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Awful Texas fans make little boy cry...
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You guys see this? The firstbaseman Mitch Moreland was tossing a ball to a small child in the crowd. Old guy snags it, kid bursts into tears and the guy, instead of giving the ball to the kid (who was clearly who was targeted by Moreland) keeps it and starts taking pics of it with this date! So sick of adults losing their minds over a $3 ball...
Yes, Junior there are crappy people inthe world.
PS - no way that broad is with that old guy for any other reason than $$$
Yes, Junior there are crappy people inthe world.
PS - no way that broad is with that old guy for any other reason than $$$
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Actually, I was just at a Lake Erie Monsters (AHL Hockey) game on April 14th in Cleveland, sitting near center-ice, about 10 rows back. A puck actually made it over the glass and ended up on the floor between my wife and I! I bent down and picked it up, and without hesitation I handed it to the 10 year old boy beside us who was celebrating his birthday. It made that kid's day... he was gripping that puck for the rest of the game like his life depended on it. THAT made me feel ten times better than owning a GU AHL puck.
<< <i>It's always a good thing to give a kid what they want just because they're crying. >>
No that's a very bad idea. But that's not what happened here. What happened here was a child was very excited that a MLB player was tossing him a ball. Then out of the blue some old creep snags it and gives it to his prostitute...opps, I mean escort...opps I mean date, and THEN they start taking pics and rubbing the poor kids nose in it. THAT'S why this video is going viral.
All that said I think this kid got 2 very valuable life lessons here:
1- there are crappy people in this world.
2- there are even more good people.
<< <i>You guys see this? The firstbaseman Mitch Moreland was tossing a ball to a small child in the crowd. >>
Unless Mitch Moreland has said so, how do you know who he was tossing it to? Many baseballs are tossed to adults too.
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<< <i>You guys see this? The firstbaseman Mitch Moreland was tossing a ball to a small child in the crowd. >>
Unless Mitch Moreland has said so, how do you know who he was tossing it to? Many baseballs are tossed to adults too. >>
Mitch & I were talking about it after the game last night and that's what he told me.
No, in all seriousness I just watched the video. I suppose you may have a point, but to my eyes (and apparently a lot of other people) it seems pretty clear who Moreland was aiming for.
<< <i>Again, who knows for sure? Haven't you seen kids in the grocery store that start screaming and pitching a fit and crying because they didn't get candy? I like kids, but sometimes they can be obnoxious. If this kid was like that, would you give him your baseball? That would be rewarding him for poor behaviour. Not me. And why was this woman being called such horrible names. They look like a couple that is having a good time. Both people are in their 40's-50's. Maybe they are married and celebrating their wedding anniversary. Geez. Oh well, I guess if anyone would know a douchebag it would be Michael Kay, since he sees one in the mirror every morning. >>
I 100% am with you regarding the spoiled children who seem to they they are entitled to anything & everything. And even worse are the parents of those kids who seem to think the world revloves around their precious little snowflake. But again...I really don't think that's the case here. I think this kid got excited becasue a Rangers player tossed him the ball. And when creepy old dude ended up with it, the kid started crying like any 4 year old would (or however old this kid is). So what does a mature, kind, humane person do? easy; give the kid the ball. Remember, we're not talking about a Hamilton HR ball or anything, it's a foul ball. Give it to the kid. Be kind. Do something nice. Take the highroad.
This selfish guy who kept the ball is now getting what he deserves with this clip going viral. I'm sure his family members and co-workers are very proud of him for making a little kid cry.
1) Take care of the kids.
2) Take care of yourself.
Personally, I'd have given the ball to the kid. I know it'd have made the kid's day.
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It's not like Moreland pointed at the kid and threw the ball to him in an obvious way. It's not like this couple knocked the kid over or fought anybody for the ball - it came right to them. It's not like they were the only people who tried to catch the ball - at least half a dozen others did as well. It's not like the couple saw the kid ask for the ball - their heads were turned. The announcer says they "rubbed the kid's nose in it" - no, they were innocently excited about getting a ball. Nothing wrong with that.
Would I have given the kid the ball? Sure, and I have done so several times in the past at Spokane Indians games. But if it were MY kid, I would try to insist they not give it to him just because he asked.
Really, this is much ado about nothing, IMHO.
Tabe
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<< <i>We are talking about a 4 or 5 year old kid with his godam glove on at a baseball game, gimme a break the couple next to them are ignorant case closed. >>
interesting.
The father of a little boy who broke down at a Texas Rangers game after not getting a ball tossed into the stands said the couple who got the souvenir has been unfairly demonized.
Kyle Shores' three-year-old son Cameron had his heart set on the ball tossed to the crowd by Rangers first basemen Mitch Moreland during the eighth inning of Wednesday's game against the visiting New York Yankees. When Sean Leonard, who was sitting nearby with his fiancee, Shannon Moore, ended up with the ball, Cameron's waterworks began. That caught the attention of Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay, who lambasted the couple on air, calling them "greedy."
Shores told FoxNews.com the couple didn't realize what was happening until after the Rangers gave the boy a ball of his own later in the game.
“They were very nice,” Kyle Shores said. “After Cameron got a ball, they pieced it all together. I think they really were oblivious to what was going on. And I don’t think the announcer saw that part. It wasn’t as bad as it looked.”
Cameron, who took home a ball from a game last season, was so sure that he’d get another souvenir that not getting that one was too much to handle, Shores said.
“He thought he was going to get the ball, and it was so close,” he said. “And that’s why you got the unbridled emotion.”
Kay weighed in after the boy got his ball, calling the couple “greedy” and “tone deaf.”
