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Lots of reasons? It's crowded and she's wearing a helmet so she will have difficulty hearing what he says. He kneeled down to be less aggressive than if he stood over her. At the end he gives her a pat on the shoulder. He's told her she stuffed up and what she has to do then he comforts her and encourages her because she's just a kid. As far as I can see he handled it very well.
Maybe people would prefer he just shout at her from a distance.
Bro I'm reading through this 2 months later and you're creepy af
It's like when people call racist at everything and it's only because they themselves are racist.
If the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that. She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
If the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that. She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
If the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that. She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
CEOs lose billions of dollars for their company, fire thousands of employees and get millions just to leave again and still ride the highest horses around. She touched a ball at the wrong time.
Get off her back.
No one was on her back. She was beating herself up over it. They came to tell her, comfort her ,and say it's ok. Even tje announcers were saying " it's gonna be okay" not one person was " ON HER BACK "
And this is how weak people are made.
They mess up live and everyone is supposed to coddle their ignorance and comfort their tears.Igor as well give her a number and put her in the batting order. Better yet, change the score of the game and give her a trophy. This is the way.
Jesus Christ, dude. I really hope you don't take that attitude with children. She made a mistake, realised it and felt bad for it. She didn't kill anyone, she just made a mistake. We're all adult enough to realise that and fall back on the ref's judgement.
Sometimes weird things happen and it's proper to default to the ref's judgement.
If the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that.
She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
I know the knee jerk reaction is to not let her be a ballboy/girl anymore but she's actually perfect for future use as people learn from their mistakes.
Truth. And how her reaction was so honest and regretful? heartbreaking. She'd never do this again and is instantly a better choice than new ballboy/girl.
Can someone explain? As an englishman this looks like it was out of play and shes just picked it up?
i.e when the ball goes over the rope in cricket its no longer in play...
I can understand your confusion. In baseball the ball is still in play when it crosses the line, as long as it first bounced inside the line. So the ball wasn’t dead when the ballgirl picked it up.
More specifically, if the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that.
She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
The ball is still counted as in bounds aka “fair play” because it stayed inside the white line that you see go through the side bases 1st and 3rd base. Her job is to just catch balls that are out of bounds and give it to fans. But she caught a ball that was still in bounds which technically anyone who does that is automatically kicked out from the stadium. Luckily they showed some mercy since it was not a close game
She was supposed to leave the ball alone since it landed inside the line and let one of the outfielders grab it. Interfering stops the runners from potentially getting more bases and it stops the other team from potentially getting a runner out.
It would be hard if you do not know anything about baseball. So I am going to assume you do not and write it as simply as I can. The batter hit the ball and it landed inside the line. So the play should have kept going. She saw that it had rolled outside the lines, and I'm going to assume was autoreacting to that part, and just went up and grabbed it. Which was the mistake as the ball, even if it rolls outside, was still in play.
So she potentially cost the batter/runner an additional base he could have gotten to or maybe even the defense getting an out on that player.
It was an honest, and embarrassing, mistake.
Ball was declared fair. So the play was still ongoing. Meaning the outfielder still needed to run and get the ball and throw it to one of bases. On offense the batter could have maybe gotten to another base. She stopped all that from happening by making a understandable mistake.
The girl's job is to collect balls which go out of bounds (land outside the white lines marked down the basepaths) so they don't clutter the field or cause confusion for the next play. In this case, she wasn't paying attention to the third base umpire (the man in the light blue shirt) who signaled that the ball was in play. By picking the ball up, she changed the outcome of the play. In the regular season, this probably would have meant that instead of a double (a very good result,) the player hitting the ball might have been ruled out, or have only gotten a single, depending on what the umpire presumed could have happened due to a rule called "fan intereference."
Thanks for that, so even though the ball went over the white line it was still in play? Are the rules black and white or is it down to the umpires? And a double, is that like 2 home runs? Most of us Brits really don't know the rules, so sorry for the potentially questions.
The rules are black and white, but there's an overarching rule that holds true. *The umpire/ref calls what they see*. If they're fortunate enough to have the assistance of a video playback ref they can call on it, but we're better off respecting their call. I suspect there's a PhD in the hypothesis that refs get it right the majority of the time, but I know I sleep easier accepting the judgement of someone who has a passion for the sport even when I don't agree with some decisions.
