A guy rips a baseball from an elderly man's hands
  • 5746 points New-Professional6070

    Wow look how proud he is

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    1999 points GothicGolem29

    "Look how amazing I am I took a ball from someone!"

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    886 points thekinginyullo

    Reliving his grade 4 glory days. What a fuckin spoon.

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    186 points TheHumanoidTyphoon69

    Ive never heard "spoon" used in a derogatory manner, but now Im going to start.

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    72 points JustFun4Uss

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    21 points moderately-extremist

    I get this reference

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    7 points thekinginyullo

    It’s empowering isn’t it

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    125 points AbeFromanSassageKing

    Reliving his grade 4 glory days.

    I think that ball-stealing asshole refers to that as his "senior year"

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    19 points Ordinarybutwild

    Definitely giving "man child"

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    38 points Long_Pomegranate2469

    $5 say he's MAGA and on roids. Probably lots of brain damage (but I said that already)

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    238 points skonaz1111

    Temu Keemstar

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    93 points Vsx

    Keemstar is already Temu Keemstar

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    18 points spook30

    Alibaba Keemstar

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    11 points Blotter_Boy

    Lmfao!!!

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    204 points ngali2424

    Social media mob... go

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    36 points baddest_mango

    Came here to say this

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    70 points zoner420

    And the chick with him, also proud of him.

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    22 points tedbakerbracelet

    And who is giving him fist bump

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    102 points k0-brah

    How happy he is piece of sh1t

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    20 points EricP51

    I bet that dude loves Andrew Tate.

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    82 points Constant-Wasabi2586

    He looks like one of the Hodgetwins

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    40 points WTFNSFWFTW

    He definitely looks like a proud boy.

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    22 points Wumbo0

    Dog brain

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    41 points euricog

    Sir, please don't insult the dogs.

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  • 4727 points hoffnutsisdope

    Its never worth it when it goes viral, and I cant wait.

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    172 points Chaosmusic

    "That wasn't who I really am..."

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    33 points eyeofthefountain

    “I was on ambien”

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    1095 points Rawkus2112

    Baseball season is over so who knows when this is from. If it didn’t go viral when it first happened then it probably won’t go viral now.

    Also the video is clipped just to show the very ending, the full video might not look as bad.

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    672 points pleaseholdthisfart

    This happened this year in August. It certainly was viral, but pretty sure nothing came of it. Sometimes the teams will find the person who got snubbed and give them some gifts though

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    154 points Josh_Butterballs

    If it was a kid rather than an older man maybe something would’ve happened, but the way it is now I guess not

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    9 points mosconebaillbonds

    I hope the Mets saw it and hooked him up

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    39 points fell_maven

    This is old. It went viral.

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    122 points BugabooJonez

    no one will care because it's not a kid. 

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    91 points Euture

    Just because you don’t care, it doesn’t mean that nobody else won’t.

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    58 points MrWhy1

    Well nothing happened to the guy who took the ball, not enough people cared

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    140 points Golden-Grams

    That's the part people don't like to hear, but it is true.

    https://preview.redd.it/dszxygu54l7g1.jpeg?width=3752&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0223deb8155f17f9bb243501325a52eb122020bf

    This guy pointed it out, literally as it is happening. But nobody there confronted him, not even the guy pointing. Nobody tried to make it right in the moment, and scumbag got what he wanted, smiling while he did. And tomorrow, they will say, "well, it was just a baseball." That's society in the US.

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    12 points flyingpyramid

    https://preview.redd.it/kxcohrp1pl7g1.png?width=958&format=png&auto=webp&s=a23d559e9060cc41e09fa3420386f4a9df5ea0e8

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    28 points ultim0s

    What's the correct solution? Get in a fight with someone over a baseball?

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    19 points strawbsrgood

    Haha yeah he's framing it like that's something wrong with American society. Virally outed as a POS is punishment enough.

