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Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT Pleased

During a game between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers Wednesday, one young fan almost had his world shattered when he failed to catch a foul ball tossed into the bleachers by the Rangers’ Mitch Moreland.

Instead, the ball was snagged by a couple who were quite pleased with their catch. So pleased, in fact, that they failed to notice the weeping, heartbroken kid right next to them.

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT PleasedHere’s the pitch . . .

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT PleasedThe boy’s father reaches for it . . .

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT Pleased. . .  and misses. The ball goes to the couple sitting right next to the boy.

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT PleasedA misplaced hope in the goodness of mankind ends in failure when the little boy desperately reaches out for the ball aaaaaaaand . . .

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT PleasedThe world is a lie.

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT PleasedThat’s the look of a child who will never trust a human being again.

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT PleasedYeesh.

As you can see, the entire episode was caught on camera.

Yankees play-by-play announcer Michael Kay was not happy with the victorious couple’s behavior and he accused them of “rubbing it in the kid’s face.”

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT PleasedThe woman poses happily for her fiancé with the baseball (it was their first ball game together).

Luckily, the story has a happy ending.

Although the couple who caught the ball claim they didn’t notice the bawling child sitting right next to them, someone in the Rangers dugout did. An employee came out and threw the upset fan a new ball.

Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT PleasedOh, and the Yankees lost 7-3. All is right with the world.

Watch via WFAA.com:

After the game was broadcast with Kay’s running commentary, the video went viral and the oblivious couple has discovered what it’s like to be a “viral villains.”

“My fiancé Shannon and I were honestly unaware of the situation of the little boy sitting next to us last night since we were so caught up in the excited and moment of being at our first Ranger’s baseball game together,” Sean Leonard, the man who caught the ball, wrote in a statement.

“I love children, I would never hurt someone,” his fiancé Shannon Moore said. “It’s very hurtful, especially when you know you wouldn’t intentionally hurt somebody or hurt their feelings. Especially when it’s a little-bitty toddler.”

Leonard and Moore want an apology from the Yankees play-by-play announcer.

“He took an event and sensationalized it, threw it out there, never checked or validated the facts,” Leonard said.

(H/T: Deadspin)

This article has been updated.

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  • rsanchez1
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:50am

    Humanity is lost because somewhere along the way kids were taught they can cry to get what they want.

    And no, you didn’t take kids to a game just to catch a stupid ball. You took them to spend time with them and America’s Pastime. Instead of putting them in daycares where they are given what they want so they shut up.

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    • krenshau
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 8:08pm

      I agree very much. The kid was acting like a spoiled brat. His parents should teach him to be happy for the people that were able to catch it, not feel sorry for himself.

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    • gsp9993
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:42am

      All true.

      The Spoiling of America’s youth has led to what we have today.

      Dependent kids who still live at home after college.

      This is how to encourage a entitlement society.

      Cry, whine, whimper until you shut up.

      Get real America.

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    • pcochran
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:47am

      I believe you are correct to a certain extent, but I would go a little further. The engaged couple went to their first game together and that ball will bring back those special memories for a lifetime. The child would not have rememberd this for more than a few days depending on his age. It was nothing special to him and it would have ended up in his room on the floor or in a toy box with all the other things that his parents and others give him. I can almost guarantee that most of the things he has, if they were special for a few minutes, the person or people that gave them to him are lucky they were appreciated that long. I am not going to say he is a spoiled brat for not getting the ball. From what I see in the photos, there is not even any evidence that he was crying for that reason. He may have been hungry or tired. I personally am glad they had the strength of character to not give in to the pressure from all the people around them and the announcer. I do believe the announcer should apologize to them for making them out to be villians though. What business is it of his if a child is crying? Did he not notice all the other children that were crying in the stands? Maybe he needs to personally buy each of those children a baseball.

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  • rsanchez1
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:45am

    Get over it.

    That kid is a crying spoiled brat. This is what you get when you worry too much about feelings in school.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:16am

      Sounds to me ..
      Dr. (Everyone gets a trophy)… Funk ..Needs a time-out too…

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    • Pendragon
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:08am

      @Dr Funk Gee Man I didn’t make enough money last week I want yours ya wanna give it to me??? Or Hey That foul ball will be worth 100,000 dollars one day and you caught it but the little boy is crying next to you so even though you caught it fairly you should give the kid 100K??? Or does that change your thoughts cause it has Money value??? Be Serious Dr Funk and Please your colorful language is not needed to reply That is why I do not go to Liberal blogs to comment cause they cuss until they get to be Communists and make the others share the wealth.

