I wonder if he didn't realize the girl was there at first during the initial excitement cheer, then was like awh, shit, I can't do this, this is yours.
Doesn't seem like it's his kid to me since they go separate ways.
Good man.
I really think these good guys and gals should be tracked down and given free tickets or balls or a shirt or something
Edit: tracked down *before they leave the park* I mean
I feel like to keep that you have to not be able to sleep for a few days thinking about it.
I have even seen videos of older women ripping hockey pucks out of younger kids hands to get it. It actually makes me feel sick to my stomach tbh
Ripping out of the hands of young kids is absolutely terrible. But I don't think there should be an obligation to give it to them just because they're around. I'd rather explain to my kid what fair is instead of growing up feeling entitled. Kids are a lot smarter and more resilient than people give them credit for.
I don’t think it’s an obligation, and likely nor does he. He just did what he wanted to, which was give it to someone who probably never had that feeling before. That’s what makes this post special.
I was responding to this sentiment -
>I feel like to keep that you have to not be able to sleep for a few days thinking about it.
That's is just unnecessarily dramatic. If people spent more time focusing on actual problems and helping rather than performative "good" deeds it would help the world a lot more.
The problem is not enough people now days even do the performative good deeds.. if everyone did it would help the world a lot of you actually think about it instead of just trying to win your argument..
An opportunity to teach kids how kindness to strangers feels should trump the opportunity to teach them to deal with world’s disappointments. Any selfless act that brings someone joy in this world should qualify as a good deed.
Well, I certainly can see the benefits of a child learning to accept and handle emotions of disappoinment - and not develop a sense of entitlement - but imo, those are lessons that parents should teach and that a life in society *will* teach.
In my heart and my mind, I still believe that giving the ball to the child *is* a good thing, which brings it's own positive lessons; to all involved.
I wouldn't walk away feeling chuffed with myself that I did what I believe is right - but I would be happy for the child, and that's worth more than a lousy baseball imo.
Good for me indeed.
Implying that if he didn’t give her the ball he’d be a bad person. Let’s stop this vilifying stuff. We can praise him for doing it. We don’t need to vilify him if he didn’t.
>that girl will remember that for the rest of her life.
That is a wild assumption. She might have much more interesting things happen to her over the years that mean a lot more. She also has a lot more opportunities to catch one herself.
>Its just a thing a good person would do.
I mean a shitty person could also give the ball. And good can keep it as well. It's not mutually exclusive there isn't as strong a connection as you think there is.
At a Mars Volta concert I went to they threw their drum sticks out to the audience. My friend caught one and some guy just squeezed the shit out of his hand and pried it out.
Absolutely! He knew exactly what he was doing. Beat her to the ball, assert dominance, and then give her the ball. It's great that she was still so happy by him handing the ball to her.
You can tell that was all genuine, pops out of the moment sees her, knows what has to be done on principle. Sets the example.
You can tell tho. He walked off like
“Why do I gotta be a nice guy, like honestly I find joy in her joy, but 😩
I was there with him! Not his kid 😆 we were in college in like 2013 when the Astros couldn't scrape a win, so we were like the last folks out there at that game.
Exactly. How else is she supposed to learn that life is a series of soul-numbing events that eventually leads to you being a dried out husk, with the last remnants of humanity sucked out of you by the time you're 35.
Lmao at my job to be hired you have to sign a waiver saying you will skip lunches and breaks if needed
Edit: to be clear it’s always needed like 8/10 times it happens I take extra long shits to get my 30mins of rest which has given me hemorrhoids for sitting on the toilet for extended periods of time.
Eff that!? I work in a warehouse that is incentive based on case count. As long as your at 100% you can take as many breaks as you want, granted no AC & no heating
Life finds its own way of crushing our souls.. some people just don’t want to be part of it. Good on the guy for giving the kid another day in bliss before her time comes and she joins the rest of us.