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    23 points diarmada

    This is such an insignificant event, in the grand scheme of things...

    We are so hypocritical in this country. There are literally police chiefs, clergy, fire fighters, doctors, nurses, managers LOCAL to us now, doing worse shit than this on a daily basis, and we all trudge along, hoping someone will do something.

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    6 points Golden-Grams

    We are so hypocritical in this country. There are literally police chiefs, clergy, fire fighters, doctors, nurses, managers LOCAL to us now, doing worse shit than this on a daily basis, and we all trudge along, hoping someone will do something.

    Well, to be fair, the system we are in conditioned people to be this way. I'm only pointing it out because I'm a realist, but I can't bring emotions into it. I can't be mad at them for it, most people seek emotional narratives/comfort.

    What I would want to change, is to show them a better way, and convince them to uphold it and care about it. The main thing being, to increase wellbeing for all and decrease harm to others, as a start.

    This video is a good example; the wellbeing of him as an individual (wanting the ball) should not allow him to harm someone else's (by taking it from the older guy). And people around should feel comfortable correcting that. Because as you see, if he feels no consequences, he won't stop himself.

    If people hold the standard for even the "insignificant" stuff, they will want to hold it for the "significant" stuff.

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  • 914 points SakuraEve

    “Sorry man I don’t know what to tell you I just had to take it!”

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    64 points i_suckatjavascript

    Old guy: “Well can I have it back?”

    Douchebag: “No way man! Finders snatchers. This ends here.”

    Old guy turns away and shakes his head

    Douchebag looks at the other guy

    DB: “Hah, look at this ball! Did you see what I did?”

    Other guy: “You stole it from the old guy.”

    DB: “I just went up and took it like it’s mine!”

    Other guy: “Good job.”

    fist bumps

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  • 1019 points Fledgy

    Fighting that hard to grab another man's balls

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    197 points nickname51

    https://preview.redd.it/4hmu45l6xj7g1.jpeg?width=216&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a35dad467cb3f77020e6fa4fa8f3aae38388bf6

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    44 points ChuckOTay

    This is democracy manifest

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    29 points Xfuck1tX

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    22 points wannabe_inuit

    https://i.redd.it/wa3jkud9ik7g1.gif

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    10 points OkeeComputer

    And what is the crime? Enjoying a succulent Chinese meal?!

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    42 points Ok_Introduction_7766

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  • 431 points BerlinSoldier

    Here we go again

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    125 points No_Cheetah_8863

    a polish man is sweating hard rn

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    66 points mamasbreads

    the video starts mid struggle. Im always suspicious of videos that start mid action. Context might be missing

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  • 284 points Runswithpoptart

    It looks like he said, "not my problem" then "get bigger". How immature do you need to be to use that as your reasoning? There is probably a 30 year or greater age gap, what a tool.

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    25 points Reyeth

    So you're saying not only is the old guy weak but lazy, he had 30 years to get swole. /s

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    4 points Elisius

    checkout the reaction of the bearded guy 2 rows back as he's walking back to his seat, even he's like "wtf?!?"

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  • 84 points CASUALxCHICKEN

    Reminds me of a music festival I was at yrs ago. Buddy Guy just got done playing and threw guitar picks out to the crowd. One came my way and like 6 or 7 people along with myself reached in the air for it, but it bounced off our hands and landed at my feet. Reached down to pick it up, had it in my hand, and dude behind me grabs my wrist and pulls it out of my hand as we're standing back up. He gave it back after I asked what the fuck? But, man, people can just get crazy selfish.

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    17 points billitorussolini

    Similar thing happened to me when I saw Slash about 10 years ago. He flung his pick right at me and it bounced off my hand. It was so quick that nobody reacted. Once it fell, though, about a dozen vultures were at my feet looking for it.

