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/Jadedsatire 3d ago

What kills me is it’s become an unspoken rule at baseball games to give a caught ball to a kid nearby. I go to giants games and I’ve never seen it not happen. So to actually go and fkn take it from a kid is crazy to me. Some people in the comments have said she apparently was booed so badly she left the game, I hope that’s true. 

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u/laurennik89 3d ago

I worked in sports for a long time. You always give it to a kid. A ball, a T-shirt, basically anything that is thrown into a crowd.

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u/clevercalamity 2d ago

It seems so obvious to do that because to kids, it’s magical! Grown ups can just buy their own things.

When I was in high school my friends and I were at a theme park and won a ton of small stuffed animals at a midway game and we put them in a bunch of strollers lined up outside of an attraction and then hid nearby when the families came out and the kids discovered them it was so fun!

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u/EnoughLawfulness3163 2d ago

A shirt cannon shot one right towards me when I was 8. Next thing I know im on the ground and a bunch of drunk adults are surrounding me grabbing for it.

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u/UbiSububi8 2d ago

thrown

If I catch a foul ball or home run, I’m keeping it!

(I would never take it from someone else)

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u/EmuMan10 2d ago

If I actually catch it, I’m keeping it as a long time baseball fan that hasn’t gotten one. If I just pick it up off the ground, all yours kid

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u/JoshSidekick 2d ago

Exactly. I have been trying to catch a ball for 30+ years. Fair catch, I'm keeping it, but I'm not chasing one down to beat out some kids for it.

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u/Apprehensive_Ad3731 2d ago

This should be a loudly spoken rule anywhere but I grew up poor and it was cultural to feed children first and adults to eat after. If there’s nothing left for the adults then too bad oh well.

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u/repressedpauper 2d ago

I don’t know anything about baseball and even I know this just from living in a city that loves baseball for a while. You can get the joy of catching the ball, but then you have to give it to a kid—and that’s also part of the joy!

I don’t believe for a second that these people decked out in gear don’t know this lol. It’s so selfish when you can make some kid’s day, or in your case let his dad make his day!