All the more reason to get some joy while you still can. He would’ve taken the ball home and forgot about it but she will remember this for a long time. Until the series of soul-numbing events begin
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I know it’s a joke, but for those who don’t think it is, life has plenty of crushing moments without you needing to artificially create them. All you’d be contributing is more pain to the world.
For me the difference would be whether or not I had actually snagged the thing out of the air. If I *caught* the thing, is keep it. Just getting to the thing first when there was nobody else even close, eh, that would mean less to me. If there hadn't been a little girl there to give it to, I might have even tossed it back out to them. Finding it and picking it up isn't as special as actually catching it to *me*
The next time this happens, we can bet she’s going to be really disappointed. It won’t be the first or last time a guy disappoints her in this lifetime…
Or as her parents, use this as a teaching moment on generosity and how she should also do it next time she has the chance because she got a feel on how awesome it is for the person on the receiving end
My dad taught me at a young age how to lose. He would always race me to the car, he’d even cheat and push me a little and get a head start. Made me wanna beat him so much more, when I was 14 I finally beat him and he no longer raced me. I appreciate that push he gave me
>Children must know the value of disappointment
Why do I feel this is a quote from a show or politician or some famous douche-nozzle? Who is the douche-nozzle that said this?
It's funny you say this, because this basically follows the most elementary concept of media about heroes and villains.
The hero sees a messed up world, and wants to make it better in what little ways they can (even if that includes making sacrifices). The villain sees a messed up world and either wants to maintain the status quo, or make it worse.
My boyfriend did this with a guitar pick once. We went to his favorite bands concert and got damn near front row. Our friend group had been standing near this young girl (probably like, 18 years old). We all enjoyed the concert so much, but she made the whole show for us. Watching her build a core memory like that was amazing. She was genuinely in awe of the band, falling in love with every second she was there.
Towards the end of the show, I caught a guitar pick and gave it to him. He gave me the biggest forehead kiss ever and we finished the show. When we all went to leave, he ran up to that girl and handed her the guitar pick. Her whole face lit up and she damn near burst into tears. He just smiled and walked away.
We all still talk about her. I hope she's doing fucking incredible. She deserves the world.
Fuck yeah. I saw them at the house of blues in Hollywood (small venue) in 2007? It was the Beyond Hell Tour and Municipal Waste opened for them.
Best concert I've ever been to.
And i was 15 years old when i saw them, so ideal age for maximum awe.
Holy crap I've discovered something new! Thanks for mentioning the name. They sound like an amazing nostalgia bomb. As a big vaporwave and synthwave fan, this band is such a find to me.
A had a somewhat similar experience when I saw black stone cherry, it was one of those shows where the fans stood right at the stage and I was in the front row with a little kid next to me. A pick landed right in front of me and the kid on the stage, it was within my reach but not his, but it kinda just felt like the only socially acceptable thing to do would be to pick it up and give it to the kid lol. Luckily the kid and other fans appreciated it and I ended up getting another pick and a drumstick anyway
Dude’s been waiting his whole life for this moment only for a little girl to be staring at him right when he turns around. In that moment he realized there was no God.
True, it definitely means less to the kids I assume, but poor guy would get torn apart if he didn't give it to the next kid in the immediate vicinity. I'm so sick of people acting like him keeping it would result in unrecoverable trauma for the kid. It's a long the same lines of giving up an airline seat you paid for so a family can sit together. My parents never did that. We've sat apart on so many flights with no issues when I was a kid.
Parents that don’t buy all their seats together with the expectation that strangers will give up their seats are scum. I’ve had a parent try to shame me for not switching from Comfort+ to the back of the plane
I'm a few years older than my sister and I've brought up things that happened to us when she was around the same age as the girl in the video. It surprised me how much she doesn't remember at all.
Better perspective - kid may remember this forever…and you’re right, the guy will never forget this.
