All’s well that ends well for a young fan of the Philadelphia Phillies. While at the Phillies game at the Miami Marlins, the fan had to give up a home run ball after a viral confrontation, but was later rewarded by both teams.
In the top of the fourth inning, outfielder Harrison Bader hit a solo homer to grow Philadelphia’s lead to 5-1. As the ball went into the stands, the boy’s father scrambled to grab the home run ball, giving it to his son. But a woman, also a Phillies fan, ran over to express her anger in a video clip that went viral online.
Fan footage from the stands shows the woman saying “You took it from me,” accusing the father of stealing the ball from her part of the section. The father eventually gave in and gave the woman the ball in order to end the confrontation, plucking it from his son’s glove.
It didn’t take long for the Marlins organization to approach the fan, who was there celebrating his birthday, giving him a gift bag as an apology for the incident.
And after the game, the Phillies made it right too. The fan got to meet Bader, and got a signed bat from the center fielder as well — an epic birthday gift.
The Phillies went on to win the game 9-3, kicking off the series strong. After homers from Max Kepler in the second, and Brandon Marsh and Bader in the fourth, Bryson Stott sealed the deal with a three-run homer in the top of the seventh.
Philadelphia, which sits comfortably at the top of the NL East, will play two more games against the Marlins in the series before heading back home to play the New York Mets.
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