The furious Phillies fan who coerced a father to hand over a baseball he had grabbed for his young son had no regrets about her actions as fans gave her grief in the aftermath of the stunning scene Friday in Miami.
The female fan flipped off fans in her area after she demanded the ball from the father, clearly not caring how others viewed the situation, as she felt entitled to the ball.
She also got in the face of a fan in an Eagles jersey who was not pleased about what unfolded.
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Drew Feltwell ran to grab a home run ball hit by Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader during Philly’s game against the Marlins Friday night and walked back to his seats to hand the ball to his son, Lincoln.
Video shows the woman chasing down Feltwell and yelling in his face, apparently believing the ball belonged to her.
Feltwell eventually relented.
“I pretty much just wanted her to go away,” Feltwell told NBC10 Philadelphia on Saturday.
Feltwell, who also brought his daughter to the game, explained what happened from his perspective.
“She was in the seat behind,” he told NBC10. “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.”
The woman yelled, “That’s my ball!” and claimed the ball was stolen from her seat, even though the seat was empty, according to Feltwell.
Lincoln said he “wasn’t very happy” he had to give up the ball, but the Phillies tried to make things right.
Bader met with Lincoln after the game and gave him a signed bat.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
