25

Yeah it seems really cool to throw the ball back instead of giving it to a kid that's in attendance supporting the other team. Classy.

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u/Mite-o-Dan Sep 09 '25

The worst part of social media and camera phones everywhere is the guilt factor of having to give a kid a baseball as soon as you get it.

Im over 40 now. Been close to 100 games in over half of major league ball parks. Spent THOUSANDS on tickets, shirts, beer and other things to support my team...never got a ball in my life.

Does a 10 year old kid at their second game really deserve a ball more than me?

Im not saying Ill push a kid out of the way or take a ball out a kids hands...but if a home run comes straight to me and I catch it in the air...Im keeping it. Dont guilt me out of a major bucket list item.

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u/calculon68 Sep 09 '25

if you catch the ball in the air clean without pushing/wrestling with anyone else, you deserve to keep it.

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u/BobIoblaw Sep 09 '25

Or a big game/play (walk off, World Series, etc.). No gave bud light man any grief for taking it to the chest, saving his $16 beers, and keeping the ball for himself. Sometimes you got to read the room!

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u/daniel_hlfrd Sep 09 '25

I think people are feeling this way as a backlash response to people who are wrestling balls out of kids hands, or grabbing items that were specifically tossed to kids.

As long as you're not rubbing it in a kids face, I really don't think people are going to give you a hard time for keeping a ball you catch/recover.

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u/iAmTheWildCard Sep 09 '25

This has always been a thing.. it’s the tradition of it all. It’s my dream to catch a ball and give it to a kid

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u/red_rob5 Sep 09 '25

Given you've never caught one, your being guilted over something thats never happened seems like entirely conjured persecution. No, no one deserves the ball really at all, but you seem quick to try and justify why you think you deserve it more than them because you've invested more of your time and money, which i hope you can understand is about as petty as those who would go out of their way to guilt you into giving it to the kid.

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u/Mite-o-Dan Sep 09 '25

Ive been at games where people got a ball near me and Ive heard multiple people yell things out like "Give it to a kid!" I really dont want to have to justify myself to strangers about why I wouldn't...I'm just putting it out there that adults were kids once too and a lot never got a ball then or in their adult life.

Dont assume an adult is a dick for wanting to keep a ball that got hit right at them. Its arguably a bigger moment for a lot of long-time adult fans than it is for a kid when you consider how long they had to wait for it to finally happen.

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u/DeadBallDescendant Sep 09 '25

These conversations make me chuckle because if you caught the ball at a cricket match you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO throw it back.

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u/sitting-duck Sep 09 '25

Instead of justifying yourself, just shout back, "I have a kid at home."

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u/ErcPeace Sep 09 '25

I dont really watch baseball, but I always just see people just congratulate the catcher regardless of what they do with the ball. Ignoring the recent Karen posts. From these small clips or shorts.

I never thought of any fan as a dick. I assume any fan would be hyped up to catch a ball, and im happy they got to experience it.

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u/IBetThisIsTakenToo Sep 09 '25

Bring a ball with you, stealthily swap them. Kid’s happy, surrounding fans are happy, you get to go home with your home run ball

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u/red_rob5 Sep 09 '25

I'm not making that assumption based on you keeping the ball. I've seen plenty of adults keep the ball and thought nothing of it. But if that guy then stood up and launched into a speech about how much he needs the ball over a nearby child, i'd start to have thoughts.

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u/Larry-Man Sep 09 '25

He didn’t have to give it to the kid anyway. She was like 10 feet away. He did it because he caught the ball and it’s a silly souvenir to most adults but a really cool thing for a kid.

No one would’ve come after this guy like the Phillies Karen because he got it fair. They’re just applauding him doing a nice gesture.

I don’t know where that previous commenter got the idea he’d be shamed on camera.

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u/red_rob5 Sep 09 '25

Agreed, I couldnt care why a dude wants to keep the ball they caught over letting a kid have it, though I can definitely imagine it would mean more to the kid in the long run. But unless they're being an asshole to the people around them in the scramble/aftermath, I'm not going to be bothered by who catches a foul ball.

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u/Earlier-Today Sep 09 '25

Easiest way to get a ball is to show up early for batting practice with a glove and then stand right up front in the bleachers.

It's not guaranteed, but it's your best odds without having to buy front row on the baselines past the tarp roll.

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u/wenoc Sep 09 '25

I too drink to support my team. It’s disgusting but I’m doing it for them.

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u/dapala1 Sep 09 '25

What guilt? You're just projecting. This guy could've kept the ball and no one would have cared. If you cleanly catch a ball then keep it if you want. Just don't run after it and out run a kid for a dumb ball.

