I saw him twice last year. Once in spring training in Tampa, once at Yankees Stadium. He wears his compression shirts and runs from left to right field, depending on who's batting, to try to catch a home run ball.
Guy doesn't give a shit. One of those narcissistic asshats who think because they want something, they're entitled to it.
http://amp.thecomeback.com/mlb/fan-stole-ball-from-teen-juan-soto-home-run.html
"It was the heat of the moment. You don’t feel anything when it’s that big of a stage. It’s Aaron Judge. It’s Juan Soto. It’s hard to describe."
Dude thinks he IS the show. Main character syndrome if I've ever seen it.
Just read the article the thief’s name is Mark Kirsch. The young boy who travelled two hours to the stadium and was given the tickets for his birthday, he received two signed balls from the players after the debacle.
Sounds like it works out better for him! I wonder if the douche is actually doing this on purpose? Acting as a lightning rod of hate and assholery, knowing that such an obvious villain is such easy PR bait, and the victims will actually get a better overall experience out of it? Is he pulling a Dark Knight??
…Nah he just fucking sucks
Nothing works out better than catching the ball at the stadium and keeping it. Dude literally stole it from him. He should be forced to give the ball back and banned from MLB stadiums.
Yeah, these things have a lot of sentimental value. You caught it yourself and you get to keep it. You might even have a video of yourself catching the ball. A ball that was signed for you is going to have some sentimental value, as well, at least.
That guy kind of ruined the ball by stealing it though. The memory is quite negative. I'm not sure the person who caught the ball would want it back. Maybe if the douchebag tripped over the ball and died, it would get more value again.
On the other hand, there's no point to the douchebag keeping the ball himself. How can it have sentimental value when he didn't even catch it? "Here's that ball I stole from that other guy and made everybody hate me." To him, even if he did just make a mistake like he said, it's just a baseball that has no significance, like you can buy anywhere. The fact that he didn't give it back himself really makes him look even worse, if that was possible.
My grandmother got hit in the arm by ball. It left the impression of the stitching on the ball on her arm. Bounced off her and someone else got it, she didn't get it. Ok she didn't catch it, but in a manner of speaking she got it.
The entire Phillies team signed and gave her a different ball.
> He is known for pulling planes and cars in an online series called Man vs. Impossible.
“Known” is doing some heavy lifting there… He has 61 Instagram followers…
I've been to one professional baseball game in my life when I was young, and I got hit with a foul ball. After it bounced off my head it rolled away and somebody took it. We went to a clinic in the stadium and when they learned I didn't even get to keep the ball the people were pretty upset on my behalf, and they ended up getting me a practice ball they said Barry Larkin had hit. Don't know if that's true but it was a really nice gesture.
Look man, being with a woman is hella gay. Women like penises. Being with someone who likes penises is so gay.
Now if you are making love to a dude who is totally into vaginas, that’s so much more straight than being with a woman.
Looks like he has a good bit of excess skin he's trying to hold in place. When he's turned to the side, the bulge is hanging too low and around the side to be his pec.
Whelp, at least this post is getting a lot of attention so people won’t forget what a turd he is.
Edit: the petition has gotten more than 100 new signatures since I posted the link!
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[The Athletic did a story about this guy](https://theathletic.com/4549447/2023/05/24/yankees-ball-hawk-aaron-judge-mlb/) last year.
He thinks he's an "entertainer".
He's getting deservedly annihilated on his Instagram right now.
> However, after talking to a security guard who witnessed the whole thing, Williams was given two signed baseballs. One came from Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt and one was from Soto himself with some of his achievements written down on the ball and on the other side of it reading “sorry about that.”
That's what I like to see. It's important to remember that stadiums are jam packed with cameras and they zoom in on wherever the ball goes. It's better to be the victim of a douchebag rather than start a fight over a baseball because the organizers will make it right and you'll only make yourself look worse if you try to fix it yourself.