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    • MyUserNameWasTaken
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:39am

      @Dr.Funk I never saw anywhere rsanchez1′s post about whopping the kids butt. And for you to equate a child having a fit over not catching a ball to a child having a fit because it’s hungry is completely irrational.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:40am

      Dr FUNK…. Want to get off welfare? I am tired of paying your way…

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    • shotzie
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:21am

      RSANCHEZ1 – All the people saying the child is a crying brat have to be under 50. Tossed balls (I’m not talking hit balls in a tied World Series game), foul balls, etc. – ADULTS used to look for children sitting around them to give them to at baseball games. This “crying brat” is a TODDLER, not a 10 year old pitching a fit, he looks to be perhaps 4 or 5. Also “crying brats” cry longer than a minute or two. It‘s the materialistic adults who don’t seem to realize any longer that part of the magic of baseball was when an adult would hand you that ball that had been hit up into the stands. The problem with this entire story is that the adults who caught the ball are clueless to that, that we’ve somehow forgotten that and simply become selfish instead of encouraging the dreams of children.

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    • christelle
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:46am

      Agree with Shotzie.

      I suppose all of you calling this child a brat and having the nerve to compare him to OWS and such would go to a park and announce to the little children that there is no Santa??

      I do not want to live in a world where we have ripped all the magic of childhood away. Yes sometimes children will be dissapointed..and hey !!! guess what?? They will Cry. Cause that is what children do, even the well behaved ones.

      We were at an Easter Festival once and my daughter did not win the basket drawing. All the pretty baskets went to other people. She cried. I consoled her, told her it was ok that you don’t always win and she finally calmed down. And then…..magic…..one of the winners came up and offered her a pretty stuffed bunny from their basket. The way her face lit up was priceless. Sure it wasn‘t the whole basket but she didn’t care. So she learned that you can not always win…but more importantly she learned how far random acts of kindness can go.

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  • sawbuck
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:42am

    This story is a little misleading .When I first read the story I was under the impression
    that “the ball player” specifically was throwing the ball to the kid.

    After further review of the tape.. I call spoiled child alert.
    This is one reason I don’t do ball parks anymore.. Cost to much ..
    And now it’s all touchy feely and the PC has run amuck .

    I’m going to say something HARD..

    This is where we are today..
    The couple that caught the ball are in their own world and I cant blame them for that..
    The couple is totally unaware of LITTLE SPOILED JOHNNY sitting next to them at a ball game , because they spent to an absurd amount of money to go see a game .. So they make the most of it and completely block out a yapping kid next to them..

    This a prime example of what’s wrong with sports AND CHILD REARING ..
    40 years ago Little Johnny would have been crying because someone spilled their beer on him..
    By some beer belly guy.. Trying to snag the ball ..with a cigar hanging out of his mouth..
    And little Johnny’s up-tight parents would have got over it too ..

    In fact ..It was to rough of a crowd back then for little Johnny his parents ..
    And MOST of todays PC world..
    THEY ( The couple and little Johnny ).. Would have “stayed home” in there little PC bubble world ..Where EVERYTHING is sunshine and rainbows..
    and WHERE.. Little Johnny gets his way… ALL THE TIME.

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    • RebelPatriot
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:15am

      Statem1ent from the lady. Oh look honey the quarterback threw me a football. Do I throw it back with my number on it.

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    • sandrarama
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 3:36pm

      @Sawbuck – I could not have said it better myself. You are right on. I watched this on the news, and the so-called “rubbing it in the kid’s face” was the guy taking a picture of the woman with the ball. They have a right to enjoy their “catch.” The kid is a spoiled brat.

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  • MAMMY_NUNN
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:41am

    I’m sure if there was someone in a wheelchair they would have pushed him out of the way.

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    • chips1
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:51am

      A wheelchair guy should be in the wheelchair section in case of fire.