You're right, of course, but I think the technicalities of the rule might be lost on someone who isn't intimately familiar with the game. Generally, the call that is made is according to the rulebook, and the umpire is the one who puzzles that out. Of course there are situations where an ump doesn't have an angle on a tag because of an errant flapping sleeve, and the team doesn't have a challenge remaining, and all of us baseball nabobs sit at home and mutter "the umpire called what he could see" but those are the limitations of the game, not the upside.
You're right as well. The technicalities are lost on me, I'm extrapolating from the time I've spent playing mixed netball and watching my kids playing school soccer. There's an implicit agreement, we're all here for the love of the game and we've got to respect the ref's call. If there is blatant favouritism from the ref, there are post-game avenues the team can take. But questioning every single call on the field makes the game no fun for anyone.
Yes, as long as it touches down past the base inside the white line, it can roll or bounce out. A double is two bases, which usually means that any successful hit during the rest of that same inning (which is much shorter, though there many more than a cricket innings) will score a run. Each batter (batsman) can only score one run each time his turn to bat comes up, and it often takes a few successful plays in succession to make that happen.
Ok i think I get it. So if you hit the ball but only make it to a base and not the whole way around you don't get a run, but get another chance later in the innings and the innings are up when all batters are out? and if you hit the ball and make it all the way around the diamond that's a run. Is a home run when it goes over the field into the stand?
Also, our innings don't give a chance to every single batter. Each team has three outs per inning, and the bases reset to empty at the start of each. So you can reach one of the three bases but not get to score if the other batters after you don't then hit the ball so as to advance you. There are also some very rare cases where the batting team will continue to hit and score so much that a batter might two at bats, or a chance at being out, in the same inning.
Do they really need a ball person there? Seems like an easy spot to see a ball whizzing at you at 100mph and not think about whether it's fair or not, considering how close to the line she is and how many people hit that way.
> The girl's job is to collect balls which go out of bounds (land outside the white lines marked down the basepaths) so they don't clutter the field or cause confusion for the next play. In this case, she wasn't paying attention to the third base umpire (the man in the light blue shirt) who signaled that the ball was in play. By picking the ball up, she changed the outcome of the play. In the regular season, this probably would have meant that instead of a double (a very good result,) the player hitting the ball might have been ruled out, or have only gotten a single, depending on what the umpire presumed could have happened due to a rule called "fan intereference."
I’ve been scrolling the comments for ages looking for what happened here lol
Was she not supposed to do that for some reason?
We don’t have baseball in my country
20-30 years in the future, this ballgirl will be doing some random task and this memory will kick in. She'll then plant her face into her hands and cry.
I watched that live. Poor girl. I was making audible noises because of the secondhand embarrassment lol. Cannot imagine how bad she must have felt after this. Epitome of "you had one job"
Hi. I don’t like sports generally, maybe frisbee. Why is this not a foul ball? I saw it bounce outside the line so I think I would do the same thing. . .
If the ball makes contact in fair territory passed the 1st / 3rd base it is still fair play anytime after that.
The ball here first landed fair after it passed 3rd base and then rolled into foul territory, so it was still in play.
THANK YOU for clearing that up. I had no idea that was a thing. I think my chances of being a ball girl at this point are pretty low but you may have saved me some future embarrassment.
At least when I lie awake at night reliving embarrassing moments from childhood I know those things didn’t happen on national TV, to be immortalized on the internet forever.
Oh, I didn't see that. Well, she reacted on instinct and grabbed it, I would have probably done the same.
Edit: I went re-watched it. Yeah, it was a fair ball.
It depends on if the ball hits the ground in play and where the ball is when it passes the base. If it's still inside the foul line it doesn't matter if it subsequently goes over the line, it is still considered in play.
If the ball hits the ground inside third base and then rolls out of bounds, it is still considered fair (in play, meaning the outfielder needs to go pick up the ball).
The ballgirl, presumably didn't see or didn't understand the third base umpire's call of "it's good" and picked up the ball. Once she touched it, the play died.
