Nice gesture by a fan

[cjclong]

In the Rangers game at Baltimore tonight Josh Hamilton had his bat slip out of his hand (again) and sail into the stands. A Baltimore fan with an Orioles jersey caught the bat (partly in self defense) and then gave it to a little boy sitting in front of him with his parents. When interviewed at the end of the inning he said that the little boy was a Josh Hamilton fan and he just wanted to give him the bat. Its one thing to give a a young kid a foul ball and its another to give a kid a game used (no question about it) bat from a star player. Its something that young boy will remember all his life.Thought that was really nice.

[OaklandAsFan]

Thats great to hear, I honestly don't know if I woulda given up the bat.

Today on the 2nd or 3rd pitch of the game Rafael Furcal smoked a HR to the main concourse in CF vs the Dbacks. It drilled a little girl (about 7 or 8 years old) right in the leg just above the knee and rolled past my seat until some guy picked it up and started walking away. I looked over and the little girl was bawling in pain and security was calling EMS. I looked at the guy and said dude that girl got drilled by that ball you should give it to her. Much to my surprise he actually walked over and did.

[flota89]

Similar thing happeded in last night's Cardinals game in Arizona. Tyler Greene let go of two bats during the game. The first was grabbed by a fan about 20-30 rows up. A kid from about 10 rows away ran right up to the guy that caught it and it was immediately handed the bat.

[camarokids]

That is a nice gesture. But being a collector I would have kept the bat for myself.

It is NOT all about the kids all of the time. Adults are fans too. I have given balls to kids plenty of times too. But some of these kids seem to think they are more entitled to items than an adult.

If the bat was meant for a kid then that would be different. But the adult caught the bat fair & square.

[cjclong]

Of course the fan who caught the bat had the right to keep it. And being a Josh Hamilton fan in all honesty I would almost certainly would have kept the bat. That being said, if the bat had come from an Orioles player and I knew some 6 or 8 year old kid in front of me was a big fan of his I hope I'd consider giving him the bat. And the kid did not ask for it. It was just a real nice gesture on the man's part.

[camarokids]

In referring to the man caught the bat fair & square. I was talking about the story that Flota89 posted with the kid running up to the guy that caught a bat.

[Jags Fan Dan]

Thats great to hear, I honestly don't know if I woulda given up the bat.

Today on the 2nd or 3rd pitch of the game Rafael Furcal smoked a HR to the main concourse in CF vs the Dbacks. It drilled a little girl (about 7 or 8 years old) right in the leg just above the knee and rolled past my seat until some guy picked it up and started walking away. I looked over and the little girl was bawling in pain and security was calling EMS. I looked at the guy and said dude that girl got drilled by that ball you should give it to her. Much to my surprise he actually walked over and did.

Sadly, the thought probably had not even occurred to him to do that. Good call on your part.

[UTeric3232]

In referring to the man caught the bat fair & square. I was talking about the story that Flota89 posted with the kid running up to the guy that caught a bat.

The messed up thing is, let's say it's your favorite player, and you catch the bat. Next thing you know a kid runs up to you asking for it. Of course you don't give it to him. The next thing you know the entire stadium is booing you and you end up on the front page of yahoo....

[sox83cubs84]

The messed up thing is, let's say it's your favorite player, and you catch the bat. Next thing you know a kid runs up to you asking for it. Of course you don't give it to him. The next thing you know the entire stadium is booing you and you end up on the front page of yahoo....

The entire stadium can kiss my a**.

Dave Miedema

[xpress34]

The entire stadium can kiss my a**.

Dave Miedema

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