Asshole of the month award goes to…

LuFins Dad

I could see being pissed off if some guy random 10 rows away to snatch the ball away just as I was grabbing it, he was a bit of a dick himself.

Mik

That was my take. She didn’t grab it from the kid, the dad gave it to her.

kluurs

Link to video

LuFins Dad

So why is this bullying okay when other bullying isn’t?

Man, we’ve forgotten how to be gracious and forgiving.

Mik

Cyber anonymity. It allows for the worst of us to come out and show it to the world with impunity.

kluurs

We live in an era of always being on camera. In some instances, it has helped to perhaps address the worst of human behavior - but in the scheme of things as poorly as this woman's actions appear, they are by no means the worst behavior committed on that day. It is a sad thing that a camera may be present at those couple of minutes when we are not our best and be forever judged by those moments.

On the other hand, it is very, very rare that as a runner I see inappropriate behavior - but the time I did, just putting my phone in video mode seemed to make things a little calmer.

And while I have a lot of empathy and want to give police the benefit of the doubt, every once in a while there's a case that clearly demonstrates such an egregious lack of judgment as to call to question their ability to be in that profession - so perhaps a net benefit for the more transparent world in which we live. Sadly, the mob often overreacts.

Mik

And a mob is SO much easier to gin up these days.

89th

@LuFins-Dad said in Asshole of the month award goes to…:

I could see being pissed off if some guy random 10 rows away to snatch the ball away just as I was grabbing it, he was a bit of a dick himself.

I’d be upset I didn’t get the ball but there are 2 rules in baseball when getting a ball in the stands.

Anyone has a right to the ball until it’s in someone hands.
Always give the ball to a kid.

Mik

Nah. That doesn't excuse this guy's behavior.

89th

Huh? The dad who got the ball?

LuFins Dad

@89th said in Asshole of the month award goes to…:

Huh? The dad who got the ball?

Yes.

89th

What on earth are you talking about? The ball was fair game until it was in someone’s hands. It was in the seat in the row in front of the lady, and he was faster at getting it.

Mik

Minnesoooota winters have eroded your ability to reason. That guy was ten seats over and the ball was already on the ground when he dashed over to snatch it up. That's an asshole move by any light.

89th

It landed in HIS row!

LuFins Dad

So this is 89ths way of saying he’s acted the same way.

89th

I think yall are pulling my leg. If a home run ball lands in your row a few seats away, of course you’d scurry to get it (unless a kid was going after it). 100 times out of 100. Have you been to a ballgame before?

Doctor Phibes

Is this kind of thing your idea of sporting hooliganism?

You can’t tell me you’ve even managed to fuck this up. I was going to post an LOL emoji but I’m too sad.

Doctor Phibes

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Mik

@89th said in Asshole of the month award goes to…:

I think yall are pulling my leg. If a home run ball lands in your row a few seats away, of course you’d scurry to get it (unless a kid was going after it). 100 times out of 100. Have you been to a ballgame before?

Two this month. And no, I would not do anything of the kind.

Axtremus

It's just a game.
You guys take ball grabbing way too seriously.
But the etiquette advice is sound: don't grab someone else's ball, especially don't grab a kid's ball.

The New Coffee Room

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