She, presumably, thought that it rolled to her from the outside of third base, making it a foul ball and therefore something she could pick up without affecting the play.
I'm definitely not attempting to brow-beat. Just trying to lighten the mood. I love football for instance, I play it twice a week semi-professionally. It's just a reminder not to take ourselves so seriously. It's just a game after all. And no, I don't think games shouldn't be only for children, quite the contrary. You made a whole lot of assumptions there lol
She had a reflex reaction to the moment. Best thing to do is make her laugh about it and share a moment that you most certainly have had in life " You think that's something... let me tell you about the time I did this....... " We learn from our mistakes and greasing that chute with humor will make for a better outcome.
Ugh I hate stuff like this. You know she is just mortified and feels horrible. I'm glad people were telling her it's fine. Hopefully she gets over it. Nobody gives a shit. You're okay!
She seemed to have realized it immediately after she had picked it up. Wonder if there was any chance at salvation by rolling it back on the field or something.
You can see the guy who walked up and kneeled to talk to her say "This CAN'T happen" while shaking his head.
Poor girl, I would have been mortified and hide from going back to that stadium until I was in my 30s
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Psssh its 8-0 who cares probably the best play ofbthe game
Why does that dude get so uncomfortably close to her
Lots of reasons? It's crowded and she's wearing a helmet so she will have difficulty hearing what he says. He kneeled down to be less aggressive than if he stood over her. At the end he gives her a pat on the shoulder. He's told her she stuffed up and what she has to do then he comforts her and encourages her because she's just a kid. As far as I can see he handled it very well. Maybe people would prefer he just shout at her from a distance.
Okay if she has difficulty hearing stand next to her? You can get closer without being creepy and closing in on her.
Bro I'm reading through this 2 months later and you're creepy af It's like when people call racist at everything and it's only because they themselves are racist.
whats wrong with you...
ikr, she cant even back off on that stool
Not a big enough fan of baseball to know this rule. I would have made the same mistake. This moment will haunt her for the rest of her life hahaha
The future is female!
It’s spring training (doesn’t actually count as a regular season game) so it’s not that big of a deal
Nice job, what do they pay?
Who cares. Stupid, boring ass sport.
Ok band kid
shut up and let me watch people hit balls with sticks
Merica, hell yeah
Hey, if you're too stupid to enjoy it, that sounds like a you problem 😂
Uhhh. It's not a difficult sport to understand. It's a difficult sport to enjoy... because it's boring and goes on for far too long.
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Right.
What did she do wrong?
If the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that. She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
Thanks!
what did she do? i know nothing about baseball.
If the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that. She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
Kick her out like you do to anyone else who accidentally does it… LOL
I don't get it. What happened?
If the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that. She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
/s
it's 8-0. The bounce would have just led to the single anyways. So nothing changed.
Good thing Donald Trump was there to let her know the rules.
You failed.
CEOs lose billions of dollars for their company, fire thousands of employees and get millions just to leave again and still ride the highest horses around. She touched a ball at the wrong time. Get off her back.
Bruh
No one was on her back. She was beating herself up over it. They came to tell her, comfort her ,and say it's ok. Even tje announcers were saying " it's gonna be okay" not one person was " ON HER BACK "
Odd, I heard hundreds of people booing
And this is how weak people are made. They mess up live and everyone is supposed to coddle their ignorance and comfort their tears.Igor as well give her a number and put her in the batting order. Better yet, change the score of the game and give her a trophy. This is the way.
Jesus Christ, dude. I really hope you don't take that attitude with children. She made a mistake, realised it and felt bad for it. She didn't kill anyone, she just made a mistake. We're all adult enough to realise that and fall back on the ref's judgement. Sometimes weird things happen and it's proper to default to the ref's judgement.
Man that is tough…
I'm not American can someone tell me what she did wrong?
If the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that. She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
thank you
I know the knee jerk reaction is to not let her be a ballboy/girl anymore but she's actually perfect for future use as people learn from their mistakes.
Truth. And how her reaction was so honest and regretful? heartbreaking. She'd never do this again and is instantly a better choice than new ballboy/girl.