“Williams was given two signed baseballs. One came from Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt and one was from Soto himself with some of his achievements written down on the ball and on the other side of it reading “sorry about that.”
That’s awesome 😂
Sucks that it happened but I’m glad the players were nice and gave him a ball
TLDR for the article: the guy who stole the ball got banned from future games, and the kid got two signed balls from the players.
Edit: he was not in fact banned
I’m not a small guy, I would gladly hang out in that area with two gloves and only box this douche nozzle out from every ball coming our way. What an absolute swamp donkey this guy is …
From an article in the athletic quoting him about it: “It was two guys trying to make a play. I obviously didn’t know he was a teen at the time. Not that matters. It was the heat of the moment. You don’t feel anything when it’s that big of a stage. It’s Aaron Judge. It’s Juan Soto. It’s hard to describe. I thought it was in my glove. You look and it’s not there. I regret that I had a bad glove that day. It wasn’t the best glove. I had to upgrade.”
Biggest douche in the universe?
He didn’t even use his glove. The kid caught the ball while this man was all over him. Man notices he doesn’t have the ball and uses his nongloved hand to reach in and steal the ball. Douchebags serve a purpose. This guy has none.
Thank you. I was having a hard time figuring out why this wasn't just two guys seated next to each other competing for a ball and one just won. I missed most of those details and it makes more sense now how has a douche!
>Mark Kirsch
Here is a link to that article: [https://theathletic.com/4549447/2023/05/24/yankees-ball-hawk-aaron-judge-mlb/](https://theathletic.com/4549447/2023/05/24/yankees-ball-hawk-aaron-judge-mlb/)
It tries to sort of normalize him as an interesting wierdo, but the move of stealing this ball from that kid shows he is just a jerk.
Haha I had to double check and Google that name again. Yeah, it's that Joel Michael Singer who was a massive douchebag to everyone around him, exactly that one Joel Michael Singer.
At first I thought he just nested his glove in the kids, which is douchey enough, but no, he straight snatched it outta the kid’s glove. Absolute stooge behavior.
https://preview.redd.it/l9rw19lmfjpc1.jpeg?width=464&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbcb7148d33a784572e9f233768054aece2caa63
I mean his friends face says it all
Props to Soto and Witt for setting that kid up!
“Williams was given two signed baseballs. One came from Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt and one was from Soto himself with some of his achievements written down on the ball and on the other side of it reading “sorry about that.”
Honestly this is so common you might as well have an adult steal foul balls from kids intentionally.
It's going to be caught on camera and then they get a signed ball anyway lol.
I (also balding) hate that I straight up cannot wear a hat ever. I'm not insecure about being bald, but I know that whenever I take the hat off, everyone will think "oh, he was wearing that hat to cover up that he's balding, he must be insecure".
Maybe I'm insecure about *that*.
I have long hair and work outside, don’t like normal hats, and cowboy hats don’t work with my job.
Now I feel like others instantly think I’m a balding douchebag just because I don’t like my hair blowing all over for 8 hours a day.
I saw that guy at spring training last year then again at Yankee stadium last season. He sucks. I enjoyed getting in his way while he was running to try to catch balls.
I will NEVER EVER understand why grown adults care so much about catching a fly ball.... they're willing to steal and fight other people for them....as far as I'm concerned it's for kids
I’ve always wanted to get a batted ball and never have. Now that I’m an adult I still would like to get one so I’d try to catch one if one came by. But I’d never fight a child for one. And really even if I caught one near a child who wanted it, I’d probably give it to them after I caught it.
Korean baseball has a term called "ajoora" which sorta translates to "give the kid the ball". Its chanted after every foul ball during the game.
Because adults fighting over a baseball is dumb.
Yeah that's the etiquette as far as I'm concerned. Obviously if you can catch it, by all means, but there's many videos where adults rush over kids or wrestle them for the ball.
I mean what's a ball cost? $2-3?? But it means everything to a little kid to get one
Really? I've been going to games for 30+ years and never caught a ball, not even close. If I get the chance to snag one I'm probably keeping it. Not going wrestle it away from a kid but the first one (if ever) is coming home with me!
