# Wow... I guess she really wanted that ball! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695 "2013-09-26T02:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/1 "2013-09-26T02:16:24Z")
[Video making the rounds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzm0nh2Q1ak) of lady at ballpark snatching ball right of little girls hands then congratulating herself. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/2 "2013-09-26T02:47:32Z")
May she suffer vaginal warts. The woman, that is. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/3 "2013-09-26T03:26:19Z")
Pretty much the mortal sin of ballpark behavior. When it comes to right-of-way with balls out of play, children always win. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/4 "2013-09-26T03:27:37Z")
Girl Scout night at the Braves game years ago. Mom & daughter are downstairs getting ready to walk around the field with hundreds of girls. Me & Junior watching batting practice. I send him down to the wall to see if he can catch a ball. They’re flying everywhere and players are tossing the kids balls now and then. Another dad and son are sitting nearby, and I tell the kid he should go down and try to get a ball. He goes down and stands near my son. He’s a foot taller than my kid. Finally, a player turns to my son, points to him, and throws him a ball. Big Kid runs over, pushes my boy out of the way, and snatches the ball. Comes back to dad all happy & shit. :mad: Took every ounce of energy I had not to punch that kid, but the worst part is I’m the one who sent him down there. :smack: That’s OK. Couple of calls from my boss, and the kid has more balls, shirts, and signatures than the Braves HR department! 'Sgood to [del]be[/del] know the king! ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/5 "2013-09-26T04:27:39Z")
Does make you wish Karma was real. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/6 "2013-09-26T04:30:21Z")
And to think I came in here expecting a cute story about about a retriever at the dog park! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/7 "2013-09-26T05:43:50Z")
Be cool if someone were to track her down and present her with a handsome display case for her trophy, including a digital picture frame pre-programmed with an “vine” of that video. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/8 "2013-09-26T13:10:53Z")
Right at the end of that video it looks like another woman is giving a ball to the girl’s father. Hopefully it’s the same ball and she retrieved it by slapping the first woman across the ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/9 "2013-09-26T13:17:02Z")
Wow, just because you’re Kim Kardashian’s mom doesn’t mean you get to treat _all_ children crappy. Boy, those were some real looks of disbelief and disgust from many seated around her. I’d imagine she was heckled worse than any visiting player. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/10 "2013-09-26T13:18:51Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Right at the end of that video it looks like another woman is giving a ball to the girl’s father. Hopefully it’s the same ball and she retrieved it by slapping the first woman across the ballpark. Unfortunately, it was just a ballpark employee giving them a ball. I agree it would have been better if she had slapped the shit outta the Evil Woman and taken the ball from her. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/11 "2013-09-26T13:20:17Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > And to think I came in here expecting a cute story about about a retriever at the dog park! You mean like [Chase](http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130709&content_id=53199784&vkey=pr_milb&fext=.jsp&sid=milb)? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/12 "2013-09-26T13:26:50Z")
Looking at it in slow replay, it came from a player intentionally tossing the ball to the two kids waiting there atop the dugout. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/13 "2013-09-26T14:29:21Z")
Thankfully, there is balance in the world… [Young Baseball Fan’s Act of Generosity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfF1m3-Dl_Q) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/14 "2013-09-26T14:45:06Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Looking at it in slow replay, it came from a player intentionally tossing the ball to the two kids waiting there atop the dugout. Yeah I can understand getting caught up in the moment when a ball is hit and not seeing a kid. In fact it’s not a good idea to take your eye off the ball to see who else is around. But it is now standard practice to have the players throw balls into the stands directly for kids. It was obvious who the ball was meant for. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/15 "2013-09-26T14:50:32Z")
I did some googling and found out that this occurred in 2011. Apparently the fans in that section booed her for several minutes so she knew she wasn’t very popular. The team was pretty incensed about it too and gave the little girl a new ball that was autographed. Pretty shitty situation but worked out better for the little girl. I wonder if the lady tried to swipe that one too! In any case I didn’t find any mention of who the lady was and found no information on whatever fallout she received because of it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/16 "2013-09-26T14:53:54Z")
A slightly longer version states that the tv crew got the little girl a ball but I didn’t find the full story. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/17 "2013-09-26T17:32:53Z")
Some kids just don’t understand how it [works](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFCtBHY6n7w). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/18 "2013-09-26T17:36:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Some kids just don’t understand how it [works](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFCtBHY6n7w). Future Cubs fan. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/19 "2013-09-26T17:41:28Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > I did some googling and found out that this occurred in 2011. I was going to say, it isn’t the same bitch that did the same thing a couple of years ago, is it? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-guess-she-really-wanted-that-ball/669695/20 "2013-09-26T17:52:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Some kids just don’t understand how it [works](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFCtBHY6n7w). Bwhaaaaa… that was awesome. Hilarious watching it sink in on the dad what had happened and then the kid sinking way down in his seat.