The fan who took the home-run ball from a kid at a baseball game is being offered $5,000 for her autograph by a collectables store.
“We only ask that you autograph it, ‘I’m sorry,'” Blowout Cards, a trading cards retailer, said on X. The autographed ball will then be returned to the kid, the company said.
The incident that sparked the offer took place Friday when a father in the stands retrieved a home-run ball for his son that hit the seats and had four people scramble for it. The Philadelphia Phillies were playing against Miami Marlins.
The father, identified as Drew Feltwell, was in the crowd with his family, including his son, Lincoln, celebrating his 10th birthday. Drew retrieved the ball and gave it to his son, but not before he had one of the other fans from the scramble walk ove