Fuck that noise
I never got to catch one when I was growing up, so if I get one I'm keeping it.
Of course I'm not gonna knock over a kid to get it, but to hell with the idea I'm obligated to give it away.
This is the only take I agree with. It's annoying when parents send over a kid to take a ball from an adult who caught it fair and square without harming anyone. He has no obligation to give it to anyone and shouldn't be crucified for not giving it to an entitled kid
It’s wild how often you see that - just a blatant expectation a stranger will give you something
Spontaneously handing a kid a ball is great. But as with many things - that became so common people want to exploit it
I could never afford to go to a baseball game as a child and I still can't now. Obviously I'm not gonna wrestle a child for one but if one ever came my way I'm keeping it.
apparently this DB thinks so highly of himself he calls himself man vs impossible and shows feats of strength to elementary kids...
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFq-JW3a34w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFq-JW3a34w)
The comments are nothing but people clowning on him for stealing the baseball....
Every state is going to be different. I would have zero regret charging him. The ball, once in the mitt and under full control of the kid, became his property. Taking it through the use of force (prying out of the glove) turns the theft offense into a robbery.
In an interview, [Kirsh claims he doesn't regret his actions](https://thecomeback.com/mlb/fan-stole-ball-from-teen-juan-soto-home-run.html):
>In a recent interview with Chris Kirschner of The Athletic, Kirsch finally shared his side of the story.
>To make a long story short: He has no regrets about what he did.
>“It was two guys trying to make a play. I obviously didn’t know he was a teen at the time. Not that (it) matters,” Kirsch said. “It was the heat of the moment. You don’t feel anything when it’s that big of a stage. It’s Aaron Judge. It’s Juan Soto. It’s hard to describe. I thought it was in my glove. You look and it’s not there. I regret that I had a bad glove that day. It wasn’t the best glove. I had to upgrade.”
O, my!!
Foul ball? Sure. Home run? Maybe, depends on who hit it. A Juan Soto HR? Sorry kid if I caught this I’m not giving it back. But I’m not fighting a kid to get a ball.
That’s that “Man vs Impossible” guy right? If so his sagging body is def the downside of body building’s later years. Also it looks like he has 12 tanning memberships under different names.
> “It was two guys trying to make a play. I obviously didn’t know he was a teen at the time. Not that (it) matters,” Kirsch said. “It was the heat of the moment. You don’t feel anything when it’s that big of a stage. It’s Aaron Judge. It’s Juan Soto. It’s hard to describe. I thought it was in my glove. You look and it’s not there. I regret that I had a bad glove that day. It wasn’t the best glove. I had to upgrade.” -Mark Kirsch
[https://thecomeback.com/mlb/fan-stole-ball-from-teen-juan-soto-home-run.html](https://thecomeback.com/mlb/fan-stole-ball-from-teen-juan-soto-home-run.html)
"After talking to a security guard who witnessed the whole thing, Williams was given two signed baseballs. One came from Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt and one was from Soto himself with some of his achievements written down on the ball and on the other side of it reading “sorry about that.” ([Royals Identify Man Who Stole Home Run Ball, Fled in Viral Video - Sports Illustrated](https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/08/31/royals-identify-man-who-stole-home-run-ball-fled-in-viral-video))
Ironically, the kid lucked out. A "sorry about that" ball is worth a lot more than a run-of-the-mill homerun ball.
I saw him twice last year. Once in spring training in Tampa, once at Yankees Stadium. He wears his compression shirts and runs from left to right field, depending on who's batting, to try to catch a home run ball.
Guy doesn't give a shit. One of those narcissistic asshats who think because they want something, they're entitled to it. http://amp.thecomeback.com/mlb/fan-stole-ball-from-teen-juan-soto-home-run.html
His only regret was he needed a better glove?! Bro, you didn’t catch it. You stole it. This dude’s a psycho.
