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sharp_stick

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2. It was a pity toss up from the player

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 03:30 PM

Apr 2012

not a real foul ball it doesn't count as a catch.

I've only caught one, at Fenway in 2004 off of Millar and I did give it to a kid made both our days. I've got too much shit around the house what would I do with a baseball?

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You catch your first foul ball ever---and some little brat is crying because he didn't catch it... [View all] trumad Apr 2012 OP

Unrec...did you wave it in front of some two-year-old joeybee12 Apr 2012 #1

Like the two year old would have caught it. trumad Apr 2012 #3

What does that have to do with what I posted? joeybee12 Apr 2012 #5

It was a pity toss up from the player sharp_stick Apr 2012 #2

I caught a home run ball at a minor league game. MineralMan Apr 2012 #4

One comment at Yahoo: El Supremo Apr 2012 #6

lol Renew Deal Apr 2012 #15

Oh, for crying out loud KamaAina Apr 2012 #28

We apparently have two here. El Supremo Apr 2012 #30

Well---with two World Series wins....It's not hard. trumad Apr 2012 #32

Lot of variables in my head. Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #7

I don't like kids.... Upton Apr 2012 #8

"Some little brat is crying" TZ Apr 2012 #9

You tell em TZ. Poor little kid LaurenG Apr 2012 #11

Having 3 of them... trumad Apr 2012 #13

no not without looking like a douc er dumbas I mean to say LaurenG Apr 2012 #27

My kid's first game was Red Sox-Yankees, at age five months. HuckleB Apr 2012 #23

Why should the douchebag with the kid EXPECT the guy next to him to give the little kid madinmaryland Apr 2012 #25

hey, I apologized for knocking the kid over and breaking his arm ... zbdent Apr 2012 #10

The H&M thread about this is apparently awesome fishwax Apr 2012 #12

I accidentally posted this in Meta--- trumad Apr 2012 #14

yeah, I saw that original thread and was going to mention it but fishwax Apr 2012 #18

No idea... Friday night hijinks? trumad Apr 2012 #19

Hey, thanks for the heads-up on that one! countryjake Apr 2012 #22

What a bunch of fucking douchebags! madinmaryland Apr 2012 #26

What lesson does the child learn if someone gives him what he wants every time things don't go... Renew Deal Apr 2012 #16

I've watched the video several times trumad Apr 2012 #17

+1 HuckleB Apr 2012 #24

She was holding it up for a picture. Perhaps it was their first ball. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2012 #29

Exactly right. hughee99 Apr 2012 #31

At sixty bucks a seat? Hell NO! countryjake Apr 2012 #20

Interview on the Today Show >> El Supremo Apr 2012 #21