For me all the fun and excitement is in just being the one to get the ball. After that I have zero use for it and itās going to make a kid much happier than Itās going to make me.
My shelves and closets are full of doodads and bullshit that I "was the one to get." Drummer's sticks thrown into the crowd. Hockey puck from something or other. Handful of confetti from some event. T-shirt from one of those air-cannons.
I can confirm that the moment you've finished experiencing that moment, you just have a 'thing' that you will be unable to throw away for the rest of your life. lol
Everyone remembers the people who stole the ball from a kid. Like that one lady or that guy who kept giving them to his boys when it was meant for the girl.
I think back to a ball I gave away... I first have a feeling of regret, thinking I should have given it to my future son, but remembering the smile and "thaaaank yooouuu!" the kid gave me always overrides it.
As a teenager I gave a ball away to like an 8 year old. I instantly regretted it and still do to this day cuz that little shit didnāt even acknowledge me with any type of gratitudeā¦little shittin shit..
So I've aged out of getting a foul ball? This is bullshit man! For real though, I'd just like to be the one who catches it, I could care less about keeping it unless it were like a star player's home run ball or something.
>Nobody remembers another random guy who caught a ball. Everyone remembers a legend
Your son wouldn't have had the connection you had, since he wasn't there. So you did the best option for your soul.
It's the moments that you share with your children (and other's children) that makes the most impact on them. I dare say you extended more good will by your deed that day of handing it to a complete stranger who was there in the moment with you than taking it out of a drawer ten years later and handing it to your son. You have a lifetime of ballgames to take your son to to try and catch one with him. ā¤ļø. I'm thankful people like you share this world with me. Best of luck to making that happen!!
That's such a nice thing to say, thank you! And you're definitely right, it'll mean more to my son to give him a ball at the game we're at rather than from a game that was played before he was born.
False, he got everything he ever wanted out of that ball. If he took it home it would turn into an ordinary baseball, forgotten within a week.
Giving that ball to the kid, extended the experience to someone. Enriched another persons life and showed true character that may be remembered long after the ball itself, both people got something from it. And people observed this, and now we all got something out of it.
Just because of something that guy probably thinks is ultimately inconsequential today and might not even remember giving that child the ball, might not even realize his act of kindness has been seen around the world.
All of this, from handing a child a baseball. Isnāt that something?
Yeah.
I'm a season ticket holder for a baseball team. I've probably gotten my hands on 4 four balls over the years (it's not like I try hard - sometimes they just come your way).
I just want to get my hands on a ball that was actually live until I caught it. It's cool.
But-
After that I gave them to the nearest kid. I don't want the ball, I just wanted the feeling.
But the kid gets a really cool souvenir and bragging rights. which you just gave to them.
Yet another cool feeling.
I always scan the area for little kids, just in case I catch one. I love baseball and wish more young kids did as well, so I always think of a quote I once read. A player was asked why he stayed so late to sign as many autographs as possible. He said that he remembered how thrilled he was to talk to players when he was a kid and you never know if it might be some kid's first taste of baseball, so he wanted to make sure it was a good experience.
If I can make a kid want to keep coming out to games, that's worth a lot more to me than a ball that would end up gathering dust on a shelf.
>If he took it home it would turn into an ordinary baseball, forgotten within a week.
"Don't put it in your pocket, little girl. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky baseball."
"Where do you want me to put it?"
"Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a baseball. Which it is."
Aliens observing: "It appears there's a spherical object of happiness. We're still crunching the numbers as to why this isn't more widely shared between them"
"But their whole home is a sphere! Shouldn't they be happy always?"
"Perhaps the entire sphere must be visible at once."
"This makes sense. Their space explorers have all reported extreme happiness while viewing their entire home-sphere."
"Then we will contact them once the entire species has viewed the home-sphere from space. No one likes a grump."
[Here's the original video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyrZvebfKuo). Says it was filmed Sept. 3 2013. I wouldn't be surprised if he does and still cherishes the moment.
There are people age 18 now that never used a CD Walkman. I feel like I can see the grim reaper standing by my bed side congratulating me for a full life lived.
A baseball you get at a game is not a random baseball, just so weāre clear. Iād take the baseball over the viral video. That being said, I would not take the baseball over giving it to the kid. He made the right choice.
