The family of a young boy, whose father caught him a home run ball during a Philadelphia Phillies-Miami Marlins game on Friday, has spoken out after they had to give the ball away to a woman who had angrily demanded it was hers.
Speaking to NBC10 Philadelphia on Saturday, Drew Feltwell explained that he had caught the ball at the game on Friday evening to give to his son Lincoln during his birthday week.
Feltwell said: “We were there to get a home run ball, so I thought we had accomplished this great thing and putting it in his glove meant a lot and she was just so adamant and loud and yelling and persistent, and I just didn’t want to deal with it anymore.”
Why It Matters
The incident sparked fury among the crowd in the stadium, and went viral on social media. Members of the audience reportedly leapt to defend the young boy, informing the Marlins staff what had happened to ensure the boy got his ball.
This dispute over the ball took place just days after another memorabilia-snatching moment at the U.S. Open.
A man, identified by internet sleuths as Piotr Szczerek, the millionaire owner of paving company Drogbruk, took tennis player Kamil Majchrzak’s hat from a young fan in the crowd and was widely criticized for the act.
A look at the stands in Miami after Harrison Bader's home run.
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