Philadelphia Phillies fan Drew Feltwell desires folks to put off the lady who harangued him and his son over a home run ball at a sport final week.
During the fourth inning of the Phillies’ sport towards the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park on September 5, Feltwell retrieved a home run ball that Harrison Bader had blasted into the stands earlier than passing it to his son.
However, the pair have been quickly confronted by an unidentified girl, who began to argue angrily with them. Feltwell then gave the ball to the lady from his son’s glove and shooed her away.
Video of the second went viral on social media, with the lady coming beneath criticism for her actions.
“Please don’t do something to that woman,’’ Feltwell told USA TODAY Sports on Monday. “Leave it alone. You know, any person is aware of her and might speak to her, that’s completely different. But God, I don’t need folks breaking of their home and stuff like that. The web already messed her up fairly good.’’
There was a cheerful ending to the saga. The younger fan was given a Miami goodie bag and a baseball, the Marlins advised NCS Sports, and he additionally acquired to satisfy Bader after the sport, receiving a signed bat from the outfielder.
An identical incident occurred on the US Open tennis event lately when Polish participant Kamil Majchrzak tried to pass his cap to a younger fan after defeating Karen Khachanov within the second spherical.
However, Piotr Szczerek, recognized as a Polish chief government, was stood close by and snatched the hat away earlier than giving it to a lady, regardless of the boy’s seen protestations. The boy and Szczerek appeared to not know one another.
Szczerek subsequently apologized in a post on Facebook, saying that he believed “the tennis player was handing his cap to me” – extra particularly to his sons, who had “earlier asked for autographs.”
“Today I know I did something that looked like deliberately taking a souvenir from a child,” he added. “That was not my intention, however it doesn’t change the truth that I damage the boy and dissatisfied the followers.
“The cap has been handed to the boy, and I have apologized to the family. I hope this has at least partially repaired the damage done.”
In the times after the incident, Majchrzak met the younger fan who was initially denied the cap and gave him a US Open-branded bag of items, in addition to posing for images.