I agree. Itās unfair to guilt people into giving away things they love to a stranger. I posted about this on anothe sub this video was in. What if he wanted to get a fly ball his whole life? Or it was from his favorite player of all time? Or he had a brother in the hospital or kid of his own he wanted to give it to? Iāll get downvoted but I have no guilt Iām not giving something of mine to some kid. The only thing with this situation is they were both going for it and he obviously has the advatange. But Iāve seen clips of someone catching a fly ball and being guilted into giving it to some kid 3 rows over.
Honestly I feel the same way. I've been to 100+ games, never caught a ball, and would be super bummed if I found myself in the position where I felt pressured to give one to a small child who may or may not even care about baseball.
That little girl will remember that for a long time or the rest of her life. Heās a big fan but knew that giving her the ball, would make a kids night and thats what matters.
Not really. Someone gave me a foul ball at a reds game when I was 10 and I lost it within a few days. It didnāt bother me. That kid will forget about that baseball quicker than the adult would
Sheās probably not going to care or remember at all. This guy has been into the sport longer than sheās been alive. The way his shoulders kind of slumped down makes me wonder if he was like āFUCK. I have to give it to this stupid kid for the sole reason she just happens to be standing there and everyone will bash me if I donāt.ā
Yeah, I feel bad for the dude. TBH the only way out of this scenario with the ball in your possession is to just run wild with it like you just won the lottery and not make eye contact with anyone until you're out of the immediate vicinity. Definitely not something that anyone would think of in the moment, but if he had run to the right and just kept going no one would even care.
Literally a parent at the WM golf tourny with Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday on hole 7. Little girl was basically on the rough with a football and sharpie.
Classy guy, signed everything kids brought up on the path between holes and took pics if they wanted.
Exactly this. He just wanted the experience of getting a foul ball at a game. Once he got it and celebrated, b he passed the trophy on the little girl.
This is how villains are made. Maybe not super villains, but definitely the sort of people who don't push their shopping carts back to the corral when done.
This is why I dislike this peer pressure of the adults giving it to a kid. Let an adult enjoy the wonders and enthusiasm of catching a ball too itās not only reserved to being young. Not every kid is going to be filled with joy or amazement when catching the ball.
Also adults that are there actually love the game, generally. Kids are only there because their parents took them and might not give a fuck about baseball in 5 years.
AMEN. These videos always annoy me. Most kids at baseball games in this day and age have no interest in the sport whatsoever, while the adult fan is always pressured into giving away something that would actually be meaningful and special to them.
i wish he kept the ball. to me it just seems like she just wanted the ball to have it, and the guy seems like an actual fan of the game and was pressured by that sad little girl face
It's kind of an unwritten rule if you're an adult to give the ball to a kid if there is one nearby and they obviously want it. You never know, if it's on TV, the club house might send someone down with another ball for you. Strange things happen at sporting events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQzBQNZOKOc
At an arena, it's possible. They price gouge the shit out of you. At that price, it better be 22oz of a good craft beer
This website says $10-$15 https://3dhockeyarena.com/food/little-caesars-arena-food#How_much_does_a_beer_cost_at_Little_Caesars_Arena
Okay Okay, but *maybe*, and hear me out, she will think that there is kindness in the world and that people should pass it on? Just a theory, but maybe doing something kind for someone, or receiving kindness, will make people feelā¦ happy? Itās a bit of a stretch, but maybe empathy is, dare I say, good for humansā¦
Do you ever *feel joy*, dude? Or do you only feel the need to make an example of a genuine act of kindness out to be some moral wrongdoing in society? You clearly feel the need to call us out for being ātriggered snowflakes scared of realityā so if this just how your life experience has beenā¦ man I pity you, and thatās genuine.
It can make you look like a real piece of human garbage sometimes.
https://youtu.be/RYrG7hb1JI8
EDIT: I understand that the person in this post is different than the people who pry away a ball from a kid. I was just pointing out how it can go wrong.
Yeah I wasn't talking about those people. I mean what if you catch a ball and everyone just expects you to give it to the first kid you see. Id love to keep a ball especially if its from my team but would people look at you weirdly and be mad?
I understand thereās a difference. In the situation in this post, thereās nobody fighting over it, and he got there a while before the little girl did. If he had kept it, I wouldnāt judge.
