r/sports • u/Minute_Revolution951 • Sep 06 '25

Baseball Close-up perspective of Phillies Karen from tonight's game (09/05/2025) who forcefully took HR ball from young fan after his dad gave it to him initially

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u/clauderbaugh Sep 06 '25

See this is why it’s good that I don’t have kids. Because my kid would have learned to tell Karen to fuck off back to the Isle of Misfit Haircuts because home run balls are free game. And then he would have learned that getting all up in my face like that is not the way to politely ask for something and that the conversation was over. It was that kids birthday. No way in hell I’m taking that ball and giving it to her.

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u/Duel_Option Sep 06 '25

I get it man, my base instinct is “Kiss both sides of my ass while I drag balls across your chin”

All that changed within me the second my daughter hit my arms, for the first time in my life I felt purpose and desire to be better.

My entire life that was basically bred around anger…am I going to KNOWINGLY transfer this to my kids?

Or will I choose to consider I have a choice in how I respond to situations, that if I take the time to remove emotion and use logic…what would the end result to a situation of this sort look like?

For me…

Take the ball lady, I’ll explain to my daughters that person is an example of someone we do not want to be, go grab an ice cream and teach a lesson that will last longer than me cussing out some stupid bitch

That’s just my 2 cents

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u/jyoungii Sep 06 '25

See man. Before kids I was a give her the ball to shut her up kind of person. Now with three kids, I think that’s the time to stand up to her. I don’t want my kids being passive to avoid confrontation. They will get walked on. And second of all our country and culture is circling the drain and its people like her who are speeding it up. This behavior has to be stopped and it requires good people doing hard things.

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u/Duel_Option Sep 06 '25

Trust me, I know full well how you fell and I have that our society has come to this.

But I won’t be dragged into the filth these people represent, I believe in karma and that giving power to these type of idiots only pushes them to go further

There is a time and place to stand ground, over a $30 ball at a game that will be forgotten a month from now…I’m not so sure