“Yes, there’s a nice happy ending to that story, somebody saw the kid crying, somebody from the Ranger dugout, they tossed him a ball -- look at that grin,” Kay said. “And look at the greedy people next to him, just oblivious, ‘Oh, let’s make out while he has the ball, but we’ve got our ball.’ Unbelievable. At least the kid has a nice smile on his face now. And those people are oblivious -- oblivious. Oh my goodness, a little tone deaf there.”
"I think they really were oblivious to what was going on. And I don’t think the announcer saw that part. It wasn’t as bad as it looked.”
- Kyle Shores
Leonard, who could not be reached for comment Friday, has reportedly called on Kay to apologize for insinuating he and Moore were insensitive.
“He took an event and sensationalized it, threw it out there, never check or validated the facts,” Leonard told WFAA.
Leonard, who works as the deputy director of finance for Southlake, Texas, said it was the first game he and Moore had attended. The couple, who have a total of seven children, are getting married on Saturday and have reportedly been getting constant phone calls in regards to the incident.
“The irony of the situation is, had we seen that he was upset and known for an instant, there’s not a person that knows us that wouldn’t agree that we would have given the ball to the child,” Leonard told the station.
Kay, meanwhile, will address the matter during his ESPN Radio show at 3 p.m. Friday, FoxNews.com has learned.
Shores declined to comment on whether Kay should apologize to the couple, but said “it’s been an interesting couple of days” since going to the ballpark.
“It’s been very bizarre,” he said. “From going to the game, seeing it on SportsCenter when we got home and news vans at my son’s daycare … It’s one of those weird deals where I’m glad I’m not on the other side of it. But it all ended well.”
So, what about Cameron’s ball?
“He’s been sleeping with it,” Shores said. “He’s a big fan.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/27/texas-father-says-couple-was-oblivious-to-crying-son-after-foul-ball/#ixzz1tG2gk9xA
So who is the jerk in this situation? The Yankees announcer, that's who. He definitely owes the couple an apology.
Tabe
<< <i>“He took an event and sensationalized it, threw it out there, never check or validated the facts,” Leonard told WFAA. >>
Just like some posters on this thread.
When I watched the video the first time, my thoughts were:
A. I saw no evidence that the player was trying to toss the ball to a specific person (the kid)--it looked like a random toss into the stands.
B. The couple who caught the ball were happy and did not seem to be noticing the crying the kid.
C. The kid's parents were laughing the whole time, so even they did not seem to feel anything wrong had happened.
<< <i>Yeah you're right, I would never notice a crying child sitting RIGHT NEXT TO ME at the ballpark. Sure thing. Besides, the guy probably already popped his Cialis for the day, so there was hardly any blood left for his brain. >>
Well in all honestly being in a crowd that size you might not notice it, especially when your in the moment and thinking about the other "moment" later that night now that you popped your Cialis- Im sure you can relate.
<< <i>Yeah you're right, I would never notice a crying child sitting RIGHT NEXT TO ME at the ballpark. Sure thing. Besides, the guy probably already popped his Cialis for the day, so there was hardly any blood left for his brain. >>
They simply didn't connect the dots. They were caught up in the moment of catching the ball and when they came down from that, the kid was crying. They didn't make the leap from 'ball thrown into the crowd" to "kid crying because he didn't get the ball". They probably saw the kid crying and thought "Oh, that kid is crying" and that was it.
Since the father of the kid has absolved them of everything, and they did come around to what had happened when a ball was tossed to the kid later, I think it's probably time to stop piling on a couple who did absolutely nothing wrong.
Tabe
<< <i>Since the father of the kid has absolved them of everything, and they did come around to what had happened when a ball was tossed to the kid later, I think it's probably time to stop piling on a couple who did absolutely nothing wrong.
Tabe >>
I guess that's the final verdict for this whole situation. Still have no idea how they didn't notice the crying kid but whatever...all's well that ends well.
This may surprise you (since you are in your twenties I believe), but not every guy over 40 has some sort of issue in that department. In this thread I've heard this guy raked over the coals, and his fiance called a hooker. How would you like it if it was your mom and dad at the park and this is the way they were talked about? I think it is FANTASTIC that a couple is that much in love. And the kids that have parents that are that crazy about each other are lucky to have them. And they are baseball fans!
I'm a founding board member of my local Children's Advocacy Center and have served as one of their officers for the past 13 years. I have also used my own money and resources to personally take over 150 community children over the years to Rangers games, and I've also been a volunteer youth sports coach for about 10 years.
All that being said, I must be awful too, cause if I was at a game with my wife and caught a ball, and had a crying 4 or 5 year old sitting in front of me , guess what, that kid wouldn't be getting it either, it would be going home with me to give to my own kid, not someone elses.
Ironically enough, I was at the game in question, and did get a ball thrown by Raul Ibanez that I caught for my own daughter that was with me.
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<< <i>Yeah you're right, I would never notice a crying child sitting RIGHT NEXT TO ME at the ballpark. Sure thing. Besides, the guy probably already popped his Cialis for the day, so there was hardly any blood left for his brain. >>
Well in all honestly being in a crowd that size you might not notice it, especially when your in the moment and thinking about the other "moment" later that night now that you popped your Cialis- Im sure you can relate. >>
Nope, your perkies still do it for me!
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<< <i>Yeah you're right, I would never notice a crying child sitting RIGHT NEXT TO ME at the ballpark. Sure thing. Besides, the guy probably already popped his Cialis for the day, so there was hardly any blood left for his brain. >>
Well in all honestly being in a crowd that size you might not notice it, especially when your in the moment and thinking about the other "moment" later that night now that you popped your Cialis- Im sure you can relate. >>
Nope, your perkies still do it for me! >>
I can relate too
let the kid cry...
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