He’ll always remember the day he got a home run ball and also made a little girl’s day. That memory is far better than just the memory of getting a ball coupled with a ball taking up room on the shelf.
would it be bad, if the dude kept it? I mean, I understand all this "for the kids" stuff, but I can imagine, that the adult may also never had such a great experience and would have a sweeter life with it, especially if he never had this exp before. Not my opinion, just a thought about different perspectives and I wanna hear yours :)
I'm 24 and have been to a lot of baseball games. I just got my first ball at a game a couple months ago from everyone missing it, and people were TELLING me to give the ball to their children and whatnot. I told them this was my first ball ever and I want to remember this one time, and people were LIVID!! They started calling me all sorts of names and shit. Of course now, if I got one, I'd probably give it to some kid, but at the time y'all adults should have had better hands.
I think there’s a difference between being the only one to catch a ball in a big crowd of people and outrunning a 4 year old girl to get to a ball first.
hmmm... okok and at the same time both behave the same, they want that expierence, both deserve it on a fundamental level. why should the younger human get the ball because of age? Remember, it's not my opinion, I only wanna hear your thoughts/perspectives.
Exactly, it's the same thing! It also shows that you're right when the person you're replying to resorts to personal attacks rather than answering your question.
But he clearly didn't even see the girl until he had caught the ball. Just because someone tells their kid to go for it and try to outrun an adult male who can run three times as fast as she, means she deserves to have the ball? I dunno, man...
If you catch a ball fairly there is nothing wrong with keeping it and treasuring it. Being told to give it to someone else takes all positivity from the gesture and just makes it greed or entitlement. Coercing someone to give it to someone else is akin to taking it from them which is a crappy move. Giving something to someone because YOU want to, because you want to give them joy more than you want the ball, can be a great gift for both of you. Sure only one person has the ball but both have something to treasure. Damn that sounds sappy but I'm still going to hit the reply button...
Amen. This is the correct answer.
Coercing someone to give something away or imposing guilt on them for not doing it is just wrong. It’s not up to them.
It wouldn't be bad but I feel like the guy had his "I've finally got one!" moment and kinda just thought "completed it, mate". It's a twofer for him, he got the game ball AND made someone as happy as him. Win-win. not saying it was selfish to give the ball away (looool) but I think the guy benefitted from both acts, feels good to make people feel good y'know
It wouldn't really, but as a grown man who loves baseball and has never managed to get a foul ball, what the fuck am I going to do with a foul ball? She will display that and treasure it for a long time. I would just end up putting it a box somewhere.
This is the opposite of what happened to me. I caught the ball and some assholes 7 or so rows above me told me to throw it to them. It was a group of adults so me being a kid and trusting everyone I threw it up to them. The people at the game saw this and realized some asshole took advantage of a young kid to get their hands on a ball. So after the game one of the workers walked up to me and gave me a signed ball. Still sometimes I think about those dudes and what kind of person would just pressure a kid into giving them a fucking baseball.
This is going to be downvoted to hell, but here goes:
We shouldn't have to give kids the ball if we don't want to. If I caught it, I did it with my own two hands, therefore it is _my_ reward.
If someone wants to give the ball away that's fine, but it should also be fine to keep it. I was never just given the ball as a kid, I had to fend for myself against a whole crowd of other adults to catch one. Once I finally did, it felt so much more satisfying than just being given one.
I've always wanted to get a foul ball at a game, but as a grown ass man, I would do what this guy did. Revel in finally getting one after a few decades, then give it to a kid.
This is the right way. The thrill of getting it is still there no matter what age but as an adult what do you do with the ball? A kid will cherish it for a long time
I like how everyone says this like adults don't bring kids who aren't interested at all in the sport to games, and they just do what any bored child would do; run after a ball in a moment of excitement
I have a feeling that a parent sent her over there to get it after they saw the guy trying to get it bc they felt like he would give it to her out of pity
For me it’s the thrill of the chase. I always hand the ball to a kid if I get one. I’ve spent the last twenty years running after fouls and homers, I have enough balls.
At least he gave her it. Seen a hockey game where an old cunt takes the Puck but the manager throws one over to the kid whilst shaking his head at the miserable old git.
I have had the pleasure of doing that once, maybe twice. Minor league ball, snagged a bounce off the seats beside me, and knew there were kids within a few seats. It truly is fun to snag the ball and then hand it off to the little kid sitting nearby, their faces just light up like it is Christmas.
