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Ok I was watching the sox vs. yankees game tonight and got into an interesting argument with my friend.

Heres the situation.
You are at your teams home stadium. There is a HR hit by the opposing team that you catch. You have never caught a ball at a major league game before. Do you throw it back? Keep in mind that most fans are going to boo you if you keep it.

PS- I am a red sox fan so also consider if this happened at a red sox , Yankees game.

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Throw it back unless its going to be worth something. It's a freakin' baseball. What are you gonna do, frame it?

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I am a Red Sox fan. I throw it back if it is a Yankee home run. If it is off the bat of a Royal or something I don't even bother. I don't want to look like a Cub fan or something.

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I'll have you know that it IS possible to throw an opposing team's HR ball back in and get signed to the team.

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throw it back unless yr 12 years old or younger

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I threw a home run ball back at Fenway.

Except it was actually a Trot Nixon home run. And I actually just dropped it and it fell back onto the field.

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I'm throwing at back at Wrigley Field, and Wrigley Field only.

Otherwise I'm keeping it or giving it to a kid nearby. Throwing back a home run anywhere else would make about as much sense at dotting the i in script Indiana.

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I'm throwing at back at Wrigley Field, and Wrigley Field only.


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I've never understood throwing the ball back. I'd either keep it if I made a pretty sick grab with/without a glove, or I'd dish it to a kid nearby or something. But throwing it back an opposing team's HR? What, are you trying to make some sort of retarded statement? As a fan, I wouldn't heckle anyone around me if they kept the ball, no matter where I was.

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What a great idea for a thread. Pause. Not.

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I'm throwing at back at Wrigley Field, and Wrigley Field only.


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agreed. Really hate how this has been catching on elsewhere the past few years.

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What a great idea for a thread.

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Yeah, this is a good thread idea.

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just give it to a kid.

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I'm still waiting for my first ball or puck, so I'm not throwing anything back. Unless I'm at Wrigley. Or if a Yankee hits a go-ahead HR at Fenway.

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If you are in Wrigley, throw it back. Elsewhere, give it to a kid, as others have stated.

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obviously, this stuff means more to a young fan, step up and help a kid out...

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and let him throw it back or get booed.

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does security kick you out if you throw the ball back?

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I am throwing it back everytime unless it is Barry Bond's record tying/breaking HR

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In how many parks do the fans throw most of the opposing HR back? It rarely happened at the Vet, but it's been the thing to do at Citizen's Bank pretty much since day one for some reason.

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wait for somebody to yell "throw it back!", and then fire it at that person.

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In how many parks do the fans throw most of the opposing HR back? It rarely happened at the Vet, but it's been the thing to do at Citizen's Bank pretty much since day one for some reason.

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good question. it used to be fairly standard at yankee stadium in the early 90s but now i never see it. either yankee fans have become spoiled with success, decided the possible worth of such a ball is worth more than being the guy who throws it back, or have an arm like johnny damon and can't even get it on the field.

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winner

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c) throw pizza at the guy catching the ball

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I caught one at Fenway once and tossed it back. I would guess it was around 1994. It was Sox-Jays and Toronto was maybe a game or two ahead in the standings in August. I think John Dopson was on the mound, not even sure if I have that name right. Anyway, Devon White leads off by hitting one right to me. I made a nice one handed grab, spun and fired it onto the field. I hadn't pre-planned this or anything and I did it before anyone pressured me to throw it back. I remember being legitimately pissed off and that was my reaction to it being a HR. The upside was that people in my section bought me beers all day long for it.

Fast forward 13 years and this past Saturday I was at Fenway with my 5 year old daughter and Coco Crisp caught an inning ending flyout under us and flipped the ball up. A guy about 20 feet to my right caught it and gave it to my daughter. Coco is her favorite player (because his same sounds funny), so it made her day. Different situation than an opponent's HR ball, but giving the ball to a kid is a cool thing to do.

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I was unaware of free beers being involved. [censored] the kids.

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They do in Atlanta. When the Cubs were in town last week, someone threw back one of the Cubs' homers, and the guy got ejected.

They don't usually get thrown back in Atlanta (that I've seen)... maybe it was because it was the Cubs.

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What if you're a fan of the road team and you catch a homerun at Wrigley? Are you risking your life if you don't throw the ball back?

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I'm keeping it. Throwing it back is lame as [censored] and I hate kids.

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lol this is gold.

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Actually I like him too partly because of his name.

I knew a girl in college who was rooting for Portland vs. Chicago in the NBA finals because their star player was called "Clyde the Glide" and she thought that was awesome.

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in oaktown they do

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OT: This just in: Some Philly fan just threw a hotdog at Luke Scott in RF.

Really OT: Chase Utley hit a homer that bounced on top of the brick wall beyond centerfield.