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    5 points dbelliepop87

    Happened to my buddy, except it was dimebag. He jumped down and stood on it while all of the drunks were crawling on the ground looking for it haha

    Edit: Dimebag Darrell of Pantera

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    3 points jack_slade

    RIP

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    3 points Academic-Dealer5389

    The guy you described has the wrong vibe to be at a Buddy Guy concert. What a tool

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  • 165 points Rock-Stick

    I’m just here to see an ahole wishing he had just stayed in his seat.

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  • 164 points Sawyer_Ford_

    This video alone explains why he's at the game alone

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  • 22 points XPMR

    The fact that grown ass men act like this and with no shame is fucking ridiculous and pathetic af. I don’t understand how they can act like this all giddy and feel no shame or any sort of embarrassment at all when it looks so fucking sad to watch.

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  • 263 points Beertronic

    That guy is in for a world of hurt. His selfishness is going to temporarily ruin his life. Enjoy the consequences of your actions, Mr. Selfish Prick.

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    108 points Scamwau1

    He has likely been like this his whole life and gotten away with it. Time for karma to come for him.

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    5 points blood-at-the-roots

    Yeah well this video is like a year old at this point and I’m still waiting for the consequences you speak of

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  • 30 points Dyslexic_Devil

    Ladies and gentlemen, a cunt in the wild.

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  • 70 points beerdudebrah

    What a loser

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  • 132 points BeyondTheBees

    Elderly!?

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    66 points DoctorGregoryFart

    Haha right? Guy is probably in his 50s. If he's in his 60s, he looks great.

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    23 points TheSaltyPelican

    HA that was the first thing I thought. Then I thought, maybe I am getting at that age where an "old" person no longer looks old to me.

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    8 points Powerpoppop

    I was laughing. I'm 60. Ran 6 miles this morning. That guy looks about the same age. Having said that, I know I look old to many of my coworkers. It is what it is.

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    6 points Urechi

    I'm laughing. I'm younger. I ran a mile this morning. Anyway, I'm dead now.

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    3 points colostitute

    lol, definitely can’t run a mile right now.

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    10 points TurbulentSomewhere64

    Thanks. Not elderly. And fully able to be engaged in the scrums that always happen when a ball is loose at a game. If it is near the ground and not fully secured, it’s game on. Should you have better manners if a person has just grabbed it and not grab it from them, sure. But that is not how it works usually.

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  • 35 points BigDogDaBeast314

    The internet

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  • 10 points judseubi

    The mentality of these folks is actually kind of scary when you really think about it. I have to imagine that for us “normal” people that doing such a thing would not only not occur to us, but would legitimately feel like absolute shit. Every time I’d look at the stupid fucking baseball I’d just feel like a piece of shit, right? Guilt, shame, self loathing. Itd be cursed by my own conscience.

    On the flip side, I bet it’d feel REALLY GREAT to catch a ball fairly and hand it over to someone you know would be super psyched to have it. Stealing one and being utterly elated by that is weird AF.

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  • 54 points AndromedaFire

    https://preview.redd.it/xfpkfa81ql7g1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=361b1255c63c7fd7160e9bf6a57b48a5637be822

    Looks like one of the hodge twins from YouTube.

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  • 186 points gingernuts71

    I love these! How soon before this guy loses his job?

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    77 points Brief-Mongoose344

    Baseball season ended months ago.

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    60 points SeanTheftAuto

    I love how no one here is understanding this

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    16 points Lemonjello23

    You expect redditors to know about sports?

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    31 points FunfettiHead

    Hey Einstein, not everyone on the internet lives in North America.

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    8 points Aisuhokke

    You can’t lose a job if you’re a hobo! This guy is a bum

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  • 17 points JTAYLOR1331

    Internet do your thing. Find the guy

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  • 39 points Fendyyyyyy

    Cause this kind of shit goes well these days for ppl who done it..

