Politician Spock
Footballguy
Nope. I'll go for the catch. But if it hits the ground, it's yours.I don't really see the big deal though. He had a second to react and grabbed for the ball like anyone would. Not enough time to process the idea that he should just stand there and let the kid get it. Then held it up. I've never gotten a foul ball and would be really stoked too. Then the camera pans away. I would've given the kid the ball. Maybe he did, we don't know. Time elapsed from the ball landing to the camera panning away is 10 seconds.
It's a ####### baseball.

Late 80's my high school buddies and I went to a Reds game, and Tim Wallach hit a foul down into the right field line stands where we were. It was heading a few rows behind us, but it didn't curve back there until the last moment, so we were all standing by that time. Not sure what happened but eventually it hit me in the back of thigh and landed right between my feet. So I bent down, picked it up, and sat down. Apparently a lot of people didn't know where it went, because probably five to ten seconds later my buddies look at me and say "OH! You got it!" I said "yeah". And they tell me I should have stood up and held the ball up high for all to see. I said "why? I didn't catch it."
They just looked at me like

What's the big deal about ending up with a ball you didn't catch. They only cost a few dollars to buy, and this one had a big scuff on it from Wallach slicing it (or maybe hitting the seat). So I have a ball Tim Wallach's bat touched. Big deal. I bet 90%+ in here don't even know what team he played for.
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