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  • MAMMY_NUNN
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:39am

    I agree adults at sporting events these days act worse than children and yes I listened to their lame excuse and I bet they steal candy from kids on holloween. Everything is not about me me me think about what it means to a child find some charity.

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  • lassiegirldawn
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:36am

    No left the puppies for the commie in chief.

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  • lassiegirldawn
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:34am

    So if you see a kid crying in a store because he isn’t getting what he wants, you are going to purchase it for him? I made my grandson ride under the shopping basket when he acted that way.

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  • Freedom Trooper
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:33am

    I hope most of you guys arent parents because you all are proving to have no sympathy for the child period, calling him names and his parents names, saying at that age he should know how the world works and how screwed up and hopeless life is. I am very sick at these comments. The Kid is a freaken kid. No the couple did not see him so its not the couples fault, and the kid did get a ball, yes the announcer should apologize. But really, guys we know life is not fair, but do you want to ruin this kids childhood by telling him how miserable he is going to be and how bad the world is, or do you want to show him any kindness so he can look at his childhood fondly. And no for you guys who are going to say I am a liberal idiot, that does not mean catering to his every whim, but last i checked the parents did not go and ask for a ball, some guy decided to give the kid onel, whats wrong with that? how does this kid at that age getting upset automatically mean that the parents are evil OWS liberals? Hell i dont want to see kids upset, and in this situation, yelling at him and telling him to shut up like many of you probably would is not going to help him in the future, and continuing that behavior of yelling and telling him to shut up will only make him resent his parents for destroying his childhood. Parenthood is a balance between tough love and coddling. and i fear many on this forum will go to far with the tough love, like the liberals have gone to far with the coddling.

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    • Freedom Trooper
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:41am

      and i also do not mean sheltering him, but at that young age you don’t need to destroy his childhood by telling him how terrible things are and how life is not fair, when he becomes a teenager, that’s when i think you its best to start showing him how the world really works. But that’s just my opinion as was my last entire comment. and i am sure i am going to get a lot of flak for it. but i did dish out flak as well so flak against me is not unwarranted. Have a great night yall,

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    • TurboCat
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:45am

      Our comments are ruining his childhood? You just made that up so you could spout off! Ridiculous.

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    • rsanchez1
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:47am

      Do we want to ruin his adulthood by teaching him he can cry to get anything? Seems to me that’s how Sharpton got his start, and now he gets to cry daily on MSNBC.

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    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:10am

      There comes some – how fair is it for these people that went to this game to enjoy them selves to be demonized by this news media, that announcer or anybody like you. Having their pictures with arrows and commentary to millions of people, simply cause they were in the right spot at the wrong time. Idiots like you are hurting their feelings for what and screwing up their life?

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    • eaglenest
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:09am

      Thank you, thank you, thank you, trooper!
      I was about to leave theblaze because of the hateful posts on this topic when I stopped at your post. Thankfully we have someone like you here with some sanity.
      What I saw at the end of that video was the woman leaning over and saying something to her boyfriend. She was looking right in the direction of the 4 year old. And she has the gall to say they didn’t know the kid was crying……….what a crock.

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    • Socialism_Is_The_New_Black
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:44am

      @Freedom Do you know anything about human development? People are molded into who they are for life early on. They won’t learn from LIFE”S LESSONS later because they will be to narcissistic to know better. Don’t even go there with people change either, people may adapt to a certain extent but they do not change.

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    • GetRight
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:49am

      Absolutely FREEDOM TROOPER! I can’t believe some of these comments! What is the matter with you people! The kid is like two! I am not sure but it was my impression that the player purposely tossed the ball to the kid. Maybe I’m wrong. But wouldn’t the spoiled brats be the grown-ups who want a baseball at a game who purposely ignore the crying two year old next to them! Of course they saw him! Maybe THEY should be taught that THEY can’t always get what they want and to show some kindness to a little boy! Very selfish and silly of them. The announcer should not apologize. I am really disappointed by all of you with your rude comments about a little boy. I wonder how you would feel if it were your child. I am all for teaching my children that they cannot get what they want (this happens usually everyday) but I also want them to see that there is kindness in this world that maybe they should emulate some day. It is just plain decency!

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    • christelle
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:54am

      As conservatives we fuss ALL the time about the liberals and their lack of value to human life. And that is not unwarranted, the DO have an extreme lack of value to human life.

