GREAT MOMENTS IN PHILADELPHIA FANDOM: Phillies Fan Sparks Outrage After Taking Home Run Ball From Young Boy.
The video went viral on social media, with over 10 million views.
Fans condemned the woman’s behavior. “Insane to me that an adult cares this much. Balls and pucks should always go to the nearest kid. This is the hill I will die on,” one X user said.
Sports journalist Jeff Drummond said on X: “Embarrassing. I’ve yet again failed to go 48 hours without saying “What’s wrong with people?” I feel like that’s a modest goal, but it keeps coming up short.”
Another sports journalist, Harrison Smajovits, wrote on X: “Pro tip for being a decent person: Don’t do this.”
Former Fox News journalist Adam Housley wrote on X: “What is wrong with people? The ball is the boys. Deal with it.”
Both teams later stepped in to make amends. A Marlins staffer gave the boy a bag of team merchandise and baseballs, telling him, “I saw what happened, it wasn’t right,” according to a video posted on X.
After the game, the Phillies arranged for him to receive a signed bat from Bader.
“Going home with a signed bat from Bader,” the Phillies wrote on X.
Did she stop in DC on her way to Miami?
In any case, you can take the Karen out of Philadelphia, but you can’t take the Philadelphia out of the Karen:
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