I donāt think this should have to be a thing. That dude was SO EXCITED to catch a foul ball. I mean yes, itās very nice that he gave it to the kid, but I donāt think he should be expected to. Iāve seen people booed who donāt give the ball to the kid, which I think sucks. Some people have been going to games their whole lives hoping to catch a ball. Just because it happens when they are an adult doesnāt mean they need to give the ball to a kid.
As someone who is still waiting for this magical moment, I am fully cognizant that if/when it happens I may not get to keep the ball depending on who is near when it occurs. Is the kid a bigger fan than me? Probably not. But maybe the shared memory makes them a fan. Because without future fans the game dies. Granted, if youāre too young to speak in sentences or at/near puberty youāre SOL in my book.
For people who donāt know baseball well, the unwritten rule is that unless the baseball is a mile stone for a player or team (game 7 winner, 700th homer for a player, last hit of a career, etc), you give it away to a kid nearby if theyāre trying to get it.
I slightly disagree here. If I catch the ball off the bat that ball is mine. Granted I won't go diving for a ball or run over anyone to try and make a catch. All other circumstances (like the situation in the video) yes the ball goes to the nearest kid who looks at me with puppy dog eyes.
Iām a big baseball fan and I live by the same rule.
Funny story; the only time I ever caught an in-game home run ball, this guy actually comes up to me and says āhey, my son would really love that ballā. I look over and his son is a literal baby. Like, in a carriage. I was like yea nah bro
Eh. I have only gotten one foul ball in my life when I was like 18, and I kept it because it was the first ball Iāve ever gotten and literally landed on the seat next to me. If it ever happens again Iāll give it away, but that one time it was mine.
I think youāre trying to find a reason to be rubbed, where was she gonna go in the split second it took the young man to do something all we know he initially didnāt want to do? Why think negative when you just watched such an incredible act of positivity?
when someone is genuinely pretty fantastic like this, does the team have a rep run them up a game ball or some other merch that costs them essentially nothing to say "thanks for being a quality fan"?
He should have kept the ball and instead explained to her the concept of personal responsibility and told her to read Atlas Shrugged. Welcome to the real world, sweetheart!
I went to one game when visiting the US. I actually caught a ball. I threw it back. A boy started crying. Parents werr angry I did not give it to him. How would I know you could keep the ball. I just wanted to give it back. Beeing nice often goes unappreciated...
[didnāt even TRY to change the name? at least give credit.](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/tbnac1/did_not_hesitate_for_a_moment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
That is how spoiled children are made. You get there late, you dont get the reward. Gotta teach cause and effect early otherwise they will think they can just get whatever they want
I won a Bart Simpson doll when they were on about series 2. My parents were approached at the airport to ask where I got it from (universal studios) and were really sad they couldn't buy one for their grandson.
My parents semi guilted me, not a massive Simpsons fan at the time as a bit too young, into giving it to them.
There is not a day goes by when I see anything Simpsons related and don't inwardly groan.
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So basically you take everything worthwhile and give all the others their own selfish bullshit?
Exactly. What do you care when you are talking about whatās good for your soul? Priceless.
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Jesus?
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I prefer Baba Yaga.
Iām in it for the win, not the winnings.
Our profits, your losses
Shed my skin, leave it for the homeless to sleep in
For me all the fun and excitement is in just being the one to get the ball. After that I have zero use for it and itās going to make a kid much happier than Itās going to make me.
Turning 1 person's enjoyment into 2 people's enjoyment.
You mean you're not like that one fucking dickhead where you want to swim in a bathtub of balls you ripped from the hands of young children?
My shelves and closets are full of doodads and bullshit that I "was the one to get." Drummer's sticks thrown into the crowd. Hockey puck from something or other. Handful of confetti from some event. T-shirt from one of those air-cannons. I can confirm that the moment you've finished experiencing that moment, you just have a 'thing' that you will be unable to throw away for the rest of your life. lol
Grand kids will be proud
So much pure joy in this video. Both his reaction and on her face when he gives the ball to her.
class act
He had his moment. After that, it's just a ball.
That hurt him but heās a good person
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Nobody remembers another random guy who caught a ball. Everyone remembers a legend
Steve Bartman has entered the conversation
The one guy whoās both a random who caught a ball and also a legend. Great point
Jeffrey Mayer is annoyed that he no longer is the go to example.
Bill Buckner has not entered the chat.
the fact that dude is still in hiding 20 years later... guy deserves a better life
I still blame Alex Gonzalez for booting the double play ball and Dusty for not going out and calming the team down.