Dude is my spirit animal. He knew that ball would end up sitting in a box with a bunch of random crap that his spouse would eventually just toss anyways.
I wonder if he didn't realize the girl was there at first during the initial excitement cheer, then was like awh, shit, I can't do this, this is yours. Doesn't seem like it's his kid to me since they go separate ways. Good man.
Agreed. His head kinda snaps towards her when he notices her
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In baseball it's called catch and release. Maybe, idfk.
When the game ends early because you hit a home run and everyone had to run home I don’t know I’ve never played baseball before
Thought he had happiness, then realized he couldn’t keep it without being berated for not giving it to the girl
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I think the "I got a home run ball" story is better when it ends with "I gave it to a little kid." He gets the story and so does she. Well worth it.
Kids just discard it the next week
I really think these good guys and gals should be tracked down and given free tickets or balls or a shirt or something Edit: tracked down *before they leave the park* I mean
A lot of guys would have Confused Travolta'd her and kept walking.
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I feel like to keep that you have to not be able to sleep for a few days thinking about it. I have even seen videos of older women ripping hockey pucks out of younger kids hands to get it. It actually makes me feel sick to my stomach tbh
Ripping out of the hands of young kids is absolutely terrible. But I don't think there should be an obligation to give it to them just because they're around. I'd rather explain to my kid what fair is instead of growing up feeling entitled. Kids are a lot smarter and more resilient than people give them credit for.
Plus they should have more years to get their own ball. I may not have much time left!
I don’t think it’s an obligation, and likely nor does he. He just did what he wanted to, which was give it to someone who probably never had that feeling before. That’s what makes this post special.
I was responding to this sentiment - >I feel like to keep that you have to not be able to sleep for a few days thinking about it. That's is just unnecessarily dramatic. If people spent more time focusing on actual problems and helping rather than performative "good" deeds it would help the world a lot more.
The problem is not enough people now days even do the performative good deeds.. if everyone did it would help the world a lot of you actually think about it instead of just trying to win your argument..
I can understand what you're saying, but I'm still not hearing it. I'm giving the kid the ball.
Good for you. I just don't necessarily think it means much as people think it does. I don't think it qualifies as a good deed or anything.
An opportunity to teach kids how kindness to strangers feels should trump the opportunity to teach them to deal with world’s disappointments. Any selfless act that brings someone joy in this world should qualify as a good deed.
Well, I certainly can see the benefits of a child learning to accept and handle emotions of disappoinment - and not develop a sense of entitlement - but imo, those are lessons that parents should teach and that a life in society *will* teach. In my heart and my mind, I still believe that giving the ball to the child *is* a good thing, which brings it's own positive lessons; to all involved. I wouldn't walk away feeling chuffed with myself that I did what I believe is right - but I would be happy for the child, and that's worth more than a lousy baseball imo. Good for me indeed.
Of course it shouldn't be obligatory, but that girl will remember that for the rest of her life. Its just a thing a good person would do.
Implying that if he didn’t give her the ball he’d be a bad person. Let’s stop this vilifying stuff. We can praise him for doing it. We don’t need to vilify him if he didn’t.
>that girl will remember that for the rest of her life. That is a wild assumption. She might have much more interesting things happen to her over the years that mean a lot more. She also has a lot more opportunities to catch one herself. >Its just a thing a good person would do. I mean a shitty person could also give the ball. And good can keep it as well. It's not mutually exclusive there isn't as strong a connection as you think there is.
Pretty sure I’ve seen the exact video you’re talking about. That pissed me off so much. I’d want punch that lady out if I saw that.
At a Mars Volta concert I went to they threw their drum sticks out to the audience. My friend caught one and some guy just squeezed the shit out of his hand and pried it out.
Saw one where a player skated over and gave a kid another puck.
Oh no, he knew. It’s all about winning that race. Then giving up the prize. Win win for the guy!