      But what are we doing, are our hearts so hard we instantly call a crying child a brat?? Guess what?? Kids Cry!!!
      and look at the pictures closley. The parents are consoling the child, they are not looking out into the crowd demanding that some wrong be righted. The are caring for their son. And an employee made the decision to give the child a ball….they did not ask for that to happen. And because that random employee gave the little boy a ball…the magic of America’s Sport lives on.

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    • StepUpSpeakOut
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:19am

      I raised six children and took them to baseball games. I say the child had no more right to that ball than anyone else sitting there. Please. Just because the child wants something does not give them the right to have it. I want things that I can’t have…that’s life. Know what? He would be just as happy with a baseball that daddy bought for him later. More than likely, he has a toy box full of balls at home that he doesn’t even play with ! My grandchildren have toys “out the wazoo” that they never play with, so just because the little guy cried doesn’t mean that you give in to him. Common sense, people.

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    • Freedom Trooper
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:32pm

      Some of you apparently chose to ignore what i said in my comments. I never said they should have given him the ball, neither did i say that He deserved it, I was commenting on how many of you seem to be overreacting to the kid crying and from your comments and the viciousness of them, I guessed that many of you would probably yell at him and tell him to shut up. Also i never said that our comments our ruining kids life’s, I stated that I don’t think at that age they need to know how messed up their adulthood is going to be. Also going to point out that children are going to remember how you treat them even from that young of an age, and we need to be wary of that. Many will treat them with tough love and yell at them all their life, yes they will grow a thick skin, however their is a good possibility that they are going to be very resentful because of it, and if you go to far with the coddling then all you have done is created another lazy bum in the future, So again its a balance between those two, that many on this forum, and some who replied seem to want to ignore that. Also i agreed that the couple was not at fault and that the announcer should apologize, please people, read what i actually say before replying. To the other comments, thank you. Also thanks for being civil except for you yougottabekidding who called me an idiot, your just proving my point.

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    • sandrarama
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 5:10pm

      In my humble opinion, the issue is not that the kid cried. Kids will do that and it’s all part of growing up. The issue is the demonization of the couple because they didn’t hand off the ball to the kid. I don’t blame the kid, his parents or the couple, but the media who are making this a bigger deal than it ever needed to be. However, you are wrong to say that anyone who disagrees with you is or would be a bad parent. I have raised four polite, successful sons and I have to say that not one of them ever cried like that because they did not get their way, so I suspect there might be some parental shortcomings with the young lad who did not get the ball.

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    • davuf
      Posted on April 28, 2012 at 6:29pm

      As a conservative I value choice and property rights. The couple didn‘t have to give the ball to the kid if they didn’t want to. They SHOULDNT have given it to him just because he was crying. If they wanted to give him the ball and feel good for doing charity great, but I’m not going to vilify them not doing it it.

      BTW for all of you making comments about parenting skills. I’m a father. My son‘s young and constantly trying to grab things he can’t have or shouldn’t have. Telling your kid no and to stop crying isn’t the best moements of being a parent but they are important to have a well mannered and disciplined kid. His envy of thier possession is not a valid reason to demand the ball. He does look spoiled and he should get over it.

      The parents in this clip look fine. They don’t act snarky, just try to deal with the crying child.

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  • 50Caliber
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:25am

    ….Democrats!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:43am

      Not at a Ranger’s game probably….Nice try. They just have liberal leanings…Kinda like Bush said…Compassionate Conservatives…I call then p@ssies….

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  • lassiegirldawn
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:22am

    Let’s see what happens when little Johnny grows up and doesn’t get the promotion at work. Is he going to pitch a fit or become an ax murder?

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    • lassiegirldawn
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:30am

      Makes me think that if he doesn’t get to be a wise man in the Christmas play, he will go up to be a “wise guy”.

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  • ghoststrike
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:20am

    The kid is a spoiled brat and shame on those that encourage that behavior.

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    • yancie
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:44am

      What if this lady wanted to take the ball and give it to her own child. I didn’t think kids were suppose to take things from strangers. When his mommy takes him to the store and he sees something he wants to get it all he has to do is cry loud and she hands it over to shut him up. Seems to me he will be a great OWS protester.