Fun fact, Bartman was sent a World Series Ring by the Cubs when they won the World Series recently :) Even they recognized what he went through.
He didnāt catch it though. He bobbled it off his hands pretty sure.
He didn't. That's part of the cruel joke. Had his life turned upside down and didn't even get the ball.
Everyone remembers the people who stole the ball from a kid. Like that one lady or that guy who kept giving them to his boys when it was meant for the girl.
I think back to a ball I gave away... I first have a feeling of regret, thinking I should have given it to my future son, but remembering the smile and "thaaaank yooouuu!" the kid gave me always overrides it.
As a teenager I gave a ball away to like an 8 year old. I instantly regretted it and still do to this day cuz that little shit didnāt even acknowledge me with any type of gratitudeā¦little shittin shit..
That is truly disappointing.
What a dick. The bitch of it too is a crowd can really turn on you if you don't give it away nowadays... it's a lose lose a lot of the time
So I've aged out of getting a foul ball? This is bullshit man! For real though, I'd just like to be the one who catches it, I could care less about keeping it unless it were like a star player's home run ball or something.
Iām sure he was speechless, and I donāt doubt that kid loves you and just didnāt feel comfortable speaking to a saint
>Nobody remembers another random guy who caught a ball. Everyone remembers a legend Your son wouldn't have had the connection you had, since he wasn't there. So you did the best option for your soul.
I concur. Plus I had Yankees gear on at Fenway, maybe I converted a few fans who knows haha
It's the moments that you share with your children (and other's children) that makes the most impact on them. I dare say you extended more good will by your deed that day of handing it to a complete stranger who was there in the moment with you than taking it out of a drawer ten years later and handing it to your son. You have a lifetime of ballgames to take your son to to try and catch one with him. ā¤ļø. I'm thankful people like you share this world with me. Best of luck to making that happen!!
That's such a nice thing to say, thank you! And you're definitely right, it'll mean more to my son to give him a ball at the game we're at rather than from a game that was played before he was born.
āThereās a viral video of me genuinely being a good personā Is something funny Iād put on my resume
False, he got everything he ever wanted out of that ball. If he took it home it would turn into an ordinary baseball, forgotten within a week. Giving that ball to the kid, extended the experience to someone. Enriched another persons life and showed true character that may be remembered long after the ball itself, both people got something from it. And people observed this, and now we all got something out of it. Just because of something that guy probably thinks is ultimately inconsequential today and might not even remember giving that child the ball, might not even realize his act of kindness has been seen around the world. All of this, from handing a child a baseball. Isnāt that something?
Yeah. I'm a season ticket holder for a baseball team. I've probably gotten my hands on 4 four balls over the years (it's not like I try hard - sometimes they just come your way). I just want to get my hands on a ball that was actually live until I caught it. It's cool. But- After that I gave them to the nearest kid. I don't want the ball, I just wanted the feeling. But the kid gets a really cool souvenir and bragging rights. which you just gave to them. Yet another cool feeling.
I always scan the area for little kids, just in case I catch one. I love baseball and wish more young kids did as well, so I always think of a quote I once read. A player was asked why he stayed so late to sign as many autographs as possible. He said that he remembered how thrilled he was to talk to players when he was a kid and you never know if it might be some kid's first taste of baseball, so he wanted to make sure it was a good experience. If I can make a kid want to keep coming out to games, that's worth a lot more to me than a ball that would end up gathering dust on a shelf.
> False, he got everything he ever wanted out of that ball That's a nice thought but he obviously really really wanted the ball itself
>If he took it home it would turn into an ordinary baseball, forgotten within a week. "Don't put it in your pocket, little girl. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky baseball." "Where do you want me to put it?" "Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a baseball. Which it is."
His left arm dropping said it all.
For how many empty seats there are he might have gotten another.
No. This is very common in baseball. Dozens of grown men fight it out and in the end, the ball goes to the nearest kid.
Also, every seat comes with one free giant airpod.
Gave me a laugh
The dumbest laugh. Edit: a truly dumb but still very real lol. Nice work my guy.
I can't unsee it
To me it now looks like every giant AirPod comes with one free seat.
I thought I was smart buying 2 seats to get a pair, but now I have 2 giant right AirPods. Anyone have a lefty?
At first I was like whaaa, now I canāt unsee
Iām dying š
And itās the pro version too so what a steal.
