Woman At Phillies Games Receives Major Backlash After Taking Home Run Ball From Young Child

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This is quite pathetic behavior.

A woman at a Phillies game is receiving backlash after a video shows her taking a home run ball from a young fan.

Watch here:

CNN reported furtehr context on the story:

The Phils held a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning when outfielder Harrison Bader blasted a solo home run into the left field stands to extend the team’s lead.

This is where things get a little interesting.

The NBC Sports Philadelphia broadcast showed a father retrieve the ball and bring it back to his young son, when all of a sudden an unidentified woman comes out of nowhere and confronted the duo.

The father had a shocked look on his face as the woman, who was seated the row behind where he had retrieved the ball, continued to argue with him.

After some back-and-forth, the man took the ball from his son’s glove, handed it over to the woman and shooed her away.

Here’s another angle of the incident:

Both the Phillies and the Marlins had compassion on the young boy and gave him gifts:

Newsweek reported this isn’t the first case in recent weeks of older fans taking from children:

Philadelphia Phillies fan is facing backlash after a video surfaced online showing them snatching a home run ball away from a young boy during a game.

The Phillies incident is the latest in a series of unruly fan episodes at U.S. sporting events.

Just last week at the U.S. Open, Polish millionaire Piotr Szczerek was filmed snatching a hat meant for a child from tennis player Kamil Majchrzak, drawing outrage before later apologizing.

Earlier this week, a Mets supporter was caught on broadcast taking a souvenir baseball from an elderly fan during a game against the Marlins.



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