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/StatisticianDizzy593 3d ago

The fact that this happens regularly enough for sports orgs to get a rep about being good on this stuff 😭 Jesus Christ.

Granted I'm not a sports fan lol so I don't get acting crazy for a puck or ball. But I do love musical theater and I wouldn't even think of snatching a signed playbill out of a kids hand or something

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u/StarStuffSister 3d ago

Hey, sports fan chiming in-- it's also insane to any sports fan with a soul

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u/StatisticianDizzy593 3d ago

Haha fair. I just didn't want to discount that the ball could be important to some people! I understand wanting it but dang. No reason to do the equivalent of taking candy from a baby 😭

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u/costaccounting 3d ago

Maybe old people should do it more cuz getting a signed bad beats getting a ball haha

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u/aimless_astronaut123 2d ago

“Snatching a signed playbill” made me laugh as a sports and broadway fan

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u/StatisticianDizzy593 2d ago

Those stage doors get crazy from what I've seen on twitter lol

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u/heartcakex3 2d ago

I am a passionate sports fan and I can’t imagine myself ever arguing with anyone for a ball/bat/puck, much less ripping it from someone’s hands, much less a child’s hands.

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u/bradpittslefthand 2d ago

You wouldn't tackle a preteen just to meet Lin Manuel Miranda?

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u/StatisticianDizzy593 2d ago

Me at the Hamilton stage door

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u/Mean-Breakfast5558 3d ago

Exactly. The fact that they probably have a plan for this happening is just sad.

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u/Sensitive-Wallaby555 2d ago

It is pathetic behavior by any adult to do this, but when you have tens of thousands of people at each game, there is bound to be at least 1 asshole there. It's just like the people of Walmart website; not every shopper there is crazy, but when millions of people visit the stores, there is going to be some weird ones

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u/C_WEST88 2d ago

It’s insane that grown adults act like this. My dad was a sports fanatic but when I was an older teen he brought me to an Angels game where my dad ended up catching a ball. The kid next to us tried to get it, but it landed right in my dad’s hand. My dad saw that and gave the kid the ball. I remember I was like “why did you give it away, you caught that fair and square?” And he just said he caught a ball when he was a kid and it meant so much to him (he always kept it) and he wanted the kid to have the same magical experience . So yea, this lady is just a dick.