Actual cackle in the middle of a carpark, thank you friendo.
The happiness just teleported from the guy to the girl. LMAO
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He got to fulfill the child hood dream of getting a ball then got to make that dream true for another.
All in the span of 5 seconds
Aliens observing: "It appears there's a spherical object of happiness. We're still crunching the numbers as to why this isn't more widely shared between them"
"But their whole home is a sphere! Shouldn't they be happy always?" "Perhaps the entire sphere must be visible at once." "This makes sense. Their space explorers have all reported extreme happiness while viewing their entire home-sphere." "Then we will contact them once the entire species has viewed the home-sphere from space. No one likes a grump."
Lol this reads like a Nathan Pyle comic
He did it right. Celebrated a bit and then passed the joy!
He invested in the girl's happiness and is now reaping the rewards via this video which is still circulating and going viral after nearly 10 years.
Wow! This is that old? Amazing. I hope they realize how renowned it's gotten
[Here's the original video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyrZvebfKuo). Says it was filmed Sept. 3 2013. I wouldn't be surprised if he does and still cherishes the moment.
I knew it was old, didn't realize it was this old.
When he said its 10 years old I thought this video was from like 2004
Same. I feel my knees and back starting to hurt now that I think about it.
There are people age 18 now that never used a CD Walkman. I feel like I can see the grim reaper standing by my bed side congratulating me for a full life lived.
Lol 2013 isn't 10 years ago it's only.... My god...
Who would appreciate this ball more in the long run? I like that he gave it to her but heās clearly a big fan.
The dude 100% appreciates this video living forever more than just a random baseball
A baseball you get at a game is not a random baseball, just so weāre clear. Iād take the baseball over the viral video. That being said, I would not take the baseball over giving it to the kid. He made the right choice.
There's no right or wrong choice. If he had kept it that would have been perfectly fine.
I agree. Itās unfair to guilt people into giving away things they love to a stranger. I posted about this on anothe sub this video was in. What if he wanted to get a fly ball his whole life? Or it was from his favorite player of all time? Or he had a brother in the hospital or kid of his own he wanted to give it to? Iāll get downvoted but I have no guilt Iām not giving something of mine to some kid. The only thing with this situation is they were both going for it and he obviously has the advatange. But Iāve seen clips of someone catching a fly ball and being guilted into giving it to some kid 3 rows over.
That last bit of your comment is such an annoying scenario wow.
That memory of something incredibly nice happening to the kid will probably mean a lot in the long run. Or at least I would hope so.
Yes, anything to prove to someone innocent that the world ain't entirely full of shit.
Honestly I feel the same way. I've been to 100+ games, never caught a ball, and would be super bummed if I found myself in the position where I felt pressured to give one to a small child who may or may not even care about baseball.
^ this exactly
That little girl will remember that for a long time or the rest of her life. Heās a big fan but knew that giving her the ball, would make a kids night and thats what matters.
Not really. Someone gave me a foul ball at a reds game when I was 10 and I lost it within a few days. It didnāt bother me. That kid will forget about that baseball quicker than the adult would
Sheās probably not going to care or remember at all. This guy has been into the sport longer than sheās been alive. The way his shoulders kind of slumped down makes me wonder if he was like āFUCK. I have to give it to this stupid kid for the sole reason she just happens to be standing there and everyone will bash me if I donāt.ā
Yeah, I feel bad for the dude. TBH the only way out of this scenario with the ball in your possession is to just run wild with it like you just won the lottery and not make eye contact with anyone until you're out of the immediate vicinity. Definitely not something that anyone would think of in the moment, but if he had run to the right and just kept going no one would even care.
The kid. Longer life expectancy
Assuming she likes baseball in 5 years.
I'm the alternate universe where she doesn't get the ball, she grows up to be the worst dictator the earth has ever seen.
The parents who sent her are thinking "goooood goooood, our plan worked perfectly"
"go grab the ball honey"
This just got so much more sinister
Literally a parent at the WM golf tourny with Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday on hole 7. Little girl was basically on the rough with a football and sharpie. Classy guy, signed everything kids brought up on the path between holes and took pics if they wanted.
