Hell is Other People...

[Klattsy]

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Not about the AFL but if I traveled all the way to America and was at my first game and caught a foul ball, you can bet your ass i'll be keeping it no matter how many snot nosed brats beg for it. And if any adults question me i'd go all Balfour on them!

[sportsnbikes]

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I get balls thrown to me quite often. I got 6 at one game and 4 at another. It's not uncommon that I leave the stadium with 2 or more baseballs. My rule is that if I call for the ball and it's thrown to me, I keep it. If it's just thrown to a group and there is a kid to either side of me, I'll give it up unless my kids are with me, providing they haven't already been given a ball. Many times, I'll give the ball to a well behaved kid who has been waiting for a ball but hasn't been thrown to. If I chase a BP ball, it's fair game but if I were to ever inadvertently knock over a kid or female in the process, I would give it to them.

I just try and be fair to the kids but I will always keep most of them because I paid for my ticket just like the little ones and after all, who doesn't LOVE to catch a ball thrown to you by a player?!

[godwulf]

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At a Fall League game last night, and a foul ball went into the seats, a middle-aged guy retrieved it and didn't give it to one of the several kids who came running from other parts of the ballpark, and he was booed by a half-dozen mouthy yahoos. (Of course, this group was mostly composed of those middle-aged women who sit behind the dugout shouting at each other throughout the game, like they are all hearing impaired, and laughing hysterically at each and every thing any of them says. They very obviously come to the ballpark in order to be the show.)

God, the brats were out in force last night. I don't mean just kids, I mean brats. At least a dozen, aged probably six to ten, screaming around the ballpark for most of the game, begging loudly for every foul or home run ball. A whole line of them came trooping by me at some point, and one little mutant was screaming something to his friends while about two feet from my face, and I snapped and said something that I'm surprised didn't get reported to whichever adult he was there with (assuming such a person existed) and didn't get me involved in a fight. Believe me, I was in the mood.

[gingi79]

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At a Fall League game last night, and a foul ball went into the seats, a middle-aged guy retrieved it and didn't give it to one of the several kids who came running from other parts of the ballpark, and he was booed by a half-dozen mouthy yahoos. (Of course, this group was mostly composed of those middle-aged women who sit behind the dugout shouting at each other throughout the game, like they are all hearing impaired, and laughing hysterically at each and every thing any of them says. They very obviously come to the ballpark in order to be the show.)

God, the brats were out in force last night. I don't mean just kids, I mean brats. At least a dozen, aged probably six to ten, screaming around the ballpark for most of the game, begging loudly for every foul or home run ball. A whole line of them came trooping by me at some point, and one little mutant was screaming something to his friends while about two feet from my face, and I snapped and said something that I'm surprised didn't get reported to whichever adult he was there with (assuming such a person existed) and didn't get me involved in a fight. Believe me, I was in the mood.

Jeff, Has there been an influx in recent years of this entitlement behavior? I know when I was a Teen counselor circa 2005, this kind of self serving "You have to give it to me because I'm a kid" behavior first reared it's ugly head for me. It sucks you have to deal with it, good for you for not giving in to the pressure. F em.

[sox83cubs84]

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Jeff, Has there been an influx in recent years of this entitlement behavior? I know when I was a Teen counselor circa 2005, this kind of self serving "You have to give it to me because I'm a kid" behavior first reared it's ugly head for me. It sucks you have to deal with it, good for you for not giving in to the pressure. F em.

Even more infuriating is the fact that a sizable number of parents support and encourage their kids to have these greedy attitudes. I'm amazed that I don't get more kids at the Chicago park begging for baseballs I catch.

Dave Miedema