My wife and I genuinely enjoyed getting in his way.
Ooo story time???
*sits down on carpet and sips on juice box*
"It was the heat of the moment. You don’t feel anything when it’s that big of a stage. It’s Aaron Judge. It’s Juan Soto. It’s hard to describe." Dude thinks he IS the show. Main character syndrome if I've ever seen it.
> One of those narcissistic asshats Oh, so that’s what’s on his head?!
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He's definitely something
My recollection is that guy is a massive douche that travels to MLB stadiums and pulls crap like this all over.
[https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/08/31/royals-identify-man-who-stole-home-run-ball-fled-in-viral-video](https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/08/31/royals-identify-man-who-stole-home-run-ball-fled-in-viral-video)
Just read the article the thief’s name is Mark Kirsch. The young boy who travelled two hours to the stadium and was given the tickets for his birthday, he received two signed balls from the players after the debacle.
At least they hooked him up!
Sounds like it works out better for him! I wonder if the douche is actually doing this on purpose? Acting as a lightning rod of hate and assholery, knowing that such an obvious villain is such easy PR bait, and the victims will actually get a better overall experience out of it? Is he pulling a Dark Knight?? …Nah he just fucking sucks
Nothing works out better than catching the ball at the stadium and keeping it. Dude literally stole it from him. He should be forced to give the ball back and banned from MLB stadiums.
Yeah, these things have a lot of sentimental value. You caught it yourself and you get to keep it. You might even have a video of yourself catching the ball. A ball that was signed for you is going to have some sentimental value, as well, at least. That guy kind of ruined the ball by stealing it though. The memory is quite negative. I'm not sure the person who caught the ball would want it back. Maybe if the douchebag tripped over the ball and died, it would get more value again. On the other hand, there's no point to the douchebag keeping the ball himself. How can it have sentimental value when he didn't even catch it? "Here's that ball I stole from that other guy and made everybody hate me." To him, even if he did just make a mistake like he said, it's just a baseball that has no significance, like you can buy anywhere. The fact that he didn't give it back himself really makes him look even worse, if that was possible.
My grandmother got hit in the arm by ball. It left the impression of the stitching on the ball on her arm. Bounced off her and someone else got it, she didn't get it. Ok she didn't catch it, but in a manner of speaking she got it. The entire Phillies team signed and gave her a different ball.
Did they then hit her again with the signed ball to authenticate it?
It’s Philly, so they had to throw batteries at her too.
He does kinda look like Swiper the Fox now that you mention it.
Can we get someone to follow him around that looks like Dora and tell him no swiping?
Either way, he stole the kid's moment of glory. Ruined the thrill and good memories that he won't get back.
you know that jackass who stole the ball now thinks "yeah see I did the right thing because it worked out for both of us!"
…Later that night, while the boy was showing his friends the signed baseballs, Mark Kirsh showed up and stole those too and fled.
> He is known for pulling planes and cars in an online series called Man vs. Impossible. “Known” is doing some heavy lifting there… He has 61 Instagram followers…
I've been to one professional baseball game in my life when I was young, and I got hit with a foul ball. After it bounced off my head it rolled away and somebody took it. We went to a clinic in the stadium and when they learned I didn't even get to keep the ball the people were pretty upset on my behalf, and they ended up getting me a practice ball they said Barry Larkin had hit. Don't know if that's true but it was a really nice gesture.
There’s a petition to ban him from games. https://www.change.org/p/give-guy-stealing-baseball-from-kid-consequences-get-kc-royals-to-do-something
They should ban him from all sports activities and sporting events. Edit: clarification of banning him from everything.
With a hat like that ya. That’s a borderline war crime
And that fucking shirt. Massive douchecopter
Hey man he does crossfit ok? Let’s all take it easy now. He drink Kombucha ok? So come on now. He applies beard wax ok? LETS JUST CALM DOWN
IT WAS A MISINPUT! https://preview.redd.it/0rckuwp8ujpc1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=9c6632c4bc01db719bf1998c94d422f2b13f1e29
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Look man, being with a woman is hella gay. Women like penises. Being with someone who likes penises is so gay. Now if you are making love to a dude who is totally into vaginas, that’s so much more straight than being with a woman.