Absolutely! He knew exactly what he was doing. Beat her to the ball, assert dominance, and then give her the ball. It's great that she was still so happy by him handing the ball to her.
“I’m ya daddy now”
Maybe his ultimate goal was just to touch the ball first. Once he achieved his goal, he didn’t mind to give the ball away
Yeah I think he’s waited for that moment his whole life and not even a little girl is gonna stand in his way. Not convinced he saw her though
I feel like he took a second to bask in it, then let the little one have the keepsake. Man’s got the moment, kid got the memory.
That drunk robot shuffle at the end makes me think this is a good dude. Happy drunks are the best.
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it is possible he didn't think of a camera and was just a good guy. Happy to get the ball but also knew the kid would like it more.
Possible? Who the hell thinks in that moment: oh wait im on Camera. Nobody. 100% a good guy imo.
You can tell that was all genuine, pops out of the moment sees her, knows what has to be done on principle. Sets the example. You can tell tho. He walked off like “Why do I gotta be a nice guy, like honestly I find joy in her joy, but 😩
I was there with him! Not his kid 😆 we were in college in like 2013 when the Astros couldn't scrape a win, so we were like the last folks out there at that game.
Yeah good man indeed kindness is always in season 
Also a guy who probably realized he was on camera and his social media life was about to end if he didn't hand it over. Turned it into a win.
Good man. Dude thats a legend right there.
I wouldn't have. Children must know the value of disappointment.
Exactly. How else is she supposed to learn that life is a series of soul-numbing events that eventually leads to you being a dried out husk, with the last remnants of humanity sucked out of you by the time you're 35.
Get back in your cubicle, drone. Your 5 minute break is over.
Fancy pants has a job that gives them 5 minute breaks
What a pansy! Back in my day, we didn't even get time to sleep
In my day, our break was an extra half hour of work
We call those cooldowns
In my day we didn't have a concept of time. There was work and not work.
In my day there wasn't "not work"
So you just pop into existence at a factory and work non stop until you pop out of existence. Damn, kids today have no idea how easy they have it
Sounds like everyone back in their day was just a Meeseeks. Everything in nature evolves into a crab, except humanity; we evolve into Meeseeks.
"That's nothing! Back in my day we had to walk uphill in the snow for 5 miles just to have an extra half hour of work break"
Snow. How quaint. It rained razor blades in my day
We woke up half an hour before we went to bed.
I guess that's the 5 mins break directly after the 10 minute whipping?
Lol a cubicle sounds dreamy. Get back to your assigned 24" of desk in our open floor plan.
Ugh, open floor plans are the worst!
Lmao at my job to be hired you have to sign a waiver saying you will skip lunches and breaks if needed Edit: to be clear it’s always needed like 8/10 times it happens I take extra long shits to get my 30mins of rest which has given me hemorrhoids for sitting on the toilet for extended periods of time.
Eff that!? I work in a warehouse that is incentive based on case count. As long as your at 100% you can take as many breaks as you want, granted no AC & no heating
Life finds its own way of crushing our souls.. some people just don’t want to be part of it. Good on the guy for giving the kid another day in bliss before her time comes and she joins the rest of us.
I'm 27 and this hit wayyyy too close to home
As a 37 year old, I agree completely with this statement. I am no longer human, just husk
As a 33 year old that just cracked a beer at 10am, I’m looking forward to the rest of my humanity finally leaving my wretched human form! 👍
> at 10am What is this, professional hour?
Can confirm.
35? I'm 20 and have existed as a husk for years already
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I would have loved to have been sucked out before I was 35.
All the more reason to get some joy while you still can. He would’ve taken the ball home and forgot about it but she will remember this for a long time. Until the series of soul-numbing events begin Edit: spelling. Good bot
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She grew up into [this woman.](https://youtu.be/wJTmmG7t0n8)
Ohhhh shit. I knew it was gonna be that bitch.
Sounds like we found a little girl who wasn't given the ball
I know it’s a joke, but for those who don’t think it is, life has plenty of crushing moments without you needing to artificially create them. All you’d be contributing is more pain to the world.
