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Mean guy, little kid, foul ball.... blah, blah, blah (1 Viewer)
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Silver & Black
Footballguy
Did I watch the same video as you guys? I was expecting to see a guy wrestling a little kid out of a ball. What I did see was a ball bounce, land and a guy reach down and grab it. No foul there, except the weak happy dance afterwards.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
Boston Strong.
Tom Skerritt
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Steve Tasker
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
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Steve Tasker
Footballguy
David!!
Pretty funny.
good stuff.
Pretty funny.
good stuff.
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
Guy was a dink but I've seen worse, the public ridicule is probably enough punishment. I certainly wouldn't advocate putting the guy in a room for 5 minutes with Jared Remy.
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I just gave him hell about that. Everyone on the planet calls me Dave except my mother.David!!
Pretty funny.
And LOL at them keeping the "RN" watermark. I wanted to see if he would cut it out.
avoiding injuries
Footballguy
Haha. Nice work!
T Bell
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Pick
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Are you familiar with Deadspin? It's mostly shtick, guy. There is an entire "terrible people" section. Some are worse than others.
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
Appreciate the clarification chief, I'm off to Weinerama for a 1/2 dozen without onions and then I'm heading to the beach.
flapgreen
Footballguy
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Uh oh. McGarnicle is about to scold me again.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
I'd rip on it being a reflection of people in Boston... But without that Boston mindset of individualsim we wouldn't have won the revolutionary war. in fact we may have not even revolted at all.
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
I think the guy should have probably given the ball the kid, but 
Not my proudest moment, but years and years ago I go out to our minor league park here with my wife and friends (it was during a 2 for 1 beer night of course) and here comes the foul ball. Now, I have a big beer in one hand and I think a hot dog or a slice of pizza whatever--I don't remember--did I mention it was 2 for 1 beer night? But I am faced with a choice of what to drop and being a real man, there was no choice. So I stick out my empty hand, that had food in it a second ago, and magically I catch this ball. Now you know what, it hurt like a kick to the nuts, but I remember I didn't spill a drop of beer. I didn't do a dance or hold up the ball because frankly IT HURT!!! But I remember the people around me saying, "Give it to the kid, Give it to the kid" I looked around and there wasn't a kid near me, but there was a kid down like 4-5 rows holding up his glove. I said screw that and I kept It. Heck, I was out of $$ paid for food, my hand feels like bullet ants have gone to town, I am keeping this darn ball.
Not my proudest moment, but years and years ago I go out to our minor league park here with my wife and friends (it was during a 2 for 1 beer night of course) and here comes the foul ball. Now, I have a big beer in one hand and I think a hot dog or a slice of pizza whatever--I don't remember--did I mention it was 2 for 1 beer night? But I am faced with a choice of what to drop and being a real man, there was no choice. So I stick out my empty hand, that had food in it a second ago, and magically I catch this ball. Now you know what, it hurt like a kick to the nuts, but I remember I didn't spill a drop of beer. I didn't do a dance or hold up the ball because frankly IT HURT!!! But I remember the people around me saying, "Give it to the kid, Give it to the kid" I looked around and there wasn't a kid near me, but there was a kid down like 4-5 rows holding up his glove. I said screw that and I kept It. Heck, I was out of $$ paid for food, my hand feels like bullet ants have gone to town, I am keeping this darn ball.
Fennis
Footballguy
what did you do with the ball?I think the guy should have probably given the ball the kid, but
Not my proudest moment, but years and years ago I go out to our minor league park here with my wife and friends (it was during a 2 for 1 beer night of course) and here comes the foul ball. Now, I have a big beer in one hand and I think a hot dog or a slice of pizza whatever--I don't remember--did I mention it was 2 for 1 beer night? But I am faced with a choice of what to drop and being a real man, there was no choice. So I stick out my empty hand, that had food in it a second ago, and magically I catch this ball. Now you know what, it hurt like a kick to the nuts, but I remember I didn't spill a drop of beer. I didn't do a dance or hold up the ball because frankly IT HURT!!! But I remember the people around me saying, "Give it to the kid, Give it to the kid" I looked around and there wasn't a kid near me, but there was a kid down like 4-5 rows holding up his glove. I said screw that and I kept It. Heck, I was out of $$ paid for food, my hand feels like bullet ants have gone to town, I am keeping this darn ball.
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Footballguy
He probably took better care of it than the kid would have.what did you do with the ball?I think the guy should have probably given the ball the kid, but
Not my proudest moment, but years and years ago I go out to our minor league park here with my wife and friends (it was during a 2 for 1 beer night of course) and here comes the foul ball. Now, I have a big beer in one hand and I think a hot dog or a slice of pizza whatever--I don't remember--did I mention it was 2 for 1 beer night? But I am faced with a choice of what to drop and being a real man, there was no choice. So I stick out my empty hand, that had food in it a second ago, and magically I catch this ball. Now you know what, it hurt like a kick to the nuts, but I remember I didn't spill a drop of beer. I didn't do a dance or hold up the ball because frankly IT HURT!!! But I remember the people around me saying, "Give it to the kid, Give it to the kid" I looked around and there wasn't a kid near me, but there was a kid down like 4-5 rows holding up his glove. I said screw that and I kept It. Heck, I was out of $$ paid for food, my hand feels like bullet ants have gone to town, I am keeping this darn ball.
