Should Sports Fans Be More Considerate to Kids?
SodaHead Sports
2012/04/27 20:00:00
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Many of you may have already seen the infamous clip that was featured prominently on Gawker-owned site Deadspin.com. But if you haven't, here's the basic summary. A little boy and his parents are at the New York Yankees at Texas Rangers game the other night. A foul ball flies into the stands. His parents try to catch the ball for their young son. They're unsuccessful. However, the couple sitting next to them manages to snatch the ball. The couple next to the family are two grown adults. They cherish the foul ball like it's gold and the little boy starts crying uncontrollably.
Now think about what you would do in that situation as an adult who had just caught a foul ball at a game right next to a sad and disappointed little boy. Would you give him the foul ball? If you answered yes, you're a better person than the couple that instead posed with the ball and took pictures of it like they had a winning lottery ticket -- right in front of the boy and his family.
Luckily for all the parents watching out there, Yankees announcer Michael Kay got the cameramen to witness the rudeness by the couple and put them on blast for millions of people to see. It's one thing if the couple caught the ball. It's another to completely ignore the kid and act like a foul ball is gold. On top of that, they were caught making out, although we're not sure if that's an FCC violation.
All kidding aside, the Rangers gave the boy a ball after seeing what happened. Most importantly, the kid left the game with a smile on his face. As for his parents? They kept their cool. The couple? They just acted cool while everyone in America laughed at them.
Now think about what you would do in that situation as an adult who had just caught a foul ball at a game right next to a sad and disappointed little boy. Would you give him the foul ball? If you answered yes, you're a better person than the couple that instead posed with the ball and took pictures of it like they had a winning lottery ticket -- right in front of the boy and his family.
Luckily for all the parents watching out there, Yankees announcer Michael Kay got the cameramen to witness the rudeness by the couple and put them on blast for millions of people to see. It's one thing if the couple caught the ball. It's another to completely ignore the kid and act like a foul ball is gold. On top of that, they were caught making out, although we're not sure if that's an FCC violation.
All kidding aside, the Rangers gave the boy a ball after seeing what happened. Most importantly, the kid left the game with a smile on his face. As for his parents? They kept their cool. The couple? They just acted cool while everyone in America laughed at them.
Top Opinion
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..::localeye::.. 2012/04/27 20:26:44
I wouldn't even expect a ''Thank you'' in response.
I would have waited until I returned home after the game before taking pictures (if I still had the ball) or visibly celebrating.
Plus, a Baseball game is not so loud you cannot hear someone crying out loud next to you.
Young children sulk. It's a fact of life. Get over yourselves. I would be far more critical if a grown adult were crying to get something they weren't getting. THEN I wouldn't be so generous as a giver.
**Discipline does NOT mean go spank them. It means talking and other ways**
Or, should they have done what they did, and try to soothe him, tell him "it's okay" and try to make him feel better before going on about the game?
That ball was a free for all ball!
The kid was just a spoiled brat.
Crying to get what you want doesn't help you
Listen, in the real world, crying your eyes out doesn't get you anything you want. Most of the time it doesn't even get you sympathy. Might as well learn that as a kid.
I'm not saying I would do what the couple did (I don't go to ball games, so, really, not ever a possibility), but there's also nothing wrong with it.