Phillies fan Drew Feltwell reveals why he gave…
A father who was berated into giving his son’s home run baseball to an offended Phillies fan explained why he handed over the prized possession, which was supposed to be an early birthday reward.
“I pretty much just wanted her to go away,” Drew Feltwell told NBC10 Philadelphia on Saturday.
Feltwell was one of six excited followers who sprinted toward a home run ball that Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader smacked during Friday evening’s matchup against the Marlins at LoanDepot Park in Miami.
Drew Feltwell explained why he gave the offended fan his son’s home run ball. NBC10 Philadelphia / YouTube
He insisted that he was the first and only individual to grab the ball from the seats in left area, but a feminine, gray-haired Phillies fan refused to be a good sport.
“She was in the seat behind,” Feltwell explained. “I don’t know if she was standing up. Maybe? But I was watching the ball from almost the bat to where it went into that seat and kind of jumbled around and I was already going in and coincidentally, as soon as I was going in, it stopped in one spot and I just picked it up.”
Feltwell proudly walked back to his household, who have been seated roughly 5 seats away, and positioned the home run ball into the glove of his son, Lincoln, but that feeling of delight was short-lived.
Seconds later, the lady, who failed to acquire the ball fast enough, chased down Feltwell and began yelling at the dad.
Fan-recorded footage captured the lady alleging that Feltwell took the ball from her as she demanded the ball back, seemingly under the idea she was entitled to it since it was nearer to her seat.
“I pretty much just wanted her to go away,” Feltwell shared. NBC Sports
The girl allegedly claimed the ball landed in one of her seats. NBC Sports
“I didn’t even see her walk up and as she reached for my arm, she just yelled in my ear, ‘That’s my ball!’ like super loud,” Feltwell added.
“I jumped out of my skin and I was like, you know, like ‘Why are you here?’ you know, ‘Go away.’ And she’s like, ‘That’s my ball! You stole out of – those are from our seats.’ And I said, ‘There was nobody in that seat,’ you know. She said, ‘That’s from where we were sitting,’ and she just went on and on.”
The father didn’t need to make the state of affairs worse.
The id of the lady who demanded the ball has not been revealed. NBC Sports
“I don’t even remember what she said, it was, you know, a lot of eyes on us by that time and the ball was already in his glove and she just wouldn’t stop and I mean, I’m literally leaning back as she’s in my face yelling and yelling and I pretty much just wanted her to go away because I had a fork in the road: either do something I was probably going to regret or be dad and show him how to deescalate the situation so that’s where I went.”
Lincoln claimed he felt like he had to give the ball to the screaming woman because she was never going to back down.
“I wasn’t very happy that we had to give it to her, but we can’t win,” Lincoln told the outlet.
Feltwell gave the lady the ball after their heated verbal argument. NBC Sports
Lincoln obtained a signed bat from Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader after the lady took his ball. Philadelphia Phillies/X
“That was what we were there for,” Feltwell said. “We were there to get a home run ball. I thought I had accomplished this great thing and putting [it] in his glove meant a lot and she was just so adamant and loud and yelling and persistent and I just didn’t want to deal with it anymore.”
Fans close by booed the lady who took the ball and the person sitting next to her. Her male associate finally walked away, and she adopted.
A Marlins consultant apologized to Lincoln and gave him a reward pack that had baseballs for him and his sister, who was seated next to him during the sport, according to a video posted on X.
Lincoln was even invited to meet Bader after the sport, where he was gifted a signed bat.
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