So the huge news this morning is that a Texas Ranger threw a baseball into the stands. The ball was caught by a woman, but the kid two seats down started crying. Meanwhile, the Yankees announcer chastised this couple as if they were bragging robbers. I'm not seeing that - if they reached in front of the kid or took it out of his hands, I get it. But this looks pretty fair.
Absolutely fair. The woman caught it. I'm so sick of the idea that kids' wants trump any adults.
I don't think the couple looks like they are rubbing it in. She shows it briefly to her husband and the people behind her--it is not like she waved it in front of the kid or anything.
It looks like the parents were trying to calm the kid down and not asking for anything. It also looks very possible that the boy was more scared by the jumping around his dad did trying to catch the ball while holding him than upset by not getting the ball (though either way I do not see why anyone should have to give him the ball).
I think the announcer was a jerk to say that and that the couple who had the ball did nothing wrong.
Agreed!
I would keep it.
I've been to quite a few ballgames as a kid and NEVER got to catch the ball. Wait your turn, kid.
Well, I never got to go to ballgames when I was a kid, but go to minor league games a couple of times a year now with my family, and if I caught the ball (which I wouldn't, because my first instinct is to duck...Phys Ed flunkie here), I'm keeping it. And I've got a grandchild now...the ball is HERS, not the screaming stranger next to me.
To me, the worst adult in the scenario is a tie between the dad who comes very near to smashing his kids' head into a seat while trying to get the ball with his kid in his arms and the announcer who was just plain rude.
As a mother, among other things, I would not have given the ball to the child because I would be very angry if someone gave my child the idea that crying gets your way and I would not want to do that to the parents of the boy.
Your attitude is what I like in friends.
Again, I would have reacted the same way, why because my face was on the big screen. Maybe some think she should have remained still with a stoic face, or maybe some think she should have held her head in shame?
She caught her ball, she was happy about it, she was laughing and smiling and talking to some of the people around her despite what MK said. Good for her.
Exactly. Again, the adults are there to enjoy the game, and everything that goes with...where does some little kid, who probably understands very little about much of what's going on, trump an adult's enjoyment? I'm sure there are people who just don't want the ball; by all means, hand it off, and pat yourselves on the back for your goodness.
Maybe they have a kid at home or a niece/nephew they want to give it to.
That's exactly what I was thinking. And maybe that child was watching the game, excited to see mom catch the ball! So mom catches a ball, and hands it to some little screaming kid nearby. Nice. Great lesson all around.
OK, come back and tell me the wonderful thing it would be for the 3 yr old child at home to see mom give it to the 3 yr old screaming kid nearby. Well, there are and have been PLENTY of times for my kids to see and understand kindness towards others. And if that child of mine at home already had a ball, then handing it off to someone else might be a nice gesture (but NOT necessary) for my child to see.
And I'll even play the handicapped card here...what if someone (child/adult) was at home who was handicapped, and that ball would mean a lot to them? "Baseball" was the ONE word my friend's handicapped son learned to say. LOVED baseball. The thing is...no one knows why the couple kept the ball, and no one has to. The woman caught it, period. That alone is a good enough reason.
