Posted on 07/22/2011 7:57:04 AM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
There's hope for America's future yet!
In one of the most heartwarming scenes you'll ever see, a young Arizona Diamondbacks fan named Ian made Wednesday's play of the day at Chase Field after an even younger fan named Nicholas missed a ball thrown his way by Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks(notes).
Though the dropped ball was instead handed to Ian by another person, he immediately recognized what he had to do after seeing Nicholas in a distraught state after botching an attempt at a souvenir. With an amazed audience looking on, Ian marched back down the stairs and graciously handed the baseball over to Nicholas, a Brewers fan, without any prodding from anyone else.
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Came across to me as a little whiny crybaby, sorry.
We need more Ians and fewer Nicholases.
He was definitely prodded, in fact told by the man in red to give the ball to the other boy.
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