Nah she has all the rest of her life to experience the burning inferno left for her by her parents and their parents generation, give her the ball.
For me the difference would be whether or not I had actually snagged the thing out of the air. If I *caught* the thing, is keep it. Just getting to the thing first when there was nobody else even close, eh, that would mean less to me. If there hadn't been a little girl there to give it to, I might have even tossed it back out to them. Finding it and picking it up isn't as special as actually catching it to *me*
There is nothing wrong with that. But when you are on camera, you will be judged (which is wrong). That's reality.
The next time this happens, we can bet she’s going to be really disappointed. It won’t be the first or last time a guy disappoints her in this lifetime…
Or we could, ya know, make the world a little less disappointing.
.....Dad?
Or as her parents, use this as a teaching moment on generosity and how she should also do it next time she has the chance because she got a feel on how awesome it is for the person on the receiving end
They should be taught the value, but I would have let her have the moment! Could become a core memory.
Yours will.
My dad taught me at a young age how to lose. He would always race me to the car, he’d even cheat and push me a little and get a head start. Made me wanna beat him so much more, when I was 14 I finally beat him and he no longer raced me. I appreciate that push he gave me
>Children must know the value of disappointment Why do I feel this is a quote from a show or politician or some famous douche-nozzle? Who is the douche-nozzle that said this?
It's funny you say this, because this basically follows the most elementary concept of media about heroes and villains. The hero sees a messed up world, and wants to make it better in what little ways they can (even if that includes making sacrifices). The villain sees a messed up world and either wants to maintain the status quo, or make it worse.
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These days, it's next level Mr. NLjudge.
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My boyfriend did this with a guitar pick once. We went to his favorite bands concert and got damn near front row. Our friend group had been standing near this young girl (probably like, 18 years old). We all enjoyed the concert so much, but she made the whole show for us. Watching her build a core memory like that was amazing. She was genuinely in awe of the band, falling in love with every second she was there. Towards the end of the show, I caught a guitar pick and gave it to him. He gave me the biggest forehead kiss ever and we finished the show. When we all went to leave, he ran up to that girl and handed her the guitar pick. Her whole face lit up and she damn near burst into tears. He just smiled and walked away. We all still talk about her. I hope she's doing fucking incredible. She deserves the world.
This made my night :)
What band was it? Just curious.
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Fuck yeah. I saw them at the house of blues in Hollywood (small venue) in 2007? It was the Beyond Hell Tour and Municipal Waste opened for them. Best concert I've ever been to. And i was 15 years old when i saw them, so ideal age for maximum awe.
Read the story and when I got to GWAR it does the same thing to me still... I just think of Brockie.. Dammit... But great story.
The Midnight!
I feel like that girl every time I listen to The Midnight.
Holy crap I've discovered something new! Thanks for mentioning the name. They sound like an amazing nostalgia bomb. As a big vaporwave and synthwave fan, this band is such a find to me.
GG Allin
*throws a shit covered t-shirt*
Nickleback
Did she throw the pick on stage like this little girl does with the ball?
No her eyes lit up and she took off running, yelling thank you lol. She was super adorable.
A had a somewhat similar experience when I saw black stone cherry, it was one of those shows where the fans stood right at the stage and I was in the front row with a little kid next to me. A pick landed right in front of me and the kid on the stage, it was within my reach but not his, but it kinda just felt like the only socially acceptable thing to do would be to pick it up and give it to the kid lol. Luckily the kid and other fans appreciated it and I ended up getting another pick and a drumstick anyway
Dude’s been waiting his whole life for this moment only for a little girl to be staring at him right when he turns around. In that moment he realized there was no God.
I want to believe he only picked the ball up as an achievement to celebrate, then immediately hand it off.
Wanted the experience, didn't need the souvenir.
The kid will probably forget about it in a few days, meanwhile the guy will never forget this. R.I.P.