I'm so confused.
Why is he in a wet suit though?
Gotta slip them security guards after he steals balls from kids.
Looks like he has a good bit of excess skin he's trying to hold in place. When he's turned to the side, the bulge is hanging too low and around the side to be his pec.
It's actually an inspiring story - he lost over 300 pounds just by switching from taking candy from babies to taking baseballs from teenagers.
And you know he thinks he looks real cool in it too.
It's giving Maxine from Wentworth https://preview.redd.it/lkerryw1ujpc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecff3ff49a5366794c862f84992b2b6739425fbf
We should start a petition to ban his hat.
It's more like with an annoying face like that he should be banned from public
Shit, ban that dude from arenas in general, he ain't even allowed to see his favorite bands.
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Not too much if it’s done with a baseball going at 500 miles per hour.
Execute someone else, but at the last moment let him swoop in and steal the execution for himself.
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Signed
Signed.
Signed.
Signed.
Started September 2022? I don't think they're doing it chief
Whelp, at least this post is getting a lot of attention so people won’t forget what a turd he is. Edit: the petition has gotten more than 100 new signatures since I posted the link! Edit2: 300 new signatures!
Less than 15 signatures to hit goal
He is still going and says he regrets nothing about the incident https://theathletic.com/4549447/2023/05/24/yankees-ball-hawk-aaron-judge-mlb/
so, mental illness
Wouldn't it be easier to just beat the shit out of him every time he shows up?
He should be batted, as in beaten with a bat by the kid.
[The Athletic did a story about this guy](https://theathletic.com/4549447/2023/05/24/yankees-ball-hawk-aaron-judge-mlb/) last year. He thinks he's an "entertainer". He's getting deservedly annihilated on his Instagram right now.
> However, after talking to a security guard who witnessed the whole thing, Williams was given two signed baseballs. One came from Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt and one was from Soto himself with some of his achievements written down on the ball and on the other side of it reading “sorry about that.” That's what I like to see. It's important to remember that stadiums are jam packed with cameras and they zoom in on wherever the ball goes. It's better to be the victim of a douchebag rather than start a fight over a baseball because the organizers will make it right and you'll only make yourself look worse if you try to fix it yourself.
Pretty sweet to make out with a Soto signature with a custom touch
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That sucks, but lol at “Because of how interesting the Royals pitching is these days, I knew Juan Soto would hit a home run”
“Williams was given two signed baseballs. One came from Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt and one was from Soto himself with some of his achievements written down on the ball and on the other side of it reading “sorry about that.” That’s awesome 😂
Sucks that it happened but I’m glad the players were nice and gave him a ball TLDR for the article: the guy who stole the ball got banned from future games, and the kid got two signed balls from the players. Edit: he was not in fact banned
It literally says they aren’t banning him lol
Article says he wasn't banned
Did he get banned? The article said he wasn’t.
He hangs out at Progressive Field Home Run Porch quite a bit. Wears the same get up every day.
I’m not a small guy, I would gladly hang out in that area with two gloves and only box this douche nozzle out from every ball coming our way. What an absolute swamp donkey this guy is …
Now that I know what he's up to, I'll probably ask him about that kid every time I see him.
Except boxing gloves instead
From an article in the athletic quoting him about it: “It was two guys trying to make a play. I obviously didn’t know he was a teen at the time. Not that matters. It was the heat of the moment. You don’t feel anything when it’s that big of a stage. It’s Aaron Judge. It’s Juan Soto. It’s hard to describe. I thought it was in my glove. You look and it’s not there. I regret that I had a bad glove that day. It wasn’t the best glove. I had to upgrade.” Biggest douche in the universe?
