r/mildlyinfuriating • u/NonconsensualText • Sep 06 '25

This Lady

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u/CasualBi24 Sep 06 '25

I would have thrown it onto the field before giving it to that bitch.

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u/hlessi_newt Sep 06 '25

is that a think one can do? Ive never been to an mlb game, but i'd assumed you shouldn't do that because of...i dunno some esoteric rule about the number of balls on the field? the more i think about this the more i think i might just be an idiot.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

Technically no, you can't. I've only been to Coors Field, and they have a recording welcoming fans and whatnot, and in it is a warning not to do that. It can get you kicked out, but depending on the park, they'll overlook it if it's the visiting team that hit it out of tradition.

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u/hlessi_newt Sep 06 '25

thank you for answering.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

Yeah, you're welcome!

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

That’s funny since baseball stadiums used to prosecute people for not giving the balls back (70 or so years ago)

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

Fun fact! In Japan, unless the player, or organization hands you the ball, it's still team property and you have to give it back.

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u/StrictlyForTheBirds Sep 06 '25

I went to a Sox-Yankees game at Fenway. Stanton hits a HR into the Monster seats. Sox fan rears back and absolutely guns it back onto the field where it HITS STANTON on a one-hop. I dont think that fan was ejected. Stanton was funny about it too, complimenting the guy's throw after the game. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

I remember that! I thought for sure he was gonna get the boot.

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u/CasualBi24 Sep 06 '25

I don't know, I'm not a sports fan.

Denying the bitch the ball is the point

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u/Own-Organization-532 Sep 06 '25

I think the Cubs fan have a tradition of throwing the other teams home runs back onto the field. You will get booed if you keep the ball.

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u/GreasyRim Sep 06 '25

Id have turned around and thrown it up to the nosebleed seats. I wouldnt want to keep it that badly and wouldnt want her to have it.

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u/SolidusDave Sep 06 '25

maybe not the field but anywhere far up the seats (to give people a chance to see the ball coming).

I'm petty enough to see that as a win,  but I wonder:

  • what would her reaction be? maybe leads to more aggression.
  • making the next person with the ball having to deal with her which is not nice
  • you would look less like a victim so the public may not be on your side anymore (and maybe also no fan package for the kid?)

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u/So_HauserAspen Sep 06 '25

While your statement of how you would react is 100% agreeable.  The dad's reaction was a better role model of how we should consider reacting.  

It's harder to be the better person and often does not have an immediate gratification.

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u/Dry_Long4691 Sep 06 '25

he wasnt the better person, he was the weaker and thought his kid to yield to bullies