1.) I might be old but the guy who caught the ball looks like a kid to me. He's there with his dad. 2.) If you catch a ball fair and square (not over the head of a child or snatching it out of someone else's loose grip) it's yours. Baseball is for everyone. 3.) The world doesn't always revolve around kids and using a child to play moral superiority games is manipulative and wrong.
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Oct 7
Dodgers fan denying little Braves fan NLDS ball sparks heated etiquette debate trib.al/7tvP6fw

Oct 7, 2026 · 9:29 PM UTC

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Replying to @coopcaufield
in addition why does a Dodger fan have an obligation to give a ball to a kid wearing a Braves jersey?
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Asking the real questions 👏
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Replying to @coopcaufield
100% The twitter mob and the asshole who filmed that Dodgers fan (a kid) can fuck right off. They're creeps. Leave the Dodgers fan alone. He looked like a nice kid who is going to treasure that ball. The toddler doesn't even know what planet he's on.
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A rare moment I'll stick up for a Dodgers fan
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Replying to @coopcaufield
The kids parents shouldn't have sent him down to ask for itq
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I don't even think they did. I think the person recording just panned over to the nearest kid
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Replying to @coopcaufield
Baseball is a moral game. As an adult, you don’t need that ball. Neither does the kid, but the moral thing to do is give the ball to the kid. If you want to keep it so bad, you have your own kid that way you can keep the ball.
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You didn't read my point #3. Using a child as a prop to play moral superiority games makes you a loser
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Replying to @coopcaufield
Wow that’s what you got from it. Nothing wrong with being a decent human being and creating a lifelong memory for a child… over a worthless foul ball. But go off champ. You’re definitely qualified to set the threshold for “moral superiority.”
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Using a child as a prop to classify what makes someone a "decent human being" is despicable behavior. Someone clearly didn't read point #3. So you aren't qualified to define moral superiority either
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Replying to @coopcaufield
the kid is literally chilling 😂
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Replying to @coopcaufield
In the video the kid never asked for the ball. Seemed like he ain’t even know what’s going on so this kinda sucks the parents prolly dealing with their kid being posted everywhere
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Replying to @coopcaufield
完全に同意。
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Oct 8
善意の強要をする人達は、いつ自らの悪意に気付くのだろうか。。
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I once put a knee on a kid’s back to get enough air out of my seat to snag a Larry Walker home run ball from a sea of hands. I still have the ball. And the kid will always have that memory of not being strong enough, fast enough, or savvy enough to catch it himself. He was practically helpless. I hope that memory drove him to become bigger and stronger as he grew up. Assuming he met with no intervening tragedy, he’s got to be in his early 20s today. So. Wherever you are now, Timmy, if you’re now a strong young man with proficient skills who is capable of out working an entitled wide-eyed toddler with no real glove game, *you’re welcome.* Enjoy the balls.
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Replying to @coopcaufield
Caught a ball once. Reached over the kid behind me, who was kicking my seat and screeching like fury, and gave the ball to the mannerly kid behind him.
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Replying to @coopcaufield
what if the guy who caught the ball wanted to give it to his little brother or something? The parents of that little kid are weird for sending him up to ask for the ball - seriously wtf
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Replying to @coopcaufield
Especially when that kid won’t even remember he went to game after a plate of chicken nuggets and an episode of Blues Clues! 😂🍻
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Replying to @coopcaufield
When they panned over to the baby and he literally dgaf, that should have been the end of the conversation
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Replying to @coopcaufield
Such a misleading freeze frame. The kid didn't even know what was going on, and he was happy. His father was laughing at whoever was giving the guy a hard time. NYP is pathetic. @nypost
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Replying to @coopcaufield
My whole thing is I was never lucky enough to catch one as a kid up in the nosebleeds lol so why shouldn’t I keep to relive my childhood even Just for a minute plus u never know could have a kid at home he wants to give it to or a sibling
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Replying to @coopcaufield
Your 3rd point is so so important. So many parents not only expect, but demand (!!) special treatment for the simple fact they've procreated lol. And use kids to get favours, teaching them to play victim/cute/beggar or manipulate in the process. (P.S. the "old guy" is 31 😅)
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Replying to @coopcaufield
The little boy doesn’t even seem to know what’s going on lol the Dodgers fan who caught the ball is exactly the energy that a real fan brings to a game. They probably spent a ton of money on those tickets, and he even said he’s been waiting a lifetime for that moment so why did the parents of a toddler get to take that away from him? That little boy wasn’t even sitting in the same section.
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Replying to @coopcaufield
Watching the clip, the kid really doesn’t care he like three he has no real cognition about what’s going on. He’s just having a good time being there, and everyone around him is making it weird.
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Replying to @coopcaufield
The etiquette is minding your own business and stop policing stupid shit and start worrying about real problems.
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Replying to @coopcaufield
And the kid doesn’t know what’s going on, he’s like 3 lmao. He doesn’t want the ball, his dad does.
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4. That kid wasn’t close enough to have a chance if he’d been the only person in the stands
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