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  • grayling646
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:14am

    Seemed like an innocent mistake to me. Course, you wouldn‘t know that because you didn’t listen to their explanation.

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    • Tribal Warrior
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:40pm

      The couples explanation of, ‘We didn’t see the kid’ is pretty lame. Yeah the guy looks like he’s robbing the craddle with his girlfriend, but they both ain’t blind. I’ve gone to games and I know my surroundings. I know the whiny kids and the well behaved kids. I know good couples and bad couples by their actions and language of course. This couple may not be Texans, just simply American Texas Ranger fans, because as a Texan at a baseball game, if a foul ball is coming towards you(the adult) and a kid is right next to you, if you catch it you give it to the kid instantly. That’s Texan instincts. :)

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  • grayling646
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:02am

    You didn’t place a period at the end of your sentence.

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  • Brae
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:57am

    Lesson learned: If you don’t get what you want, pitch a fit. Must be liberal parents

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    • McNamara
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:12pm

      That’s awesome. And something to really cry about.

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  • teacherbil
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:48am

    I’ll give you something to cry about kid….you’re already $47,000 in debt.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:47am

      Lol, now there‘s a nail that’s been hit on the head!

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    • shaniac14
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:37am

      Now that’s funny

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:42am

      Thank you for a belly laugh!
      Becket….GREAT lines under each picture!
      Kids are raised differently than in the 50′s. Trophy kids, participation trophy…Here in the USA the kid “crys out” because of a ball…..in other parts of the world, a child “cries out” when missing a slice of bread thrown by a terrorist. If the ball had been “tossed”DIRECTLY at the boy & someone crossed-over in front of the boy, then shame on that person. The boy’s dad missed the ball that was in HIS REACH. Good opportunity for the dad to say to his son, “missed the ball but we will catch the next one”. The kid keeps crying, take him out of the stands & take him to another location & explain to him again, “we missed the ball, but we will get the next one”. A teachable moment!…I never had kids, I was raised to be seen & not heard! A friend had a kid having a fit at a restaurant, she took her kid to a seperate place..about 5 min later, both came back & the rest of the evening went well. Just saying.
      I had stitches being sewn inside my lip..be good said the doctor & I will buy you an ice cream cone.. I have been waiting for that cone from him for 57 years!!!

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    • katefromsc
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:07pm

      Lol !!

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  • Jaycen
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:45am

    It‘s clear the woman’s husband is shooting a pic of her with his cell phone.

    Every child doesn’t get a ball. The couple did nothing wrong. It was nice of the team to give the kid a ball.

    Big deal.

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  • LolaB
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:40am

    Oh and another thing…I didn’t see the couple rubbing it in the kids face did you????? They were just caught up in the moment of catching the ball…duh, if you’ve ever been to a game, when a ball is fouled out most of the fans are excited, they get up and try to get the souvenir…that’s what they did. I’d be excited too!!!!!!

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  • LolaB
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:37am

    Am I a witch for thinking that this little boy is a brat????? Boo hoo….I’m gonna cry because I want THAT ball. Now…if for sure the baseball player was tossing it up to the little boy…that may be one thing…but the story doesn’t state that it WAS for the little boy or his family. What a shame…this little boy is starting out early…I want what I want and I want it NOW!!!!!

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    • SgtB
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:46am

      Nope, that is the conclusion that I came to after watching the couple get the ball fair and square and then watching the kid go all hissy fit over it. But, it isn’t his fault at that age. I’d blame the two adults holding him up and coddling him.

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:26am

      I think that he was a brat too. We’re not entitled to whatever we want, just because we want it.

      Would it be nice if the couple gave it to him? Sure, but they don’t have to, and they shouldn’t be expected to. Maybe they have their own kid at home that they want to give it to, or a niece or a nephew that might want it. It’s their first game, but maybe they’re super big sports fans and have been dreaming about going to a baseball game and catching a foul ball all of their life.

      The kid doesn‘t have more rights than that couple just because he’s a kid. Equal rights, not special rights.

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    • rsanchez1
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:53am

      I’m gonna get myself a brat and bring him to games. Easy way to get free merch from the team.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:59am

      @LolaB

      I don‘t think that you’re a witch and I don’t think the boy is a spoiled brat. He’s just four years old.