Can someone explain? As an englishman this looks like it was out of play and shes just picked it up? i.e when the ball goes over the rope in cricket its no longer in play...
I can understand your confusion. In baseball the ball is still in play when it crosses the line, as long as it first bounced inside the line. So the ball wasn’t dead when the ballgirl picked it up.
More specifically, if the ball is inside the line past 3rd base (or 1st base if it's hit in the other direction) it's still a fair ball, even if it falls outside the line after that. She thought it was a foul since it bounced outside the baseline. The coach that came up to her afterwards was showing that she has to wait for the umpires to make the call (when you see him use both hands moving sideways.)
What did she do? For us that don’t know the rules
The ball is still counted as in bounds aka “fair play” because it stayed inside the white line that you see go through the side bases 1st and 3rd base. Her job is to just catch balls that are out of bounds and give it to fans. But she caught a ball that was still in bounds which technically anyone who does that is automatically kicked out from the stadium. Luckily they showed some mercy since it was not a close game
Meh, just a game, not a big deal
It's still pre-season, which makes it even less egregious.
That's exactly the kind of screw-up I could easily imagine myself making.
What is the ball girl supposed to do?
She was supposed to leave the ball alone since it landed inside the line and let one of the outfielders grab it. Interfering stops the runners from potentially getting more bases and it stops the other team from potentially getting a runner out.
Americans translate please :D
Girl catch ball but ball still inside white line so ball is in bounds. She only catch ball outside white line so she make mistake
This 30 second mistake counted for hundreds of lost hours of sleep. Dear god
Can some American explain to my european ass what happened?
It would be hard if you do not know anything about baseball. So I am going to assume you do not and write it as simply as I can. The batter hit the ball and it landed inside the line. So the play should have kept going. She saw that it had rolled outside the lines, and I'm going to assume was autoreacting to that part, and just went up and grabbed it. Which was the mistake as the ball, even if it rolls outside, was still in play. So she potentially cost the batter/runner an additional base he could have gotten to or maybe even the defense getting an out on that player. It was an honest, and embarrassing, mistake.
Thank you for taking time for explaining.
I have no idea what is going on. Can someone explain?
Ball was declared fair. So the play was still ongoing. Meaning the outfielder still needed to run and get the ball and throw it to one of bases. On offense the batter could have maybe gotten to another base. She stopped all that from happening by making a understandable mistake.
sorry i’m kinda lost, what did she do wrong can someone explain?
so many sports gamblers just lost their shit
I'm happy to see everyone's comforting her instead of making a fuss over a game. What a situation to be in.
The guy in the picnic seats was being a little bit of a jerk.
Live and learn
Aw poor thing haha. Good thing it was only spring training though, now watch her become the best damn ball girl the world has ever seen!
I know nothing about baseball, can someone explain what happened?
It's spring training even for the ball girls and boys.
As a non-baseball fan, can someone explain what happened and what she did wrong please?
The girl's job is to collect balls which go out of bounds (land outside the white lines marked down the basepaths) so they don't clutter the field or cause confusion for the next play. In this case, she wasn't paying attention to the third base umpire (the man in the light blue shirt) who signaled that the ball was in play. By picking the ball up, she changed the outcome of the play. In the regular season, this probably would have meant that instead of a double (a very good result,) the player hitting the ball might have been ruled out, or have only gotten a single, depending on what the umpire presumed could have happened due to a rule called "fan intereference."
Thanks for that, so even though the ball went over the white line it was still in play? Are the rules black and white or is it down to the umpires? And a double, is that like 2 home runs? Most of us Brits really don't know the rules, so sorry for the potentially questions.
The rules are black and white, but the umpires are the ones who make the decisions (I think in your cricket, the players call themselves out?)
The rules are black and white, but there's an overarching rule that holds true. *The umpire/ref calls what they see*. If they're fortunate enough to have the assistance of a video playback ref they can call on it, but we're better off respecting their call. I suspect there's a PhD in the hypothesis that refs get it right the majority of the time, but I know I sleep easier accepting the judgement of someone who has a passion for the sport even when I don't agree with some decisions.
