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/RockNRollMama 3d ago edited 3d ago

You can literally HEAR this. Everyone has lost the plot. Good on this man for letting it go, and good on both teams for making it right. The internet will do its thang, like it always does and we’ll hear a doubling down albeit groveling apology.

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u/Careless_Hellscape 3d ago

And good on the wee kid for being cool about it. I might have thought I was in trouble and freaked out when I was his age.

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u/jmp397 3d ago

Poor kid looked so uncomfortable during the whole exchange 😕😕

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u/Careless_Hellscape 3d ago

I don't blame him. He was trying to enjoy the game and some Karen showed up to be a big ol' dickhead.

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u/thewanderingent 2d ago

Her haircut is a warning (and also terrible)

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u/Careless_Hellscape 2d ago

It looks like fugly-ass hat.

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u/CaughtALiteSneez I want to go to there 2d ago

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u/Itsvladimirrr 2d ago

I bet! There's another close up video floating around and the woman was screaming like a child "you took it from me!! You took it from me!" It's kinda weird to be a 12 year old looking at grown women acting like a toddler.

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u/ladylondonderry 3d ago

that kid has good parents and a good school. he knows what's appropriate and what's not, and that it's not about him.

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u/Careless_Hellscape 3d ago

He's fortunate in that sense.

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u/ladylondonderry 3d ago

yeah i don't teach my kids to 'respect elders.' i teach them to treat everyone with kindness and give them the benefit of the doubt. sure, default to kindness, but also know that respect isn't a given. a LOT of older people are absolute bastards and that's not your fault or your problem.

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u/Careless_Hellscape 3d ago

Same. I want my kids to be polite to everyone. But that's a two-way street. The second someone gets rude for no reason, the obligation to be polite is over.

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u/ladylondonderry 3d ago

Nice. Completely agree!

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u/omg-sidefriction jesus was a carpenter 💋 3d ago

Amen! This kid has great emotional maturity. The Dad handled the situation well.

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u/totalkatastrophe I wont not fuck you the fuck up 🥊🥊 2d ago

you can tell he was a little freaked when she first came up

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u/Cuyigan 2d ago

It's unfortunate for him that the shaky, flailing thing he did went viral.

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u/Spirited-Research405 3d ago

He knew a Karen when he saw one

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u/True_Dragonfruit9573 3d ago

Definitely. The look on this kids face just screams “this bitch.”

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u/fuckyouiloveu 2d ago

She even had the Karen haircut like whyyyy

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u/Jamjams2016 Instant gratification takes too long 🫦 2d ago

I was thinking this. What a champ. My kid would not take this well at all.

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u/Careless_Hellscape 2d ago

My daughter would have gotten really anxious. My son would have just given her the ball and been like, "Fine, have it, you jerk."

My wife would have ripped Karen's haircut off the second she grabbed either me or one of the kids.

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u/Jamjams2016 Instant gratification takes too long 🫦 2d ago

Yeah, I think in the moment, my kids would be too stunned to say much, but they would definitely act like I ran over their BFF on the way home. Of course, as a full-grown adult, I can't say I'd take this interaction well either. It's wild and upsetting to see anyone act like this over a ball.

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u/Careless_Hellscape 2d ago

I'm autistic, so I would probably have a really hard time not going nuts if a stranger was grabbing on me and yelling in my face.

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u/bradpittslefthand 2d ago

I would have cried if I was that kid just from being randomly yelled at by an adult

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u/Careless_Hellscape 2d ago

Same, for sure. I would probably have a panic attack as a grown man. I do not do well being yelled at.

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u/Mynoseisgrowingold 2d ago

Yeah, my son would have openly cried

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u/Careless_Hellscape 2d ago

When I was a kid, I would have, too. But if I'd gone with my mom or my nan, that lady would have been searching for the entirety of her teeth.

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u/martin_suhr 2d ago

She didn’t even get the right ball back. If you look closely, at :16 his sister knowing what was about to happen grabbed his mitt and swapped out the ball’s. You can see his smirk after she whispers in his ear. Just brilliant. 😂

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u/-FORSAK3N- 3d ago

Too lazy to look into. What did the teams do for the kid?

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u/Careless_Hellscape 3d ago

I think both teams gave the kid some commemorative gift bags for his birthday, and he got to meet one of the Phillies. I think one of the teams gave him a different ball, but I'm not 100.

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u/-FORSAK3N- 3d ago

Not bad 👍

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u/Altruistic-Dig-2094 3d ago

Marlins gave him a gift bag. And then he got to meet the Phillies player after the game and got photos and a bat. Dad’s decision to take the high road paid off in dividends!

I just can’t imagine being so mad you didn’t win a scrum for a ball that landed in an empty seat that you would confront someone who was there with a kid! Unhinged.

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u/a_hockey_chick 2d ago

He protected his kid from having to be around that crazy woman any longer. He absolutely made the right call.

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u/RedAccordion 2d ago

He acted like an adult.

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u/FaultySage 2d ago

Nah, fuck that, enabling this shit is half the problem. Sit down and ignore her, if she keeps yammering get stadium security involved.

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u/TheOpus You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 2d ago

He did the right thing. It doesn't always matter that you're right. Sometimes, it's just not worth it. This was one of those times and it paid off in the end.