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Would You Throw or Keep a Home Run Ball?
Posted on 7/1/21 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 7/1/21 at 8:25 pm
MLB home run from the opposing team. Serious question. Unless it's a World Series walk off or Ronald Acuna's 763 home run or a kid nearby. Other than those, I'm tossing that sucker to 2nd base. It's just a baseball. Throw that shite back.
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Posted on 7/1/21 at 8:26 pm to rebel cat
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I'm tossing that sucker to 2nd base
you wouldnt get it halfway there
Posted on 7/1/21 at 8:26 pm to rebel cat
Always keep your first. The rest can go to kids - don't toss things on the field, ever. I know it's tradition in Chicago and such but all that does is make someone have to get up to go get it. Just hand it to a kid.
ETA - I caught my first foul ball at Kaufmann. It's in a case at home, came off the bat of Brian McCann. The rest of 'em have been given to the kids nearby - always makes their day.
ETA - I caught my first foul ball at Kaufmann. It's in a case at home, came off the bat of Brian McCann. The rest of 'em have been given to the kids nearby - always makes their day.
This post was edited on 7/1/21 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 7/1/21 at 8:57 pm to rebel cat
Only root for the Tigers, Cubs and Royals but go to many other MLB games. Most likely would keep it. Threw one back in the 80’s that Andre Dawson retrieved and tossed in. Was like 88 0r 89.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 8:59 pm to rebel cat
People that know what they're doing bring a shitty ball to the game. When they catch an opposing homerun, they keep the homerun ball and throw the shitty ball back on the field.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 8:59 pm to Geaux Guy
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Only root for the Tigers, Cubs and Royals
Oh that's all?
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:00 pm to rebel cat
i have long said i would throw back an opposing team's home run ball. seems more fun than keeping it.
i never sit in the outfield*, though, so it's not happening any time soon.
*not a brag. i enjoy the upper deck more than an outfield seat
i never sit in the outfield*, though, so it's not happening any time soon.
*not a brag. i enjoy the upper deck more than an outfield seat
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:17 pm to WG_Dawg
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Only root for the Tigers, Cubs and Royals
Oh that's all?
Yep. Lived in KC, Tampa, New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit. Those became my teams.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:20 pm to Geaux Guy
Only place you'd be expected to throw it back is at Wrigley. So at a Cubs game, I'd get a quick picture to prove I caught it and then chuck it back. If it's a bomb from the Cubs I likely take a picture and find a kid to give the ball to.
Any other stadium I take a pic and give it to a kid.
ETA: I've seen people in the bleachers at wrigley catch a home run ball, make a quick switch with a cheap ball they have in their pocket, and then throw that back to appease the masses but still keep the homer.
Any other stadium I take a pic and give it to a kid.
ETA: I've seen people in the bleachers at wrigley catch a home run ball, make a quick switch with a cheap ball they have in their pocket, and then throw that back to appease the masses but still keep the homer.
This post was edited on 7/1/21 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:21 pm to Horsemeat
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Always keep your first. The rest can go to kids - don't toss things on the field, ever. I know it's tradition in Chicago and such but all that does is make someone have to get up to go get it. Just hand it to a kid. ETA - I caught my first foul ball at Kaufmann. It's in a case at home, came off the bat of Brian McCann. The rest of 'em have been given to the kids nearby - always makes their day.
Subtle, I’ve been to a baseball game brag.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:29 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Yep. Too many Old Styles in the late 80’s and threw the real McCoy back at Andre Dawson’s feet.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:46 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Only place you'd be expected to throw it back is at Wrigley. So at a Cubs game, I'd get a quick picture to prove I caught it and then chuck it back. If it's a bomb from the Cubs I likely take a picture and find a kid to give the ball to.
Catching a home run is once in a lifetime stuff for most people, so no. I’m not giving it to a kid and I’m not throwing it back. This ain’t Mardi Gras beads
Posted on 7/1/21 at 10:04 pm to chalmetteowl
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Catching a home run is once in a lifetime stuff for most people, so no. I’m not giving it to a kid
I’ve been to hundreds of major and minor league games. It’s probably getting closer to 1000 at this point.
I’ve nabbed 2 ‘home runs’. 1 was in BP, so that doesn’t even count, and it was after the ball settled. The other was on a berm and I got it off the bounce.
It’s a rare thing unless you’re that douchebag Zach Hample. I’m keeping it or giving it to my nephew who loves baseball. Foul balls or anything else can go to a kid.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 10:14 pm to TexasTiger08
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It’s a rare thing unless you’re that douchebag Zach Hample
I read his book too as a kid. I studied the tricks again before every big league game I went to. That book was my bible as a young baseball loving kid. 
Posted on 7/1/21 at 10:17 pm to rebel cat
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MLB home run from the opposing team. Serious question. Unless it's a World Series walk off or Ronald Acuna's 763 home run or a kid nearby. Other than those, I'm tossing that sucker to 2nd base. It's just a baseball. Throw that shite back.
Anyone who throws an object onto the playing field should be arrested for attempted assault and stupidity.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 10:20 pm to FulshearTiger
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People that know what they're doing bring a shitty ball to the game. When they catch an opposing homerun, they keep the homerun ball and throw the shitty ball back on the field.
No. People who have a clue keep the ball. End of story. If other fans get upset, call in security. If assaulted, then sue.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 10:24 pm to rebel cat
Keep
Posted on 7/2/21 at 8:23 am to chalmetteowl
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This ain’t Mardi Gras beads
Yeah it's a baseball, who gives a frick. Give it to a kid.
Posted on 7/2/21 at 8:24 am to rebel cat
Always keep, and if you want to throw one back, find some old beat up khoury league balls and throw it back.
YOU never throw a homer ball back, unless your a dildo cubs fan
YOU never throw a homer ball back, unless your a dildo cubs fan
Posted on 7/2/21 at 8:26 am to rebel cat
Stupid tradition started by, of course, Cubs fans butt hurt about losing.
Home run ball comes to me, I’m keeping it. I don’t care who hit it.
Home run ball comes to me, I’m keeping it. I don’t care who hit it.
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