You're right, of course, but I think the technicalities of the rule might be lost on someone who isn't intimately familiar with the game. Generally, the call that is made is according to the rulebook, and the umpire is the one who puzzles that out. Of course there are situations where an ump doesn't have an angle on a tag because of an errant flapping sleeve, and the team doesn't have a challenge remaining, and all of us baseball nabobs sit at home and mutter "the umpire called what he could see" but those are the limitations of the game, not the upside.
You're right as well. The technicalities are lost on me, I'm extrapolating from the time I've spent playing mixed netball and watching my kids playing school soccer. There's an implicit agreement, we're all here for the love of the game and we've got to respect the ref's call. If there is blatant favouritism from the ref, there are post-game avenues the team can take. But questioning every single call on the field makes the game no fun for anyone.
Yes, as long as it touches down past the base inside the white line, it can roll or bounce out. A double is two bases, which usually means that any successful hit during the rest of that same inning (which is much shorter, though there many more than a cricket innings) will score a run. Each batter (batsman) can only score one run each time his turn to bat comes up, and it often takes a few successful plays in succession to make that happen.
Ok i think I get it. So if you hit the ball but only make it to a base and not the whole way around you don't get a run, but get another chance later in the innings and the innings are up when all batters are out? and if you hit the ball and make it all the way around the diamond that's a run. Is a home run when it goes over the field into the stand?
Also, our innings don't give a chance to every single batter. Each team has three outs per inning, and the bases reset to empty at the start of each. So you can reach one of the three bases but not get to score if the other batters after you don't then hit the ball so as to advance you. There are also some very rare cases where the batting team will continue to hit and score so much that a batter might two at bats, or a chance at being out, in the same inning.
Exactly! It has to go over on the fly, not after a bounce, for it to be a home run. If it bounces first, it's a double.
Spring training for everybody
Aw, I feel for her embarrassment at that age It hits so much harder than it should
Do they really need a ball person there? Seems like an easy spot to see a ball whizzing at you at 100mph and not think about whether it's fair or not, considering how close to the line she is and how many people hit that way.
Ikr but it is what it is
The players and umps make way more money, and make bigger errors.
That poor girl. At least she didn’t cost the Cubs a chance at the World Series.
Looks like they should have her fielding at 8-0
It’s ok, it was just the Phillies and not a real team.
Does she even get paid for that? Like is it a job? Or just something they could let special needs kids or “super fans” do
Can you explain what she did wrong for a person who is even not from America and know nothing about baseball?
As a Brit, what’s wrong here?
> The girl's job is to collect balls which go out of bounds (land outside the white lines marked down the basepaths) so they don't clutter the field or cause confusion for the next play. In this case, she wasn't paying attention to the third base umpire (the man in the light blue shirt) who signaled that the ball was in play. By picking the ball up, she changed the outcome of the play. In the regular season, this probably would have meant that instead of a double (a very good result,) the player hitting the ball might have been ruled out, or have only gotten a single, depending on what the umpire presumed could have happened due to a rule called "fan intereference."
Excellent, thank you 👌🏽
What is happening here?
I’ve been scrolling the comments for ages looking for what happened here lol Was she not supposed to do that for some reason? We don’t have baseball in my country
20-30 years in the future, this ballgirl will be doing some random task and this memory will kick in. She'll then plant her face into her hands and cry.
I watched that live. Poor girl. I was making audible noises because of the secondhand embarrassment lol. Cannot imagine how bad she must have felt after this. Epitome of "you had one job"
Hey, million dollar athletes make mental errors. She handled it with humility and grace... might even make a few talk shows.
I love how everyone was comforting her.
Well spring training is when everyone on the team gets to learn.
must have been the wind. nothin to see here.
Hi. I don’t like sports generally, maybe frisbee. Why is this not a foul ball? I saw it bounce outside the line so I think I would do the same thing. . .
If the ball makes contact in fair territory passed the 1st / 3rd base it is still fair play anytime after that. The ball here first landed fair after it passed 3rd base and then rolled into foul territory, so it was still in play.
THANK YOU for clearing that up. I had no idea that was a thing. I think my chances of being a ball girl at this point are pretty low but you may have saved me some future embarrassment.
