Heres why a Phillies fan gave away his sons home

A Philadelphia Phillies fan secured a home run ball hit by Harrison Bader and proudly positioned it in the glove of his 9-year-old son Lincoln.

Moments later, the same fan eliminated the ball from his son’s glove and gave it to a lady who claimed that it rightfully belonged to her.

Days after the now-viral incident occurred during the fourth inning of the Phillies’ 9-3 win over the Marlins on Friday in Miami, Drew Feltwell explained to NBC-10 in Philadelphia that he determined in the second to “be Dad and show him how to de-escalate the situation” — one thing he decided was more important than offering Lincoln with a actually cool recreation memento.

“We were there to get a home run ball,” said Feltwell, a Florida resident whose spouse and daughter have been also at the sport. “So I thought I had accomplished this great thing. And putting it in his glove meant a lot. She was just so adamant and loud and yelling and persistent, and I just didn’t want to deal with it anymore.

“There was hundreds of people just staring. And like I said, she was very, very, very close, and I’m Dad of the family, so I didn’t want to do something I’d regret. And that was the choice I made, just hand the ball back and tell her go away.”

Feltwell said he was the first to get to the ball after it landed in an empty seat “down a couple seats” to his proper. He said he was beginning to stroll away with the ball when other people, including the girl who finally confronted him, began grabbing for it.

“I guess she just thought that that was her ball, because it was in front of her,” Feltwell said. “That’s fine, but she was too slow.”

Lincoln didn’t go away the sport empty-handed though. A Marlins consultant visited the household at their seats and offered the boy with a bag full of souvenirs. Then a Phillies consultant invited the household to meet Bader exterior the staff clubhouse after the sport. There, the nine-year veteran who was acquired from the Minnesota Twins at the commerce deadline signed a bat for Lincoln and posed for photos with the group.

Lincoln told NBC-10 that although he was sad to have to give away the home run ball, “I’m happy that I got to get something else.”

And, he added, “it was very, very fun getting to meet Bader.”

Feltwell said he holds no in poor health will toward the so-called Phillies Karen who ended up with the home run ball.

“I don’t wish any harm to her. I would love to have that particular ball to put on the wall next to his bat, and got about 500 promises that they’re going to get the ball.”

Even so, he said, “I hope nobody does anything stupid to get it.”