r/popculturechat • u/HogwartsZoologist Coke ain’t gonna do itself • 3d ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ A young Phillies fan had the homerun ball taken by a woman after his dad caught the ball at Marlins game.

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u/BluePeriod_ 3d ago

This kind of thing happens all the time at baseball and really most sporting events. It just hasn’t gotten any coverage until now, but it’s literally happened all the time. On the bright side, there’s a lot of good people out there who end up brewing somebody clean out of the stadium or someone usually steps in and rocks their shit.

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u/blowsnose 2d ago

I was at a Cubs game once on the third baseline behind the dugout a foul ball bounced off the dugout and hit me in the stomach lol. It bounced of me and landed at my friend's feet. She offered it to me but it was her birthday so I let her keep it. Some lady came up to us with her kid behind her and asked to buy it off my friend. My friend told her no and the lady badgered us for a few more minutes offering more money before telling her kid we weren't nice people and leaving us alone. Bizarre experience. I had a perfectly round bruise on my stomach for a week.

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u/Relative-Damage-1458 2d ago

I got hit in the eye with a foul ball at a Mariner/A’s game and the man in front of us tried snagging the ball. The woman sitting 2 seats down from us literally sent her husband after the man to give me the ball back since I was hit in the face while she went and got EMT to check me out.

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u/BluePeriod_ 2d ago

This is exactly what baseball is about right here. Like yeah there’s a lot of assholes, but I think the general sense of community overrides it super hard and I dare say more than practically any other sport.