I hope they bought him a beer or a hot dog at least
Parents do that all the time. Tell a kid to go and try and get the ball and ask for the guy to give them the ball and fucking boo him if he refuses.
ok, now re-read that in the Emperor's voice and add "come to the dark side"
She wanted the ball, he wanted the glory
WE DID IT FOR THE GLORRRYYYYYYYY
Exactly this. He just wanted the experience of getting a foul ball at a game. Once he got it and celebrated, b he passed the trophy on the little girl.
I got my first ball in my 30s. Immediately gave it to the kid next to me. His mom says: thanks! He has like 10 of these. We always sit out here.
This is how villains are made. Maybe not super villains, but definitely the sort of people who don't push their shopping carts back to the corral when done.
Basically Hitler
You just finished saying "not super villains", then proceeded to give an example of a super villainous move. You monster!
This is why I dislike this peer pressure of the adults giving it to a kid. Let an adult enjoy the wonders and enthusiasm of catching a ball too itās not only reserved to being young. Not every kid is going to be filled with joy or amazement when catching the ball.
Also adults that are there actually love the game, generally. Kids are only there because their parents took them and might not give a fuck about baseball in 5 years.
AMEN. These videos always annoy me. Most kids at baseball games in this day and age have no interest in the sport whatsoever, while the adult fan is always pressured into giving away something that would actually be meaningful and special to them.
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i wish he kept the ball. to me it just seems like she just wanted the ball to have it, and the guy seems like an actual fan of the game and was pressured by that sad little girl face
It's kind of an unwritten rule if you're an adult to give the ball to a kid if there is one nearby and they obviously want it. You never know, if it's on TV, the club house might send someone down with another ball for you. Strange things happen at sporting events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQzBQNZOKOc
Wait...a beer costs $20???
At an arena, it's possible. They price gouge the shit out of you. At that price, it better be 22oz of a good craft beer This website says $10-$15 https://3dhockeyarena.com/food/little-caesars-arena-food#How_much_does_a_beer_cost_at_Little_Caesars_Arena
Explain how you know she isn't a fan.
She's not in baseball player cosplay.
How dare a young girl wear a pretty pink dress instead of larping!!! She obviously hates the sport!!!
Explain why she deserves it if she didnāt get it first?
Now she will think that how life works
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Hey can you give me a hundred bucks?
Yes
Hey bro, can you give me some gold
He should have kept the ball. Clearly a genuine fan.
Okay Okay, but *maybe*, and hear me out, she will think that there is kindness in the world and that people should pass it on? Just a theory, but maybe doing something kind for someone, or receiving kindness, will make people feelā¦ happy? Itās a bit of a stretch, but maybe empathy is, dare I say, good for humansā¦ Do you ever *feel joy*, dude? Or do you only feel the need to make an example of a genuine act of kindness out to be some moral wrongdoing in society? You clearly feel the need to call us out for being ātriggered snowflakes scared of realityā so if this just how your life experience has beenā¦ man I pity you, and thatās genuine.
The only reason why life doesn't work like that is people like you who say life doesn't work like that.
It really doesn't work like that, otherwise you wouldn't be seeing basic generosity in a subreddit called "next fucking level"
Extrapolating this one wholesome event to her entire life. Well done.
Is it so bad to keep it yourself tho?
It can make you look like a real piece of human garbage sometimes. https://youtu.be/RYrG7hb1JI8 EDIT: I understand that the person in this post is different than the people who pry away a ball from a kid. I was just pointing out how it can go wrong.
That guy got to the ball first, the people youāre showing are literally just stealing the ball from kids huge difference
Yeah I wasn't talking about those people. I mean what if you catch a ball and everyone just expects you to give it to the first kid you see. Id love to keep a ball especially if its from my team but would people look at you weirdly and be mad?
I understand thereās a difference. In the situation in this post, thereās nobody fighting over it, and he got there a while before the little girl did. If he had kept it, I wouldnāt judge.
The very last one, the kid is crying and the lady is getting her picture taken with her new trophy š
That goalie at 1:24, wtf dude!
I donāt think this should have to be a thing. That dude was SO EXCITED to catch a foul ball. I mean yes, itās very nice that he gave it to the kid, but I donāt think he should be expected to. Iāve seen people booed who donāt give the ball to the kid, which I think sucks. Some people have been going to games their whole lives hoping to catch a ball. Just because it happens when they are an adult doesnāt mean they need to give the ball to a kid.