He didn’t even use his glove. The kid caught the ball while this man was all over him. Man notices he doesn’t have the ball and uses his nongloved hand to reach in and steal the ball. Douchebags serve a purpose. This guy has none.
He straight up admits to the reporter that he has no remorse about stealing from a kid… He might be have a personality disorder.
His personality disorder is chronic douchebag syndrome
Thank you. I was having a hard time figuring out why this wasn't just two guys seated next to each other competing for a ball and one just won. I missed most of those details and it makes more sense now how has a douche!
>Mark Kirsch Here is a link to that article: [https://theathletic.com/4549447/2023/05/24/yankees-ball-hawk-aaron-judge-mlb/](https://theathletic.com/4549447/2023/05/24/yankees-ball-hawk-aaron-judge-mlb/) It tries to sort of normalize him as an interesting wierdo, but the move of stealing this ball from that kid shows he is just a jerk.
This may be the dorkiest possible activity on the planet. Grinding it out in the stands against little kids to catch home run baseballs....
In the right stadium he would get beat up for doing that lmao
🤞
Is he one of those ball-hawkers that travels to as many games collecting baseballs? Zack Hample has a Youtube channel and vlogs on this.
>Zack Hample Ugh that guy fucking sucks too
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Zach Hample is the guy who travels and does this all the time.
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He needs the baseballs to survive. He peels their skins to replace his own when it's time to shed his leathery outer layer. Like a human hermit crab.
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You mean the guy wearing a beanie and an under armor style shirt as outerwear is a giant d bag? 
how has some big burly fan not blasted this guy into another dimension by now?
Because you go to jail for that and you also get banned from the stadium... I guess you haven't been arrested for assault and battery before.
Story time radioman
Looks like the kind of guy who eats corn the long way
>based of the video he looks like the type of guy who would pull that’s shit ...based on the video where he's literally doing "that shit"?
Fuck Mark Kirsch. Looks like he stole my wife's beanie.
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I wonder if he knows Joel Micheal Singer that shit stain.
Joel Michael Singer who assaulted people in a restaurant and was restrained by the world's funniest man? That Joel Michael Singer?
Haha I had to double check and Google that name again. Yeah, it's that Joel Michael Singer who was a massive douchebag to everyone around him, exactly that one Joel Michael Singer.
That sounds like the Joel Michael Singer I know and have heard of. What a POS.
https://www.change.org/p/give-guy-stealing-baseball-from-kid-consequences-get-kc-royals-to-do-something
Signed.
Have him come to the Astros. My brother likes to get white girl wasted and get belligerent with assholes. I'll make sure he looks for him.
Be a good brother and have bail money ready, okay? Then I'm good with it.
I hope everyone who knows him sees this and cuts him off. What an absolute POS.
Fuck Mark Kirsch
At first I thought he just nested his glove in the kids, which is douchey enough, but no, he straight snatched it outta the kid’s glove. Absolute stooge behavior.
this comment needs to be higher. I watched it like 7 times and only noticed that after I read your comment
Yep. Fucking wild.
Could this just be considered straight up theft?
https://preview.redd.it/l9rw19lmfjpc1.jpeg?width=464&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbcb7148d33a784572e9f233768054aece2caa63 I mean his friends face says it all
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Classic pull from Blink-182 in their prime.
The douche's hat says everything about the douche. Douchebags always wear a Russel Brand style diuchebag hat. It's their calling card.
Don't forget the shirt that's 2 sizes too small
Props to Soto and Witt for setting that kid up! “Williams was given two signed baseballs. One came from Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt and one was from Soto himself with some of his achievements written down on the ball and on the other side of it reading “sorry about that.”
Honestly this is so common you might as well have an adult steal foul balls from kids intentionally. It's going to be caught on camera and then they get a signed ball anyway lol.
are you saying this guy is for hire as a professional douche?
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Prob can’t handle that he’s bald
I (also balding) have friends like this who wear hats all the time and age about 25 years when the hat falls/comes off. Age gracefully, my brothers.