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  • 8 points mlemu

    Cant wait for the internet to find him hahah

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  • 9 points Karmak4ze

    https://preview.redd.it/750an7p2il7g1.jpeg?width=262&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3aaebe58591cdce5b0d830df998492107c0ae962

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  • 36 points ImpressiveTeabags

    Lame behavior

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  • 13 points MistakesTasteGreat

    Career over. When everyone saw Super Karen snatch the ball from that boy she got fired. You know the one I'm referencing. That is prime "I'm an alpha, therefore what I do is justified, gotta show no mercy." He's a piece of shit.

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  • 12 points Spare-Estate1477

    What a loser

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  • 6 points WhoaSickUsername

    It didn't look like it was in the old man's hands, though. Looked like it was still bouncing around

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    3 points Sysheen

    Right? Literally from frame one they both had their hands on it. I would have to see a few seconds before to know if that was stealing or contesting. But that doesn't matter, now people will find this guy and dox him and harass the company he works at. The comment under yours says "Do your thing internet". I hate this future.

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  • 7 points Ares__

    I go to about 20 basketball games a year (no I dont catch basketball lol) but they do shirt tosses and the amount of people that scramble for them is hilarious. Id catch one if it hit me in the face I guess but I don't even stand up, Im an adult I can buy my own cheap ass shirt.

    Same thing here, unless this is some historic home run or something its meaningless and not worth anything you're just a douche.

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  • 5 points OldBrownChode

    he got that alpha man-baby beard

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  • 16 points Shaneshq

    did he really say its mine now, what an ass

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  • 17 points UnderWhlming

    Getting immortalized being a gigantic POS on the internet and smirking

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  • 22 points Prof__Potato

    Ngl, these big bushy beard “look at how much of a man I am” guys really give me “I’m a prick with a soft jawline” vibes. This guy doesn’t help beat the stereotype for me.

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  • 26 points BasementElf1121

    Normal flat brimmed hat guy stuff

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    11 points Yertlesturtle

    If being a douchebag had a uniform, that beard and hat are high on the list.

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  • 35 points CloudNine_09

    Can we stop snatching balls out of peoples hands? If someone is already touching it, leave it.

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    9 points Buggaton

    Is there footage that actually shows this? Doesn't look like the ball is anywhere near the middle aged guy's hands. I'm presuming how everyone is giving out at this guy that this footage exists.

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  • 5 points robvader66

    What a smooth brained stupid looking POS

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  • 5 points Jungle_Julia01

    Small dick vibes.

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  • 5 points aw1290

    Where are the Coldplay detectives?

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  • 55 points Dixon_Uranuss3

    Video starts too late. Without knowing what happened prior to this it's hard to say much.

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    21 points Stifology

    Exactly. Classic reddit overreacting and jumping to conclusions because the guy who lost the ball is slightly older and visibly disappointed lol.

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    7 points slothbuddy

    It seems the original clip (from about 4 months ago) starts at the same place. I guess we won't know what happened

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  • 18 points jerryleebee

    Who the fuck fist bumps him for that‽

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  • 5 points rloch

    Nothing sadder at a baseball game than watching grown ups fight for foul / home runs. Its a fucking baseball, give it to a kid.

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  • 4 points 12CylindersSoundBest

    https://preview.redd.it/qdzmhtda2p7g1.jpeg?width=589&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74dd8f13111131540a32d5f8252f15bdc2dcaaaf

    I want to remove that beard with a golf club.

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  • 3 points No-Improvement-625

    Ok internet, you know what to do.

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  • 7 points misha_ostrovsky

    Shoulda waited and sneaky like snatched it out his hand while he gloating

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    5 points Pale_Consideration87

    He should’ve bat that boy in his shit

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  • 17 points blackhawkskid6

    Mets. Go figure.

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  • 9 points studdybuddy01

    No one fought him for it??

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  • 87 points unclebirm

    He's a Trump fan. I guarantee it.

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  • 3 points FungusAmongus92

    NY fans

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  • 3 points Covid19-Pro-Max

    Why does this clip start only after we are able to see who touched the ball first?