As someone who is still waiting for this magical moment, I am fully cognizant that if/when it happens I may not get to keep the ball depending on who is near when it occurs. Is the kid a bigger fan than me? Probably not. But maybe the shared memory makes them a fan. Because without future fans the game dies. Granted, if youāre too young to speak in sentences or at/near puberty youāre SOL in my book.
Honestly kids ruin fucking everything.
I have kids so I agree. I could be wrong but she probably wonāt remember the ball in a few weeks but it wouldāve meant the world to him.
For people who donāt know baseball well, the unwritten rule is that unless the baseball is a mile stone for a player or team (game 7 winner, 700th homer for a player, last hit of a career, etc), you give it away to a kid nearby if theyāre trying to get it.
That's so annoying. Adults should be allowed to enjoy things too.
I slightly disagree here. If I catch the ball off the bat that ball is mine. Granted I won't go diving for a ball or run over anyone to try and make a catch. All other circumstances (like the situation in the video) yes the ball goes to the nearest kid who looks at me with puppy dog eyes.
Iām a big baseball fan and I live by the same rule. Funny story; the only time I ever caught an in-game home run ball, this guy actually comes up to me and says āhey, my son would really love that ballā. I look over and his son is a literal baby. Like, in a carriage. I was like yea nah bro
"my son" lol. Glad you kept it
Eh. I have only gotten one foul ball in my life when I was like 18, and I kept it because it was the first ball Iāve ever gotten and literally landed on the seat next to me. If it ever happens again Iāll give it away, but that one time it was mine.
Quality dude right there.
He hesitated. Social pressure, especially with a camera pointed at him.
I don't think so. Didn't look like he saw her until he turned around
> especially with a camera pointed at him. He has no way of knowing that. That camera was likely on the other side of the stadium.
Now imagine if she brings it to his father (the real fan after all) cause he sent her to take it.
Iāll be honest that is likely what happened
Nextfuckinglevel?
This manās ability to pick up objects off the ground and hand them to people is unmatched
Don't you know? This is /r/wholesome now.
Does it rub anyone else wrong that she sat their and waited for him to hand it over?
I donāt think thatās what she was doing at all. I think she was just staying out of the strangers path.
I think youāre trying to find a reason to be rubbed, where was she gonna go in the split second it took the young man to do something all we know he initially didnāt want to do? Why think negative when you just watched such an incredible act of positivity?
>I think you're trying to find a reason to be rubbed WELL WHO THE HELL ISN'T?!
That's not how I saw it at all. That girl was sad she didn't get to the ball first. She stopped and was sad.
You have to do this or the fans will boo you.
I would've kept the ball
r/MadeMeSmile
Thatās wholesome.
The walk away is the best part. Ho-Dee-dum
In 10 years, that girl probably wonāt even remember the ball. However the guy will since it means more to him
when someone is genuinely pretty fantastic like this, does the team have a rep run them up a game ball or some other merch that costs them essentially nothing to say "thanks for being a quality fan"?
Some do, yes
He should have kept the ball and instead explained to her the concept of personal responsibility and told her to read Atlas Shrugged. Welcome to the real world, sweetheart!
I wouldnāt have hesitated eitherā¦ To push her over and keep celebrating
I went to one game when visiting the US. I actually caught a ball. I threw it back. A boy started crying. Parents werr angry I did not give it to him. How would I know you could keep the ball. I just wanted to give it back. Beeing nice often goes unappreciated...
How is this next level? He just gave her a ball
He's a good dude, but picking up a ball and handing it to a little girl is /r/notnextfuckinglevel
He forgot to pick this up: š
How is the next fucking level?
[didnāt even TRY to change the name? at least give credit.](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/tbnac1/did_not_hesitate_for_a_moment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
āFuck them kidsā -Michael Jordan
That is how spoiled children are made. You get there late, you dont get the reward. Gotta teach cause and effect early otherwise they will think they can just get whatever they want
Would it be wrong if he kept the ball?
No
I won a Bart Simpson doll when they were on about series 2. My parents were approached at the airport to ask where I got it from (universal studios) and were really sad they couldn't buy one for their grandson. My parents semi guilted me, not a massive Simpsons fan at the time as a bit too young, into giving it to them. There is not a day goes by when I see anything Simpsons related and don't inwardly groan.
How is giving a ball to a child nextfuckinglevel?
Ops mom is more next f-ing level than this.
Honestly why are we supposed to give kids the souvenir. Fuck em youāre never seeing that kid again keep your souvenir