Posted on 09/06/2025 1:14:50 PM PDT by DFG
PHILADELPHIA, PA — The nation is in shock today after a widely-circulated video showing a Philly sports fan acting like a Philly sports fan.
The video shows a woman dressed in Phillies gear demanding a kid turn over the home run ball that his dad had just scored him on his birthday, which is the sort of horrific behavior expected of all Philly sports fans.
"Stealing a kid's home run ball on his birthday, that's pretty standard," said Philly sports fan Mark Madison. "I don't really understand why everyone is acting so surprised and appalled. This is Philly we're talking about, people. Taking memories from kids is just what we do."
Pundits familiar with the Philly sports scene agreed with the assessment by locals. "That video was the worst of humanity, just ugly, evil, and sad... pretty much exactly what you would expect from Philly," said Sports Illustrated writer Jack Hamilton. "I was surprised she didn't rip the kid's glove off and take that too, to be frank. Philly's going soft."
At publishing time, the Phillies had announced "Steal a Kid's Ball Night," where all kids would be given a ball and then grownups could try to steal them to make the kids cry.
For an adult entertainment should be something that you pick up and put down lightly.
Time for adults to put away childish things.
Spot on. I lived in Philly many years ago, and it sounds just about right.
I know the Bee, but in real life Philly fans threw snow balls at Santa Claus.
I know this is the Bee, but the story is real.
Surprised she didn’t spit on the dad (Philly Eagles NFL reference).
“Taking the kid’s ball... pretty much what you’d expect from Philly,” said a S/I writer.
“I was surprised she didn’t rip the kid’s glove off and take that too, to be frank.”
“Philly’s going soft.”
Social media, get on it and identify this witch.
It’s not her. Close resemblance but not the same woman. Shes already come out and denied it on her FB page. Wagner is in New Jersy but from Boston. Shes a Red Sox fan. The ball Karen is probably somebody in Miami where the game was played.
I plugged her name into Facebook. Endless good stuff about her antics.
How do you know that? I mean, I believe you, doggone it. Wish I had known. Meanwhile this other karen has tds.
She’s denying that it is her.
“I painted the Phillies fan home run Karen in acrylic paint”
https://www.reddit.com/r/mlb/comments/1n9ymii/i_painted_the_phillies_fan_home_run_karen_in/
I looked at her profile before blocked her personal info. Wagner is a Masshole moonbat. No way she’s aPhillies fan. Also she’s on the chubby side. The Ball Karen has a deep furrow, Wagner has none.
Thanks. Good to know.
She might be a local Miami Karen.
Transplanted Phillies fan.
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