    I have a good day today so I’ll rest my pitchfork until further evidence is provided.

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  • 3 points PM_ME_DEM_TITTIESPLZ

    Let me see the lead up first before I share my opinion

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  • 3 points Sinbound86

    Sports fans are nerdier than LARPers

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  • 3 points AdLanky6371

    Ew. He suck’s

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  • 3 points 143butternuts

    Phillies Karen is back.... with a beard!

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  • 3 points 22switch

    Missing half the clip, for some reason

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  • 3 points bkdthvn

    i’d hardly call that man elderly. the other guy is still a douche though.

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  • 3 points IkilledRichieWhelan

    He’s so proud to be a bitch.

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  • 3 points Tacpaws

    The problem isnt that guy, its all the ppl around him allowing it, they are the problem.

    Evil wins when the good do nothing..

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  • 3 points Own-Presentation-843

    What a dick,hope he gets fired from work.

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  • 3 points mlg2433

    What a dickhead

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  • 3 points willit1016

    Where's the beginning

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  • 3 points richATTK

    Guy 100% drives a Dodge 😂

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  • 3 points DanRichter

    Imagine being, maybe, 56 years old and finding out people are calling you elderly and “old guy” like you’re 85.

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  • 3 points CatKungFu

    His kids and their friends and parents, colleagues will see the footage of how he got the baseball sooner or later.

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  • 3 points amanwithdignity

    identify this guy!

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  • 3 points organictissue

    Baseball fans seem so miserable.

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  • 3 points Owen_Gwynt

    Scumbags like this should be named and shamed!

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  • 3 points Agent007007007

    I hope Reddit does its thang. Consequences!

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  • 3 points Gentlemanandscholar9

    How have these people not learned!? We’ve had like 5 sports memorabilia thieves doxxed and lives ruined this fucking year

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  • 3 points EBAH1991

    The fact that I have to share the planet with people like this and that I'm not allowed to legally end their existence will always bother me.😀

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  • 3 points Spnstanaf73

    Dude just ruined his life and probably doesn’t even know it yet. He must’ve forgot about camera, and that consequences happen when people do this.

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  • 3 points BaeDJ

    Look at the way he looks around with shame with that awkward smile, he definitely knows what he did but doesn't have the balls to own up.

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  • 3 points DrBile12

    It’s always dudes with those types of beards

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  • 12 points ask_ur_mom

    The guy's age and iq are the same

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  • 6 points TheHoratioHufnagel

    These rage bait posts are stupid. How do we he know he ripped it from his hands? The clip starts and they are both trying to grab a loose ball. The clip starts late to amplify the rage bait title.

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  • 16 points laceyisspacey

    I feel this is edited weirdly? Or edited in bad faith. It kind of just looks like two adults were both trying to catch it, it bounced around a bit, then one grabbed it for real.

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    12 points laceyisspacey

    I think the “elderly” man was trying to steal it actually and was mad he couldn’t

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    9 points TurbulentSomewhere64

    This is what happened and it happened months ago. People just looking for shit to get Big Mad about. This ain’t it.

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  • 9 points Asada141

    Incel activities

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  • 9 points Cloobsy

    He's like 50, not elderly

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  • 4 points Aquilestocotodo

    Le fat gym bros always

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  • 4 points Relevant_Group_7441

    Hopefully he gets exposed. Looking so proud for being a douche bag

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  • 4 points lightexposure

    PLEASE @metsbaseball give the guy who was robbed a VIP status and a signed ball and ban the idiot who thinks it’s ok to rip a ball from the hands of an old guy.

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  • 5 points Sqweegy-Nobbers

    Look at the laughing asshole.

    Who is getting laid tonight?