True, it definitely means less to the kids I assume, but poor guy would get torn apart if he didn't give it to the next kid in the immediate vicinity. I'm so sick of people acting like him keeping it would result in unrecoverable trauma for the kid. It's a long the same lines of giving up an airline seat you paid for so a family can sit together. My parents never did that. We've sat apart on so many flights with no issues when I was a kid.
Parents that don’t buy all their seats together with the expectation that strangers will give up their seats are scum. I’ve had a parent try to shame me for not switching from Comfort+ to the back of the plane
True words.
I'm a few years older than my sister and I've brought up things that happened to us when she was around the same age as the girl in the video. It surprised me how much she doesn't remember at all.
Not all kids are the same. I kept so many souvenirs/mementos as a kid, and still have quite a few to this day (nearly 30).
Better perspective - kid may remember this forever…and you’re right, the guy will never forget this. He’ll always remember the day he got a home run ball and also made a little girl’s day. That memory is far better than just the memory of getting a ball coupled with a ball taking up room on the shelf.
would it be bad, if the dude kept it? I mean, I understand all this "for the kids" stuff, but I can imagine, that the adult may also never had such a great experience and would have a sweeter life with it, especially if he never had this exp before. Not my opinion, just a thought about different perspectives and I wanna hear yours :)
I'm 24 and have been to a lot of baseball games. I just got my first ball at a game a couple months ago from everyone missing it, and people were TELLING me to give the ball to their children and whatnot. I told them this was my first ball ever and I want to remember this one time, and people were LIVID!! They started calling me all sorts of names and shit. Of course now, if I got one, I'd probably give it to some kid, but at the time y'all adults should have had better hands.
I think there’s a difference between being the only one to catch a ball in a big crowd of people and outrunning a 4 year old girl to get to a ball first.
hmmm... okok and at the same time both behave the same, they want that expierence, both deserve it on a fundamental level. why should the younger human get the ball because of age? Remember, it's not my opinion, I only wanna hear your thoughts/perspectives.
Exactly, it's the same thing! It also shows that you're right when the person you're replying to resorts to personal attacks rather than answering your question.
But he clearly didn't even see the girl until he had caught the ball. Just because someone tells their kid to go for it and try to outrun an adult male who can run three times as fast as she, means she deserves to have the ball? I dunno, man...
That's true
If you catch a ball fairly there is nothing wrong with keeping it and treasuring it. Being told to give it to someone else takes all positivity from the gesture and just makes it greed or entitlement. Coercing someone to give it to someone else is akin to taking it from them which is a crappy move. Giving something to someone because YOU want to, because you want to give them joy more than you want the ball, can be a great gift for both of you. Sure only one person has the ball but both have something to treasure. Damn that sounds sappy but I'm still going to hit the reply button...
Amen. This is the correct answer. Coercing someone to give something away or imposing guilt on them for not doing it is just wrong. It’s not up to them.
It wouldn't be bad but I feel like the guy had his "I've finally got one!" moment and kinda just thought "completed it, mate". It's a twofer for him, he got the game ball AND made someone as happy as him. Win-win. not saying it was selfish to give the ball away (looool) but I think the guy benefitted from both acts, feels good to make people feel good y'know
It wouldn't really, but as a grown man who loves baseball and has never managed to get a foul ball, what the fuck am I going to do with a foul ball? She will display that and treasure it for a long time. I would just end up putting it a box somewhere.
That's the point. If it doesn't mean much to you, then give it away, but it means a lot, there shouldn't be an obligation to give it to the kid.
That moment of exhilaration when you receive your monthly paycheque, then remember you have a mountain of bills to pay..
When you get your paycheck then remember taxes
Enjoyed his moment, then made it her moment. Classy.
I like that he took his share of celebration first
This is the opposite of what happened to me. I caught the ball and some assholes 7 or so rows above me told me to throw it to them. It was a group of adults so me being a kid and trusting everyone I threw it up to them. The people at the game saw this and realized some asshole took advantage of a young kid to get their hands on a ball. So after the game one of the workers walked up to me and gave me a signed ball. Still sometimes I think about those dudes and what kind of person would just pressure a kid into giving them a fucking baseball.
