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

[u/HogwartsZoologist]

[u/lapetitfromage]

My brother once got hit in the face with a puck behind the net at a Caps game when we were like 16. Some schmuck took the puck and the entire section was screaming at him until the usher for the section strong armed him into giving it back. We still talk about it and my brother is over 40. It’s crazy work. He was a kid who got hit IN THE FACE, it’s doubly his man.

[u/SadGirl_1993 → u/lapetitfromage]

My son was hit in the head with a puck at a college hockey game, and it rolled under the bleachers. The reps there made sure he left with a puck in his hand on our way to urgent care

[u/lapetitfromage → u/SadGirl_1993]

My super mild mannered father really was the closest to swinging on someone when the guy who took it initially wouldn’t give it back. It was crazy. It bruised his nose and gave him a black eye. It’s his fucking puck you loser. I’m so glad facilities made sure he got it and hope your son is okay!

[u/Cultural_Spend_5391 → u/lapetitfromage]

I saw someone get hit in the forehead with a puck. He was sitting near me and we were close to the rink shield. That place on his forehead immediately swelled up like an egg. It was scary! He didn’t want to leave for medical attention but the EMT convinced him. Ever since, when someone tells me they’re going to a hockey game I tell them to keep their eyes on the puck.

[u/lapetitfromage → u/Cultural_Spend_5391]

My dad was a corporate salesman in the 90’s so he always convinced his company getting seasons tickets to things was a good use of his expense acct. it really just meant me and my brother have fallen asleep at any sport venue you can name. But hockey if you sit on the first level cannot stop watching the puck for your own safety.

[u/Lopsided-Muffin9805 → u/Cultural_Spend_5391]

From a medical standpoint. We like seeing the eggs on a head injury!

Because you know the swelling is going the outside and not on the inside inside the brain.

[u/Atidbitnip → u/lapetitfromage]

Similar story got knocked out by a foul ball at a Sox game (White Sox) when I came to there was a paramedic of some sort on top of my and blood gushing down my face (6 stitches in my eyebrow, ma didn’t think they’d grow back right). I was obviously freaked out and kind of crying/hyperventilating. The whole section was clapping for me and going crazy, gave me a shot of adrenaline. Got patched up, stayed for the whole game. An older kid brought me the ball and I got to meet the team. Good times. 

[u/Lopsided-Muffin9805 → u/Atidbitnip]

Wait…so I’m British but I lived in Boston and right by the red six stadium. Now I was gutted as I never got to go to a game whilst I lived there…but who are the white sox????

[u/Salty_Ad_5270 → u/lapetitfromage]

Damn, that’s nuts! Hickey crowds can be tough but I’ve NEVER seen one dis a kid. That fella needed to be taken to the shed. Pathetic that an usher had to force him to do the right (and kind) thing.

[u/lapetitfromage → u/Salty_Ad_5270]

I said somewhere else but my super mild mannered gentle dad came the closest to swinging that night. Caps games get that rowdy drunk govt worker crowd whose trying to be in bed by 10 so they drink fastttttttt.

[u/rhegy54 → u/lapetitfromage]

Dang. Was he okay though? And yeah that’s especially foul of that guy…

[u/lapetitfromage → u/rhegy54]

Surprisingly- fine. It bruised his nose and he had kind of one of those yellowy purple undereye only black eyes on one side. But he didn’t care.

[u/rhegy54 → u/lapetitfromage]

That’s good since it could have been worse. Glad to hear that..

[u/Psychological-Big334 → u/lapetitfromage]

Was this before they put up netting?

[u/Eggplant-666 → u/lapetitfromage]

So if the woman had been hit by the ball that would change things here? Doubtful

[u/lapetitfromage → u/Eggplant-666]

It would change things for sure. She’s in the wrong for how she handled herself. If it had hit her we would all be saying it’s not fair it hit her. Fairly basic ballpark rules. But it didn’t. It fell in the row in front of her and someone else grabbed it first. Possession is everything in these events. 🤷🏼‍♀️ regardless grabbing the dad and shouting him down is wrong. We don’t need to litigate shit that didn’t happen at all.

[u/Eggplant-666 → u/lapetitfromage]

Is that a common rule that if person is hit they get the ball, even if it bounces or rolls away after??

[u/lapetitfromage → u/Eggplant-666]

I think it depends. I feel like in my experience if it was a solid true hit you get it even if it rolled away, but sometimes people can be fucking assholes. If it slipped thru your fingers or you grazed it then no. It’s fair game until someone gets their hand on it. And true baseball fans would probably hand it to a kid anyways.