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  • 5 points numericalusername

    Grub

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  • 5 points RemarkableRyan

    I may get downvoted for this but, if you go frame by frame it looks like the younger guy actually has the ball in the beginning and the older guy grabs onto his hand. The ball is in his opposite hand when he yanks his other hand free from the older guy…

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  • 2 points effyoucreeps

    the actual possession is up for debate, but the overall mood is asshole

    i played it back frame by frame waaaay to many times

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  • 2 points iop09

    Every stadium needs at least one pos.

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  • 2 points tplayer100

    Where's the start of the clip? All we see is two men fighting over the ball. No reference of how it started.

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  • 2 points NCM2018

    I love how that POS is so proud of himself. That’s pure garbage of a human being right there!

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  • 2 points Sibusiso_Moyo

    what an asshole

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  • 2 points 8SharkFinnSoup

    He had to get out of his seat walk over and wrestle the ball away from that elder guy. What a totally Dick move.

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  • 2 points flaviusUrsus

    And after the game he went to Costco to scalp some Pokemon cards.

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  • 2 points steely4321

    POS

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  • 2 points SMOR68

    PO💩

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  • 2 points Lil_Simp9000

    what a chump

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  • 2 points CraftyCoconuts

    Do your thing internet

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  • 2 points D_Cakes_

    Boooooo

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  • 2 points denonumber

    What a fuck head :dandy

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  • 2 points ElCefos

    I can't wait for the tweet to come out saying he's banned for life.

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  • 2 points Immediate_Luck_6335

    That guy has never won anything

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  • 2 points Klamangatron

    What a loser.

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  • 2 points AdventurousAd1752

    Thirsty ass fan

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  • 2 points neotekka

    Not really an 'old guy', dude looks to be in his 50s.

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  • 2 points heroofthewest1

    We should bring back the stocks for people like this.

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  • 2 points CRadSoBad

    That guy is not an elderly man!

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  • 2 points mango_boom

    The ability to grow a beard really has a crazy effect on some people.

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  • 2 points theamericaninfrance

    How do these asshats not realize too that they’re being filmed in super ultra high definition and literally broadcast to the world live… and they still act like this. Imagine how awful they are when there’s not cameras around

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  • 2 points Lala5789880

    Show the whole vid

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  • 2 points Takhar7

    All it takes it literally one or two people around this guy to call him out on it, and his embarrassment would make it right.

    Idiotic behavior by him, but equally appalling by people around him who didn't act, either.

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  • 2 points Meeska-Mouska

    POS

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  • 2 points WrestleswithPastry

    What an absolute piece of shit. Fuck this shit stain.

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  • 2 points Silent_Cheesecake

    The beard alone tells you this guy is a piece of shit.

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  • 2 points jimrebello

    Embarrassing but I wouldn't call that guy elderly

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  • 2 points Legitimate_Bat3240

    He looks deportable

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  • 2 points pernrider

    What a douchbag

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  • 2 points avaslash

    This behavior from fans should get them ejected from the game. Its not acceptable

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  • 2 points Joker6tyNine

    Happened in August 2025

    https://sports.yahoo.com/article/mets-fan-snatches-ball-old-163549373.html

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  • 2 points nokyderp

    It needs to go viral

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  • 2 points Colejohnley

    “Look, I stole candy from a baby! That’s how you Alpha!”

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  • 2 points GeneralSinn

    That one bitches son.

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  • 2 points Puzzleheaded-Trick76

    Fuck this guy

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  • 2 points kehbleh

    chat, get this dude fired

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  • 2 points NullTie

    I hope he gets what he deserves.

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  • 2 points JiveTurkey92

    how is this different from the phillies karen?

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  • 2 points BatmanHatesSuperman

    That guy's a local professor at the uni

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  • 2 points whiteschnauzer

    The best part of him ran down his mommas legs and became a brown stain on the floor.

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  • 2 points nictose

    Tell me you don't deserve to be an adult, without telling me...

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  • 2 points Toobroketodie

    I can see him doing that to his own family over food, or the tv remote. They must be so proud that energy isn't directed at them for once.

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