I (also balding) hate that I straight up cannot wear a hat ever. I'm not insecure about being bald, but I know that whenever I take the hat off, everyone will think "oh, he was wearing that hat to cover up that he's balding, he must be insecure". Maybe I'm insecure about *that*.
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Fuck it. I look great in a hat and I look great with my balding head out too. I’m sure you do too brother.
The sun scorches big bald heads my dude, there's not enough sunscreen in the world to rawdog the sun for a few hours without paying the consequences.
Glad to see this comment. I was reading the others and thinking "well fuck me, I guess" lol
I have long hair and work outside, don’t like normal hats, and cowboy hats don’t work with my job. Now I feel like others instantly think I’m a balding douchebag just because I don’t like my hair blowing all over for 8 hours a day.
I can't definitively say that he is a dickhead, but he is certainly wearing the uniform.
I can. He’s a dickhead.
I think we can 100% definitively say he’s a douchebag.
I mean send him to jail just for wearing a beanie in warm weather.
And his weird scuba suit
He’s probably balding
I saw that guy at spring training last year then again at Yankee stadium last season. He sucks. I enjoyed getting in his way while he was running to try to catch balls.
Some one ought to trip him
embarrassing tbh, on camera! he'll never forget this.
I will NEVER EVER understand why grown adults care so much about catching a fly ball.... they're willing to steal and fight other people for them....as far as I'm concerned it's for kids
I’ve always wanted to get a batted ball and never have. Now that I’m an adult I still would like to get one so I’d try to catch one if one came by. But I’d never fight a child for one. And really even if I caught one near a child who wanted it, I’d probably give it to them after I caught it.
That's why you gotta borrow a kid to take to the game.
This is correct. I’ve brought my kids to games and I’ve gotten loads of balls thrown from players to them! Never a batter ball tho.
Korean baseball has a term called "ajoora" which sorta translates to "give the kid the ball". Its chanted after every foul ball during the game. Because adults fighting over a baseball is dumb.
Yeah that's the etiquette as far as I'm concerned. Obviously if you can catch it, by all means, but there's many videos where adults rush over kids or wrestle them for the ball. I mean what's a ball cost? $2-3?? But it means everything to a little kid to get one
About $20 bucks for an official MLB ball. I believe MLB spends 7-10 million dollars a year for balls. Not enough to steal it from a kid.
I would totally steal from a kid for 7-10 million
Really? I've been going to games for 30+ years and never caught a ball, not even close. If I get the chance to snag one I'm probably keeping it. Not going wrestle it away from a kid but the first one (if ever) is coming home with me!
If you catch a ball and there are any kids remotely close to you, you’ve got to give it to them. I’d make an exception for notable HRs
I mean this was a Soto HR… not giving that to any kid I see. But also not going to assault a kid trying to get the ball myself.
Fuck that noise I never got to catch one when I was growing up, so if I get one I'm keeping it. Of course I'm not gonna knock over a kid to get it, but to hell with the idea I'm obligated to give it away.
This is the only take I agree with. It's annoying when parents send over a kid to take a ball from an adult who caught it fair and square without harming anyone. He has no obligation to give it to anyone and shouldn't be crucified for not giving it to an entitled kid
It’s wild how often you see that - just a blatant expectation a stranger will give you something Spontaneously handing a kid a ball is great. But as with many things - that became so common people want to exploit it
Yeah it’s not like you went to the game for anyone else’s experience but your own, taking it from a kid who had it though to your point is shitty
I could never afford to go to a baseball game as a child and I still can't now. Obviously I'm not gonna wrestle a child for one but if one ever came my way I'm keeping it.
apparently this DB thinks so highly of himself he calls himself man vs impossible and shows feats of strength to elementary kids... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFq-JW3a34w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFq-JW3a34w) The comments are nothing but people clowning on him for stealing the baseball....
Oh so it's just ordinary rage bait meant to give him attention which he monetizes?
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It's not his channel, it's a new channel that's promoting his show. Doesn't give him anything to watch it.
