Looks to me like the kid is a spoiled little snot. Can’t get what he wants so he starts crying. I wouldn’t have given up the ball either.
I thought the couple did it on purpose. They should have given the ball to the little boy. I would have.
Anyone who takes a kid that age to a baseball game is a dumbass and gets what they deserve. That kid doesn’t know baseball from auto mechanics.
I’m guessing all you folks bad-mouthing the child have never met a 3 year-old. They cry when disappointed. They all do, even those of conservative parents.
I didn’t really care about this story until the “villains” demanded an apology from Michael Kay. Way to remove any doubt that you are, in fact, d-bags.
Why is it automatically the kid’s baseball? Whoever catches it or gets to it gets the ball. Kids don’t have an automatic right to a foul ball any more than anyone else does. Sheesh.
That said if a kid catches a foul ball or can get to it first, that is great for the kid. It certainly does occur.
Two thoughts on this. First, their explainaton is that they were not the thoughtless jerks everyone makes them out to be - they were just in their own little world and did not see the toddler. Well, that is kind of what made them selfish jerks. Because everyone else sitting near them and watching the video did see what was going on with the toddler.
My second thought is more charitable. Yes, they were jerks and deserved to be told so by the people around them, and maybe even by the stadium announcer. However, in the big scheme of things they probably dont deserve to be ridiculed by the whole nation. We have a media that thrives on finding the outrage de jour and repeating it endlessly on the 24 hour cycle of Nancy Grace-type programs. I feel sorry for those people who are unfortunate to be selected as the target of the moment for the ridicule for profit media.
There’s no Crying in Baseball!!!!
The family with the 3 year old attends a lot of games, and they oftentimes move to these lower seats during the course of the game. They do so BECAUSE THEY HAVE A THREE YEAR OLD AND THEY GET BALLS TOSSED TO THEM AS A RESULT.
The kid himself said later that his crying wasn't because of the fact that he didn't get the ball, but that it was so loud.
Thank God the kid wasn’t black. Jesse and Al would have been right there!
ML/NJ
I would have to say that couple acted stupidly.
Kay wasn’t the only one...Richard Durrett at ESPN/Dallas tore the couple a new one, as well. They are under no obligation to give a screaming kid a ball...he didn’t lean over in front of the kid to catch the ball.
This is what actually happened according to the parents of the child .... The couple that got the ball didn’t at first realize the little one was crying because of the ball. When they realized the crying was because of the ball (a minute or two later) they offered the ball to the parents. The parents declined, preferring to teach the child that sometimes you can’t have everything you want.