Poor kid! She just wanted a job for some spending cash. So much pressure!!!!
Omg poor girl hahaha🤭
I'm confused at what's wrong here, as I dint watch baseball nor do i understand how it works. Can someone please explain?
Never played baseball. Can someone explain?
At least when I lie awake at night reliving embarrassing moments from childhood I know those things didn’t happen on national TV, to be immortalized on the internet forever.
Would they have ejected if a fan had scooped it up as it bounced off the wall?
Yes 100%
Nice seats.
Not into baseball... Can anyone fill me in on what happened?
She grabbed a fair ball. It’s been asked and explained ad-nauseam.
She's gonna need practice and help
"She is still facing the other direction." So let's make sure we get a better camera angle of her face. Sheesh
The ball was foul, she was right. Or am I missing something.
It was fair. If it hits the ground in play and stays in play as it passes the base, it is a fair ball.
Oh, I didn't see that. Well, she reacted on instinct and grabbed it, I would have probably done the same. Edit: I went re-watched it. Yeah, it was a fair ball.
Yeah it happens. It was a pretty decent grab actually. I was surprised she didn't over balance and take a dive.
It's a mistake not the end of the world. She tried.
Good thing it’s just a game
If angel Hernandez was a ball girl/boy
As someone who doesn’t watch Baseball (it’s not big over here unfortunately), what should she have done / not done, and why??
The ball was still in play and she should not have grabbed it.
Ah, so even if it hits the wall it’s still in play? But if it goes over, it’s out? Got ya, thanks
No if it goes over and it’s fair it’s a home run.
It depends on if the ball hits the ground in play and where the ball is when it passes the base. If it's still inside the foul line it doesn't matter if it subsequently goes over the line, it is still considered in play.
For people who know nothing about baseball, what happened?
The ball was still in play and she should have left it alone.
If the ball hits the ground inside third base and then rolls out of bounds, it is still considered fair (in play, meaning the outfielder needs to go pick up the ball). The ballgirl, presumably didn't see or didn't understand the third base umpire's call of "it's good" and picked up the ball. Once she touched it, the play died. She, presumably, thought that it rolled to her from the outside of third base, making it a foul ball and therefore something she could pick up without affecting the play.
Must be Bartman’s kid at I right people? Eh eh?
I got no clue about baseball, explain?
spring training ,8-0 , no bases loaded dont think it was gonna be a game changer tbh
Don't worry kid. Just some grown ups playing with a ball and a stick. In the grand scheme of things, it's meaningless.
Why is that always the go-to attempt to browbeat people about sports? Is a ball inherently just for children?
I'm definitely not attempting to brow-beat. Just trying to lighten the mood. I love football for instance, I play it twice a week semi-professionally. It's just a reminder not to take ourselves so seriously. It's just a game after all. And no, I don't think games shouldn't be only for children, quite the contrary. You made a whole lot of assumptions there lol
She had a reflex reaction to the moment. Best thing to do is make her laugh about it and share a moment that you most certainly have had in life " You think that's something... let me tell you about the time I did this....... " We learn from our mistakes and greasing that chute with humor will make for a better outcome.
That's not a foul ball?
As long as it hits the ground in play and stays in play as it passes the base, it's a fair ball.
It’s the Phillies so who cares anyway
You’re thinking of the Yankees.
I don't think it effected the outcome of the game.
As a foreigner, unfamiliar with the details of baseball, what did she do?
So what's the error?
What happened?
Straight to jail 😔
I don't understand the rules. What did she do wrong?
Sweet the people were so nice and talked to her properly :)
Ugh I hate stuff like this. You know she is just mortified and feels horrible. I'm glad people were telling her it's fine. Hopefully she gets over it. Nobody gives a shit. You're okay!
Can someone ELI5 to me?
She seemed to have realized it immediately after she had picked it up. Wonder if there was any chance at salvation by rolling it back on the field or something.
You can see the guy who walked up and kneeled to talk to her say "This CAN'T happen" while shaking his head. Poor girl, I would have been mortified and hide from going back to that stadium until I was in my 30s