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  • Marsh626
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:37am

    Yeah, way to reward the kid for actlike like a spoiled brat. Future OWS moron.

    Just wait until this kid gets older. His crying tantrums will probably turn into dangerous verbal and physical abuse.

    Seen it before with pampered rich leftist kids I grew up with.

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    • chips1
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:04am

      Sounds like you know the Mendez brothers.

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  • Chet Hempstead
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:34am

    I’d keep the ball too, and if the kid didn’t like it I’d say, “Look, kid, I’ve been coming to games since I was your size, and this is the first damn ball that I ever caught, so you’re just going to have to be a little patient.”

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:56am

      Wow, Funky, you seem to think this is the most important story of the year, judging from how many comments and responses you’ve written. Did somebody take your toys away when you were a little 4-year old pile of funk? There, there, baby. You’ll get over it some day.

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    • chips1
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:07am

      DR_FUNK is practicing without a license.

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    • yancie
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:48am

      I am thinking D_Funky is the boys dad.

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  • RMJR
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:29am

    I’m glad this got resolved, but when I saw, both the picture and comments, this woman was rubbing it in the kids face?, that is not the truth. If you look closely, her husband/boyfriend was taking a picture of her holding up the ball. She was posing for the picture.
    Now we have a society, that is so ‘politically correct’, if I go to a game, maybe it is the only one I go to, that a crying child gets a ball? The same mindset that gets you ribbons and trophies when you lose.
    Now, having been in this same situation, I gave the shirt I caught to the nearest kid I could find. I don’t get into a tee-shirt, or ball (maybe if it was signed I might).
    I also was told that that was not the only crying child. When other children saw he got a ball, on the big screen, they started crying. So I say to resolve this situation, give every man woman and child crying a ball, it will save the world of all the real important issues, like food, jobs, morality and commonsense. Question…how many children who get a ball, toss it? remember the father that gave his daughter a ball, and she did what you do with an unsigned ball…You through it! Just Sayin!

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:27am

    Well isn’t that just sweet how the baseball players threw the boy a new ball and in doing so superseded God momentarily? But in about ten years God will come around and kick the kid in the chins, and the ignoramus players already have their reward because of their blindness. I guess “It takes a Village” to make a boy a Socialist, or a baseball team. Or even a nosy visitor or family member to come over for a visit to marginalize a parent’s authority in front of their child in their own house. I can’t stand modern people.

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    • texanpatriot
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:33am

      Pure abuse of power by the announcer. Now the folks who got the ball are the victims. Dad has a lot of talking to do the turn this little guy around ‘ everybody has the same opportunity, even a Dad who cannot catch, but some win and some lose.’ Get to work Dad…

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:47am

      It was on ESPN…It is all about PC socialism…

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  • blaaaaackwoman
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:22am

    Screw that spoiled brat. He should be given a good spanking. He’s probably spoiled rotten. His parents feel he is ENTITLED to that ball.

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    • lassiegirldawn
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:54am

      Probably a bully at day care, grabbing other kids teddy bears because he dismemberd hie own at home.

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    • smokie
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:03am

      USMC,
      You are out of line. You don’t know anything about Blaaaackwoman.

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    • chips1
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:16am

      USMC1063:
      You must know Jackson and Sharpton. Blaaackwoman sounds like she knows what she is talking about. Keep kicking the black Americans until they give up. Please remove that USMC moniker from your post. You haven’t earned it!!!!

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:14am

    Awe wasn’t that cute, nothing like seeing the construction of a little Socialist by ignoramus people.

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  • VoteRightDammit
    Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:09am

    wow.

    spoil your child.

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    • smokie
      Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:20am

      Glad I’m not the only one who thinks that. To think I made it this far in life without the precious foul ball. I didn’t know it was needed before I could reach my full potential.

      I’ll be sure to cry a lot next time I go to the ballpark. Who said there’s no crying in baseball?

      Before I get tarred for not falling for the saccharine emotional bs, my cousin and I were once at the ballgame, the foul ball slammed right into the empty seat between us. All the adults were so busy fighting each other to find it, they didn‘t notice my cousin dropping the ball into some kid’s glove, as he watched the brouhaha.
      And no, the kid wasn’t crying. He was just a little amazed at grown men acting like animals.

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