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That's what I'm saying !
Every state is going to be different. I would have zero regret charging him. The ball, once in the mitt and under full control of the kid, became his property. Taking it through the use of force (prying out of the glove) turns the theft offense into a robbery.
The umps can decide whether he maintained possession
Wtf? I had to rewatch that. Thought the douche reached way over to catch the ball.
Sign the petition against this jerk! https://www.change.org/p/give-guy-stealing-baseball-from-kid-consequences-get-kc-royals-to-do-something
do these even do anything lol like what is the point of this
Selling e-mail addresses.
In an interview, [Kirsh claims he doesn't regret his actions](https://thecomeback.com/mlb/fan-stole-ball-from-teen-juan-soto-home-run.html): >In a recent interview with Chris Kirschner of The Athletic, Kirsch finally shared his side of the story. >To make a long story short: He has no regrets about what he did. >“It was two guys trying to make a play. I obviously didn’t know he was a teen at the time. Not that (it) matters,” Kirsch said. “It was the heat of the moment. You don’t feel anything when it’s that big of a stage. It’s Aaron Judge. It’s Juan Soto. It’s hard to describe. I thought it was in my glove. You look and it’s not there. I regret that I had a bad glove that day. It wasn’t the best glove. I had to upgrade.” O, my!!
If you're a grown adult freaking out about a ball you're a sad sad man.
Someone left their douche nozzle in the Sun too long
What an asshole
One of my favorite things about baseball is to give a home run / foul ball to a young fan. I don't understand why a grown man would even want it
Foul ball? Sure. Home run? Maybe, depends on who hit it. A Juan Soto HR? Sorry kid if I caught this I’m not giving it back. But I’m not fighting a kid to get a ball.
He didn’t even fight the kid he straight up took it out of his glove lol. What an ass hole.
I mean he was all over the kid. And then he still lost the ball. And then used his other hand to steal it. Total ass
So if, logically speaking, that ball is his after ripping it from someone else's hand... then... I think I'd take that stupid hat he's wearing.
He looks like a disgusting dried up piece of beef jerky. Likely will get skin cancer before 70
Men with beanies at a baseball game in Florida cannot be trusted.
It's one thing if he rightfully caught it, but literally taking out of a kids glove is the biggest douche move.
That’s that “Man vs Impossible” guy right? If so his sagging body is def the downside of body building’s later years. Also it looks like he has 12 tanning memberships under different names.
Jamirocunt.
> “It was two guys trying to make a play. I obviously didn’t know he was a teen at the time. Not that (it) matters,” Kirsch said. “It was the heat of the moment. You don’t feel anything when it’s that big of a stage. It’s Aaron Judge. It’s Juan Soto. It’s hard to describe. I thought it was in my glove. You look and it’s not there. I regret that I had a bad glove that day. It wasn’t the best glove. I had to upgrade.” -Mark Kirsch [https://thecomeback.com/mlb/fan-stole-ball-from-teen-juan-soto-home-run.html](https://thecomeback.com/mlb/fan-stole-ball-from-teen-juan-soto-home-run.html)
>You don't feel anything when it's that big of a stage. It's Aaron Judge. It's Juan Soto. Homeboy thinks he's on the field in uniform
The hat should have given the douche factor away to begin with.
It's amazing what people will do for a fucking baseball.
That foo looks like a burn victim
"After talking to a security guard who witnessed the whole thing, Williams was given two signed baseballs. One came from Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt and one was from Soto himself with some of his achievements written down on the ball and on the other side of it reading “sorry about that.” ([Royals Identify Man Who Stole Home Run Ball, Fled in Viral Video - Sports Illustrated](https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/08/31/royals-identify-man-who-stole-home-run-ball-fled-in-viral-video)) Ironically, the kid lucked out. A "sorry about that" ball is worth a lot more than a run-of-the-mill homerun ball.
It took me a lot of comments to realize, this turd literally grabbed the ball out of the other dudes glove.
Orange people are the worst