# Pitting the people who are pitting the Rangers fan **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049 "2012-04-26T19:37:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/21 "2012-04-26T22:27:50Z")
If the player was trying to throw the ball to the kid and missed, it doesn’t say much about his skill as a ball player. Unless he’s a good hitter. ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/22 "2012-04-26T22:33:16Z")
> [@stegon66](#): > > So an unnamed Rangers fan is being castigated for not handing over the foul ball he caught to some mewling brat who also had his eyes on it. I say fuck that shit. The fan’s circumstances are unknown but what if he’d been waiting for years to catch a ball at a game? And he’s supposed to turn it over to some spoiled little kid who, chances are, will have lost and forgotten about the ball the next day? And what does the kid learn? That he can cry and people will give him whatever the hell he wants? God knows there are enough entitled assholes in the world - let’s not encourage more. So yeah, fuck that shit. And fuck all those people who think adults should kowtow to the whims of children. It AIN’T all about them. > [Young Rangers fan cries after oblivious neighbors keep baseball for themselves - Yahoo Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/young-rangers-fan-cries-inconsiderate-neighbors-keep-baseball-054131053.html) Fuck off, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![pompeybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@pompeybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pompeybear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/23 "2012-04-26T23:18:52Z")
Yeah see… You’re an adult… He’s a little kid… You go to a baseball game to watch the game (or hang out with the hot chick). If you’re an adult looking to get a ball you are a super loser. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/24 "2012-04-26T23:35:18Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I love the high-five after she literally snatches the ball out of the child’s hands! Nice! Situations like this are why I taught my children the 5 star taint punch of death. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/25 "2012-04-27T00:23:10Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > People (adults) need to get over this foul ball bullshit. Sure, it may be fun to be the one who catches it and waves to the camera, but after that who cares? It’s a $3 baseball. What are you going to do? Take it home and put it on your mantel to show your friends who don’t give a crap? > Give it to a kid and make his day you greedy prick. Skip the $10 beer and you can buy a box of baseballs on the way home. Fuck that noise. I count my first (and only) foul ball at a game when I was 27. My wife bought the tickets and the sodas and the peanuts as an anniversary gift. She’s not a fan of baseball, so I was already super touched she’d do that. And then I caught a foul ball on top of it? That was the best night I’ve had at the ballpark ever. And I’m supposed to feel like a tool because I’m happy I caught a foul ball as a adult? I repeat, fuck that noise. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/26 "2012-04-27T00:35:57Z")
I was watching the broadcast on YES when this happened. They showed it over and over from way more angles than in that short clip and I really don’t think the kid was crying about the ball. The clip from the link shows the recap of it later so they could show the happy ending of the kid with the ball. When it originally happened they (seriously) showed it from at least three angles about 9 times. The kid seemed startled by all the screaming and the commotion around him. Live baseball games are LOUD. I’ve been to plenty where you can tell the kid isn’t having a good time and just wants to leave, they hold their ears, cry, duck their heads, beg to go home. By the time the Rangers brought a ball out the kid was perfectly fine. The YES network had zeroed in on him a couple times after the crying incident and he was fine almost immediately. The Yankees announcer (the awful Michael Kay) always does that “Give the kid the ball!” thing and (as much as I don’t like him) it’s almost always done in a joking manner. I’m pretty sure this was much of the same, some person on Yahoo just decided to make it into a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/27 "2012-04-27T01:16:45Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Fuck that noise. I count my first (and only) foul ball at a game when I was 27. My wife bought the tickets and the sodas and the peanuts as an anniversary gift. She’s not a fan of baseball, so I was already super touched she’d do that. And then I caught a foul ball on top of it? > > That was the best night I’ve had at the ballpark ever. And I’m supposed to feel like a tool because I’m happy I caught a foul ball as a adult? > > I repeat, fuck that noise. Like I said, catching the ball is fun, makes a nice memory I guess, but what are you going to do with the stupid ball? Take a picture and move on. The first time I got lucky was pretty memorable also. But I saw no need to keep the condom as a souvenir. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/28 "2012-04-27T01:24:03Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > The first time I got lucky was pretty memorable also. But I saw no need to keep the condom as a souvenir. Remember that classic old coke commercial where the sweaty football player throws the kid his used jersey?..combined with this post…ewwwwwww ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/29 "2012-04-27T02:50:45Z")
