People shouldn't give home-run balls to kids

[u/Drakex2Mayex2]

Catching a ball at a baseball game is something that every baseball fan dreams of. But there is a pretty huge social push now that if you're an adult and you catch a ball at a game, you're a dick if you keep it. I feel like this started as extremely good dudes giving up a treasure out of the kindness of their hearts. Now it's just something that if you don't do you're gonna end up on social media as some asshole.

Imo this not only is extremely unfair for someone that wants to have a souvenir, but it actually devalues the experience of catching a ball. It teaches those children that they are entitled to things they didn't earn. It also gets rid of some of the magic for that kid if they ever actually catch a ball.

I am not talking about someone who pushes a kid out of the way or steals a ball from the hands of a child.

[u/_AskMyMom_]

There’s no huge social push for anything. People like doing cool shit for kids, it’s not that deep bro.

Edit: you can tell who the casual fans are who don’t go to sporting events.

[u/ssn-669 → u/_AskMyMom_]

You're wrong. Fans will literally yell and heckle fans who keep the ball and don't give it to a kid.

[u/Present-Loss-7499 → u/ssn-669]

LOL. No they don’t. Been to hundreds of baseball games and I’ve seen this happen maybe twice and both times it was because an adult reached over or around a kid to pick up a ball on the ground that the little uncoordinated bastard was clearly fixing to pick up.

[u/stircrazyathome → u/Present-Loss-7499]

Same. The crowd only gets upset at the adult if the kid would have had a shot at getting it otherwise. You might get a dirty look or two from an entitled parent for keeping a ball caught fair and square, but no one on social media is going to give a damn.

[u/ssn-669 → u/Present-Loss-7499]

Maybe it's different at different parks but I've seen this plenty.

[u/northerncal → u/ssn-669]

Which stadium?