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?