Screw that stupid little kid. Why is the whole world supposed to worship these stupid babies and give them everything they want? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/30 "2012-04-27T02:54:46Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Live baseball games are LOUD. I’ve been to plenty where you can tell the kid isn’t having a good time and just wants to leave, they hold their ears, cry, duck their heads, beg to go home. …but the manager just makes him go right back out there for another inning. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/31 "2012-04-27T03:04:13Z")
Foul balls hit into the stands are a free-for-all. Anyone can get then, adult or kid. If you give yours to a kid, great, but you don’t have to. Balls thrown into the stands from players are pretty much ALWAYS meant to go to a kid, as I understand it. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/32 "2012-04-27T03:04:15Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Remember that classic old coke commercial where the sweaty football player throws the kid his used jersey?..combined with this post…ewwwwwww Mean Joe Greene. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/33 "2012-04-27T03:16:01Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Balls thrown into the stands from players are pretty much ALWAYS meant to go to a kid, as I understand it. You understand it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/34 "2012-04-27T07:36:58Z")
Who gives a _shit_? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/35 "2012-04-27T07:57:30Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > Who gives a _shit_? Nobody, giving a shit is way more unseemly than not giving up a baseball. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/36 "2012-04-27T11:01:39Z")
> [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > Jesus, has anyone thought that the couple who ended up with the ball might have a kid at home who would be thrilled to get an actual game used ball from a major league game? Then they probably should have brought him. I’d actually be inclined to agree with Sleeps, that kid didn’t look heartbroken over a baseball, he looked like a toddler who’d been frightened by the sudden eruption of noise and movement around him. You know what? I don’t like kids. I generally consider them a blight on public spaces. But baseball games are one of the few places where they absolutely belong, and while you’re not obliged to hand over your ball to a crying kid, you should be aware that if you don’t you’re a tool who needs to grow the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/37 "2012-04-27T11:08:20Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > You understand it wrong. I understand it from hearing baseball players talk about their intentions when they throw a ball in the stands. What is your understanding based upon? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/38 "2012-04-27T11:10:09Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > You know what? I don’t like kids. I generally consider them a blight on public spaces. But baseball games are one of the few places where they absolutely belong, and while you’re not obliged to hand over your ball to a crying kid, you should be aware that if you don’t you’re a tool who needs to grow the fuck up. Yes, 'cos the lesson kids need to learn is that all they have to do when they want something is whine and cry, and they’ll get it. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/39 "2012-04-27T11:11:18Z")
You’re a tool who needs to grow the fuck up. Toys are for children. Give the child the toy, and stop being such a whiny little bitch about it. ---
**Author:** ![SticksAndString](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049/40 "2012-04-27T11:22:19Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > Yes, 'cos the lesson kids need to learn is that all they have to do when they want something is whine and cry, and they’ll get it. I don’t know about your kids (if you have them) but that doesn’t work with my kid. When he starts being whiny and demanding, I ask him what happens when we just demand things. “We don’t get NOTHING! Duh. Nobody likes a Mr. Demandy-pants.” There’s a lady who brings her daughter to storytime at the library and last week, her poor kid had a couple bitemarks and a bruised ear (seriously..how do yo DO that?). I asked her what happened. “Oh she was at the babysitter’s and T (the little girl) was playing with a toy X (babysitter’s daughter) wanted so X bit her.” The mom tossed this off so nonchalantly I was stunned. I asked if it was the first time this kind of thing had happened and apparently, it happened all the time. I told her it was really none of my business but if I were in her shoes, I’d be looking for a new babysitter. Because that one seems to be raising a right little spoiled snowflake asshole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-people-who-are-pitting-the-rangers-fan/620049.md?page=3)