Top of the fourth inning in the World Series. Beck­ett pitches to Atkins, and he fouls it down the third base line. The ball lands in the stands, and is caught by a guy in a red hoodie, who then holds it up over his head, and all the folks in that sec­tion duti­fully clap for him.

And it makes me think. Peo­ple who sit in foul ter­ri­tory prob­a­bly get to catch (or the oppor­tu­nity to catch) more balls than peo­ple sit­ting in home run ter­ri­tory. But the balls are less pres­ti­gious, of course. There must be an inter­est­ing sub­cul­ture there, the sort of thing Ira Glass would cover.

I’d like to read/listen to that story. Someone?

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2 Responses to Somebody write an article about foul ball catching fans, please

  1. mark says:

    Foul ter­ri­tory is for the peo­ple who want to come away with a game ball with­out the trou­ble of get­ting their ass beat for it.

  2. Danny says:

    This is a very good point, as is per­haps exem­pli­fied by the polite clap­ping of the fans around this guy.

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