CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 12: Fans react as they try to catch the two run home run ball hit by Matt Szczur #20 of the Chicago Cubs (not pictured) during the seventh inning of their game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field on August 12, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Cubs won 13-2. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)

About The Cubs Fan Who ‘Stole’ Child’s Baseball: Does He Deserve All The Heat?

Photo: Jon Durr (Getty)

Cubs fans, amirite?

At least that’s what everyone is saying in St. Louis today. Cardinals fans are taking joy in the fact they actually have something to make Cubs fan’s red in the face over — rare these days considering the Cubs have the superior ball club.

You may have seen the instantly infamous moment by now. A Cubs fan went viral for all the wrong reasons after getting ahold of a baseball thrown from the infield by a Cubs coach during the Cards-Cubs game yesterday afternoon. It was meant for a little boy, but he missed it. Without hesitation, the man behind him proudly snagged it and immediately handed it off to his companion, ignoring said child.

Here’s the play. Notice how the older man to his left (dad?) can’t keep from sharing an embarrassed grin.

Bad, right? The interweb about had a meltdown. I mean, who takes a ball away from a kid?

But holy heavens, there is light at the end of this tunnel. The kid got redemption, later receiving a ball signed by Cubs All-Star shortstop Javy Baez instead.

But was our “bad guy” so bad after all? Was this Satan dressed in Cubbie blue, or simply a man enjoying a moment with his family without full context?

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According to reports, this Cubs fan actually grabbed a previous ball and handed it to the child earlier in the game.

Some are happy for the clarification, while others are still clamoring that the Cubs fan should have given the kid the second ball (considering the coach threw it directly to him and all).

Josh’s Take

It’s embarrassing how grown adults will do anything for a free baseball. There are FAR WORSE fans in the universe.

Watch this, but I’m warning you, it will make you cringe.


Josh Helmuth is a sports reporter from St. Louis who contributes to Mandatory. He is a Cardinals fan. He does not hate the Cubs. 

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