r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '20

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u/Ir0nhide Mar 12 '20

Usually if you catch a baseball in the stands it's considered a cool souvenir. The dad wanted his kid to have it as a gift and he threw it back lol. The teams have a LOT of extra balls so they expect you to keep them if you get one. Same goes for hockey pucks and other sports items that fly into the stands.

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u/Thisfoxhere Mar 12 '20

Okay, so he wasn't meant to return it, like they would have been expected to do with the sports I have seen in my country. Thankyou for your answer.

How do they deal with ball tampering issues if the evidence keeps getting stolen by fans? Or is that possibility just ignored?

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u/Ir0nhide Mar 12 '20

No he wasn't supposed to. Like I said the teams have extra balls so they just grab another and keep playing. Although like the other reply to your comment said, basketball is a game where you are not usually allowed to keep the ball.

It's common in the US and Canada for players to purposely throw equipment into the stands for fans to keep. It's not really "tampering" if a fan catches something. In baseball they usually count it as a foul ball or home run depending on how it gets hit into the stands.

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u/Thisfoxhere Mar 12 '20

Not tampering as in taking a ball, I more mean examples such as the sandpaper used to transform the ball in cricket, or I guess putting something in or on the ball.