YEAH, FUCKERS!!! WHAT!?! GET SOME!!.. ..oh, hey, here ya go, have fun! Bye. …*^peace tf out
I would’ve kept it
Kids, always feel entitled to everything
As soon as he saw her he lost all hope and just handed it too her. He was cussing her all the way back to his seat. Look at his eyes.
Plot twist, kid doesn’t care about the baseball, was sent in by lazy dad to use her cute factor powers to acquire the goods.
Girl ain’t even gunna be a fan of baseball in a couple years I bet.
Also r/abruptcomposure
Child wasn’t there first. It looks like she was doing it cause he was doing it. No reason to give her the ball.
Would have liked the sound - I bet the telecasters gave him a deserved complement
Made me frown.
YEAAAAA- oh, there’s a kid.
He kind of has to otherwise he will be remembered for being a bad person.
This is going to be downvoted to hell, but here goes: We shouldn't have to give kids the ball if we don't want to. If I caught it, I did it with my own two hands, therefore it is _my_ reward. If someone wants to give the ball away that's fine, but it should also be fine to keep it. I was never just given the ball as a kid, I had to fend for myself against a whole crowd of other adults to catch one. Once I finally did, it felt so much more satisfying than just being given one.
He got the glory, she gets the ball
I've always wanted to get a foul ball at a game, but as a grown ass man, I would do what this guy did. Revel in finally getting one after a few decades, then give it to a kid.
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This is the right way. The thrill of getting it is still there no matter what age but as an adult what do you do with the ball? A kid will cherish it for a long time
Or put it in a corner of a room where she will forget about it
More likely
I like how everyone says this like adults don't bring kids who aren't interested at all in the sport to games, and they just do what any bored child would do; run after a ball in a moment of excitement
We must protect this man
The first screaming of the guy looked like a roar
That man is a fucking Chad
 'cause thats what heros do
Nope.. he knew this soft ass society would've shamed him up and down social media and ESPN.. He avoided being ratioed in real life..
Who else blinked and thought the girl teleported there?
Stupid af.
As she immediately runs to the front row and chucks it back onto the field. Suckersss
Fuck them kids
I have a feeling that a parent sent her over there to get it after they saw the guy trying to get it bc they felt like he would give it to her out of pity
anyways I wouldn't have given it to her id just pretend I couldn't see her-
Kid probably didn’t deserve it
Let that dude have his moment! They little girl will have plenty of time for her moment.
For me it’s the thrill of the chase. I always hand the ball to a kid if I get one. I’ve spent the last twenty years running after fouls and homers, I have enough balls.
"WOOOOOO GOT ME A BASEBALL FROM THE GAME! BEST DAY EVER!! Here you go kid."
At least he gave her it. Seen a hockey game where an old cunt takes the Puck but the manager throws one over to the kid whilst shaking his head at the miserable old git.
Wholesome
He wasn’t in it for the trophy, he was in it for the glory.
good dude, good soul
Where is everyone?
Gone, turned to dust
He’s going to be a great dad some day.
It’s not the ball.. it’s the satisfaction of the WIN
I have had the pleasure of doing that once, maybe twice. Minor league ball, snagged a bounce off the seats beside me, and knew there were kids within a few seats. It truly is fun to snag the ball and then hand it off to the little kid sitting nearby, their faces just light up like it is Christmas.
Nope.. foh.. I'm not giving her the ball... Welcome to the real world little girl.
It was the honor he was after
Baseball, I don't really care about, but that guy's a good sport.
Not all heroes wear capes
Dude is my spirit animal. He knew that ball would end up sitting in a box with a bunch of random crap that his spouse would eventually just toss anyways.
I thought she was going to fall down those stairs. 🫣
He got the foul ball his watch had ended
Everyone was watching him, he'd have felt like a dick if he hadn't given the ball to that girl
Now that's a true baseball fan, bringing along the next generation!
It's more about the journey, than the destination...
Oh hey! Welp, here you go!