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Footballguy
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Ha! Probably very little. Sports stuff mainly. Weird stuff. Random good-looking chicks, etc.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Meh. Words fail to convey how wrong this is and clearly it falls of deaf ears anyway. You've got your audience and you seem to feel really good about this whole thing, so enjoy it buddy. I hope no one ever judges you harshly based on 10 seconds of your life taken out of context.
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Courtjester
The Town Drunk
I collect sports cards and memorabilia. I have two rooms of my house set up like a semi-card store and I have the ball displayed on a shelf with other signed baseballs. I wish I would have remembered who hit it so I could have gotten this one signed. But I do remember that night ended up with a waiter at Bennigans asking us to leave. Again not my proudest moment, but this was years before my wife and I had kids.He probably took better care of it than the kid would have.what did you do with the ball?I think the guy should have probably given the ball the kid, but
Not my proudest moment, but years and years ago I go out to our minor league park here with my wife and friends (it was during a 2 for 1 beer night of course) and here comes the foul ball. Now, I have a big beer in one hand and I think a hot dog or a slice of pizza whatever--I don't remember--did I mention it was 2 for 1 beer night? But I am faced with a choice of what to drop and being a real man, there was no choice. So I stick out my empty hand, that had food in it a second ago, and magically I catch this ball. Now you know what, it hurt like a kick to the nuts, but I remember I didn't spill a drop of beer. I didn't do a dance or hold up the ball because frankly IT HURT!!! But I remember the people around me saying, "Give it to the kid, Give it to the kid" I looked around and there wasn't a kid near me, but there was a kid down like 4-5 rows holding up his glove. I said screw that and I kept It. Heck, I was out of $$ paid for food, my hand feels like bullet ants have gone to town, I am keeping this darn ball.
Rick Harrison
Footballguy
I don't understand. Before you had kids, was your proudest moment getting kicked out of a Bennigans or setting up two rooms in your house like a baseball card shop?
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
Yeah, I know not the manliest of hobbies
, but something I still enjoy and my kids should be able to scratch together a decent chunk of change once I am gone...
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GOB
Footballguy
No, just a general statement. I sometimes enjoy making sweeping statements about things to further my side of an argument. I'm told it's a big reason I'm single and living the dream.
Rick Harrison
Footballguy
We had a Florida Marlins ring at the shop a few years ago that I made really good money on. And about a year ago I sold a Babe Ruth signed baseball, but I really regret that and I want to get another one back. It really sort of is the Holy Grail.Yeah, I know not the manliest of hobbies
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
Are you the guy in the video? If not, I don't see how your supposed context has anymore validity than RN's supposed context. Not to mention being insulted on the internet is about as tame of a punishment as one can receive, it's not like RN slashed the guy's tires or something.
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After thinking about it some more, rubbing the poor kid's nose in it with that stupid celebration (even if it was unintentional) was more offensive than going after the ball. I probably would have left it alone if he picked up the ball and just sat back down, but acting like a goon who has never seen a baseball before as the little kid sat there depressed bothered me.
Nope. I'll go for the catch. But if it hits the ground, it's yours.
It's a ####### baseball.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Because he's damning the guy without all the evidence and all I'm saying is, maybe he handed the kid the ball and gave him a high-five, and thus doesn't deserve to be publicly humiliated in the first place? Is this seriously so difficult to understand?RN put the odds of him giving the ball to the kid at .5%. I think it's more like 60 or 70%, so that's where we differ. He said I'm entitled to my opinion and I concur that he's entitled to his. There is not a doubt in my mind RN is a good dude and sticking up for a kid he thinks was slighted.
Getting falsely accused of something REALLY SUCKS. Go through it once and you'll look at something like this very differently.
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drummer
Footballguy
I know. But your video made Deadspin. Learn to live with success brutha!That was Tim's quote (the Deadspin writer).... not mine.
Rack RN.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Not saying you did anything close to that. You've pointed him out as a rude and insensitive jerkoff and a buffoon who celebrates catching a foul ball from some scrub player. You got the sporting equivalent of TMZ to agree with you and now a lot of people will see it. Odds are decent he gets recognized, and what comes of it is anyone's guess. I wouldn't want to be that guy.
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If he didn't realize he was being a jerk in that moment, chances are what comes of it is he emails everyone he knows with the link in an email entitled "I'M FAMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!"
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Also.... 
Flying V
Footballguy
I think he was too busy looking around to see if his 8 year old might be depriving a 4 year old of the ball.
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It wasn't until I saw it for the 10th time that I noticed the Mom on the far left with her palms up, as in "WTF did that clown just do!!!"
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