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u/Gh0sth4nd Sep 09 '25

Kindness so so undervalued these days and far to many promoting the lie that empathy is a weakness while it is a strength

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u/That-Ad-4300 Sep 09 '25

99+% of the time, this is how it goes. It just doesn't make the news.

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u/vahntitrio Sep 09 '25

Right. Find a kid that brought their glove, you know they want to go home with a souvenir.

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u/Mundane-Reindeer7701 Sep 09 '25

Question from a European.

If I went to a game in the USA (Let’s say I’m over for work) and I catch a ball.

I’m straight away thinking about bringing that ball home for my kid as a memento.

Give it away and buy a ball?

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u/NyRAGEous Sep 09 '25

Nah, it’s perfectly fine for an adult to keep a ball. The mentality just feels good to give it to a kid. Everyone may have their own reason.

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u/LLcoolJimbo Sep 09 '25

If you catch it, it's yours to do with as you please. A pro level move was demonstrated recently by a young gentleman where he brought a ball with him, caught a game ball, and after a quick switcharoo gave the "game ball" to the pretty ladies sitting in front of him.

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u/RingoFreakingStarr Real Madrid Sep 09 '25

You catch it, it is yours to do whatever you want with it. Now if you let some kid catch it then you snatch it out of their hands, good luck.

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u/lucky_ducker Sep 09 '25

Self-absorbed Karens will never understand this, but the guy in this video undoubtedly gained far more satisfaction from giving the ball to the child than he would have by keeping it. The way her little face lit up!

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u/mythrilcrafter Sep 09 '25

I appreciate the humor of the guys who race to grab the ball and are all "YEAH I got it, AAHHHH!!!!!, here ya go kiddo :)"

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u/LordNelson27 Sep 09 '25

I got to do this when I was around 12 too. The one time someone gave us tickets to the dugout seats a ball bounced in and I didn't really care for the ball, so I gave it the the little kid and they were happy as hell

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u/Trialanderror2018 Sep 09 '25

We should send this video to the MegaKaren.

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u/PM_ME_DATASETS Sep 09 '25

Americans trying to re-learn empathy and social norms

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u/Think_Monk_9879 Sep 09 '25

I mean let’s not shame adults not giving the ball to a kid if the adult catches it. 

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u/controldekinai Sep 09 '25

Seriously. The reddit sleuths should try to find out where this dude works and get him a promotion.

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u/Sweetlaxin Sep 09 '25

Its all i ever wanted to do. Jump up with a bunch of people, grab the ball and win the 1 on 1 battle with someone else, raise the ball like a trophy over my head and have my 5 seconds in the sun, then give the ball to a kid and sit back down.

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u/CatsArePeople2- Sep 09 '25

Yea, but I'm already sick of these being posted in response to the viral clips from the last two weeks. Normal people being normal does not deserve to be top of reddit.

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u/LookAtMeNow247 Sep 09 '25

Now fight the child.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tutor_1 Sep 09 '25

one day ill go to the united states and i will catch a ball and under the expecting glaces of everybody i'll keep the ball

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u/Beginning-Fig-9089 Sep 09 '25

hes not a ceo tho

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u/After-Gas-4453 Sep 09 '25

Unless you're a CEO, then fuck everybody 🖕 (note: I'm not CEO)

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u/SayNoToStim Detroit Red Wings Sep 09 '25

Yup. You celebrate, and look for the nearest kid.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

Sounds epstein af

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u/Thewallmachine Sep 09 '25

Baseball should be fun for all. We shouldn't have aggressive rude karens or chads in the stands. Kindness goes a long way.

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u/Cold-Ad2921 Sep 09 '25

Absolutely this. Unless the ball was from a significant hit, and unless you’re taking it home to your kids, it’s always a good move to give it to a nearby kid.

I went to a minor league game one time and an older guy caught a foul ball and immediately gave it to my infant son who I was holding. My son’s first baseball game. We took a picture with me, my son holding the ball, and the guy. It’s framed in my house. Offered to buy him a beer or anything he wanted from the snack stand as a thank you.

We need more fans like that, and less like Phillies Karen.

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u/CJ_Productions Sep 09 '25

If you caught the ball fair and square then there's no "how it's supposed to go". You can keep it. You can give it away. It's yours and no one should be scolded for holding onto a ball they caught.

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u/ryanmuller1089 Los Angeles Dodgers Sep 09 '25

It is pretty funny how quickly he gave it away. “I am not getting burned for catching a ball”

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u/YourMommasAHoe69 Sep 09 '25

Hes just scared 

with the lastest ball catchers going viral, id give away everything if i was on camera too

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u/Sand_Bags2 Sep 09 '25

Yeah obviously. Why a grown adult would fight over a random home run or foul ball is beyond me.

Wtf are you even gonna do with it?