Wednesday, September 16, 2009

You Have To Love Kids

Last night at the Philadelphia Phillies game, a dad caught a home run ball. He was ecstatic and then he shared the ball with his daughter. She was ecstatic too and promptly threw the ball back to the field. Definitely worth 9 seconds of your time.

****Update - The first one got pulled. Here is another version which is actually better but is 27 seconds long. I can't believe MLB are being that a-holeyish about the entire thing. It is nine seconds and shows none of the game. They have taken a great father daughter moment and decided they wanted to control who saw it.

29 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:16 PM

    Too cute

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  2. That dad handled it well. Then again, I'm sure he didn't have to worry that much. They probably gave him the ball back. Hopefully?

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  3. Did they give it back? Does anybody know? Happy ending?

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  4. I adore that man's sweet reaction to his daughter.

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  5. Exactly! I was impressed w/his reaction... His daughter is super cute!!

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  6. I read somewhere that the Phillies rep brought him a replacement ball later in the game.

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  7. I've watched this about 4 times already. He's a great dad - my family's not into baseball, but I can't imagine my father OR my husband reacting so well under the circumstances.

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  8. So, um, potentially dumb question from someone who knows next to nothing about baseball. What was so bad about the girl throwing it back?

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  9. @ lian

    b/c it was a ball hit by the world champs and philly phans are super devoted!

    pretty sure the family was given a replacement ball later in the game

    GO PHILS!

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  10. Lian - generally when you catch a ball, especially a home run ball, you keep it. However, what the little girl did would be totally acceptable had the home run ball come from the opposing team - then you generally get heckled to throw it back.

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  11. It was actually a foul ball, not a home run ball, but the clip was definitely really cute! I am a die-hard Phillies fan, and I've never caught a foul (or home run) ball before so I completely understood the dad's reaction!

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  12. @ lian

    You are supposed to keep the balls hit into the stands. Even if you throw them back I don't think they would be allowed in play again. It is just a souvenir, and better yet if it was some milestone reached it is worth money.


    One team's fans always throw back the opponents ball though and a lot of people individually do the same.

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  13. Awwwwwwwwww! Love the dad's reaction! Good man.

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  14. Anonymous1:07 PM

    That was so cute lol.

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  15. LOL ... KIDS!!!! Love the dad's reaction.

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  16. Foul ball.

    In Chicago, we throw back home run balls hit by the opposing team. At least, that's the plan. You'll see the fans around the catcher egging him on to throw it back. Cubs fans do it for sure; White Sox fans, not so much.

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  17. So it is the Cubs that are the fanatics? I see how that helps win the championship.

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  18. Awww, very cute. Love the hug at the end.

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  19. Aww bummer! "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MLB Advanced Media." BOOOOOOOOO!

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  20. I watched it on MLB.com...it is too cute! My son does something similar: when the Twins hit a homer we stand up and cheer, and when the other team hits a homer he (2 and 1/2) stands up and cheers as I red-faced try to shush him. :) kids + baseball + dome dogs = my favorite days

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  21. LOVED this. He shows that he loves her more then baseball. AWESOME.

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  22. I've gotten a little teary eyed every time I've this today. He is such a sweet dad.

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  23. aw, that was sweet

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  24. Oooh, I get it. Thanks so much everybody :)

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  25. The story behind this is really sweet too. The father has been going to Phillie's games since he was a young kid with his dad. Never caught a foul ball in the 20some years he has been going. So for him to catch that ball was a bid deal and for him to react that way to his daughter Emily throwing it back was priceless. Say what you want about us Philadelphia sports fans, we are not all that bad, unless of course, the teams or the refs or umps suck, or you are Santa Claus.

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  26. That totally warms my heart!

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