because most of the adults are drunk...js

You sound soft

@@baseball90242 you sound drunk BWAHAHA

@@alfmcstuffjns2080 Just because you paid to get in doesn't mean you have the right to be a complete ass. It's no different to having a phone conversation in the cinema

@@alfmcstuffjns2080 you sound jealous of the money they make. If pro athletes dont work hard why arent you out there. I bet every athlete could do you job. You cant do theirs.

I think the Cubs fans started the stupid tradition of throwing an opposing players home run ball back onto the field.

Inbreds.

@@jogman262 It's a beautiful tradition that has NOTHING to do with the comment to which you're responding. It demonstrates contempt for the opposition. "I would otherwise love this souvenir. I've coveted a ball since I was a little boy -- but not if it was hit by the opposing team. A souvenir like that is worthless to me. I only want one hit by the team with whom I live and die." I wonder what team you're a fan of? Do you know that when I first went to Wrigley Field, there were crowds of only 3,000 or 5,000? Do you know how much misery and heartache Cubs fans have endured? And still we loved them, and rode the 'l' to games in a brick ballpark in a real neighborhood. My mother worked like a dog 'til she was 89 years old -- on her feet, at the end commuting an hour each way to work. Neither of my parents graduated even from high school, but they sent me to Yale (undergrad) and to Harvard. My mom had a stroke when she was 91, and I gave up my theatre company in Los Angeles to move back to Chicago and become her full-time caregiver. I did that for nearly 7 years until she passed away at the age of 97. 97 years. The Cubs never won a World Series during her lifetime. If we toss a ball back, it's an expression of loyalty.

Well, yes ....but when this kind of thing happens and there are cups of beer all over the place ...let's agree to call it like it is ..."DRUNKS". The baseball league COULD fix this by doing many different things ....but it is probably the "controversy" element that they think adds to the competition. .

A ball is one thing but a whole bat? I dunno I wouldn’t let go

Dear Tasty Neck: Amazing that they find the money to feed their families at the expensive ballpark, only to fight over a ball.

Agreed very unfortunate

They’re high-fiving each other for acting like savages.

remove the line of seats along the end of seats

Greed takes the best of most people, it really is the worst of the working braincells' enemies.

I agree to an extent, but most people pay for those seats to get a souvenir foul ball. Yes, it's aggravating that sometimes a fair ball is touched or outright grabbed, but in the heat of the moment, they're looking at the ball that's coming toward them. They don't glance at the ump to see if it's fair, or check to see if a player can make a play on a ball that's just into the seats. Anyone that's ever been to a live game knows you don't take your eyes off the ball or you could get pegged with a line drive.

​@@bigrezznation I don't go to a ballgame to watch asshat fans inject themselves into the game.

alcohol clouds the mind

I feel bad for the little Red Sox fan though. It's a fairly natural reaction to try to catch it, but yeah, the adults should know better.

That’s because it benefitted the Yankees and the Bartman catch “hurt” the Cubs. Honestly they shouldn’t have had so many errors and game stomped in game 7. Bartman is far from the reason for their loss. Moises Alou is the biggest bitch and essentially his reaction led to me having his life ruined

nothing ironic about it. bartman screwed his own team. the kid helped his team.

This isn’t irony……

@@oldfrend Riiiight, so he cost them the pennant? Not the 3-1 game lead, not the lack of hitting, not Gonzalez’s error,…etc. The Cubs have only themselves to blame and if you think he deserved the death threats he got then you’re as ignorant as the morons that made them. Sad.

Times were a lot different back then.

It’s also why MLB knew players were taking steroids and PED’s to hit all of those home runs…..All to get the fans back in the game.

so what

I think videos like these blow things out of proportion, and then you get idiots in the comments. 9 minute video for? Thousands of games played per year? If it was such a big issue things would change fences put up/ rule changes. I think its fine, people mess up they see a ball they aren't pro athletes they aren't paying attention to the umps call down the line. Half the reason you pay for those seats is so you can get a ball, 95% of games are uneventful and boring. Can anyone blame someone for grabbing a ball when they've been sitting there for a couple hours and that's the first real action they've seen. Since MLB is trying to get fans back so bad (with all the rule changes) they should incorporate fans interfering. Coin flip... heads they go to 3rd tails they stay on first. Imagine how that'd play out down the line, purists/antagonists paying big money for seats for some possible action. That'd make for some fun games. No wonder the banana league or whatever wwf inspired baseball league is doing so well

So much netting these daZe Might as well sit in the outfield

Your point stands but they're $20-25 new and ballparks sell the game used balls in a $40-60 mystery grab bag.

@@danieldavidson7348 Exactly, these balls are between $20-60. Not sure where his $3 is coming from.

Wrestling for it was uncalled for however, the ball was into the stands at this point, It was a fair ball for the fan but, you don't wrestle for it if the player has it

Costed his own team a run and an early ride home. Hope she stayed at the game.

I first thought it was his wife saying, “What’s wrong with you”?! Lol

It's embarrassing to watch these idiots.

So you think fans should be allowed to interfere with the game then?

@@Rockhound6165 Not sure how you drew that conclusion from my post......in sports terms, your assumption would be "a swing and a miss", "airball" and "a shanked punt".

With 82 home games per year, the supply generally exceed the demand in most baseball markets. Boston and possibly St Louis seem to be the exceptions

@@afridgetoofar1818 81

@@robpierce4712 True.

I went to the blackhawks game once and I had fractured wrist because of two dudes that were fighting over a shirt they got and jumped on me

It killed Maude Flanders of Springfield

@@ikunjang4513 Serious question: Did the stadium insurance pay for your medical bills? Or is there a clause saying that by buying a ticket & being in the stadium you entered “at your own risk” ❓ *The topic is fascinating due to how many injuries likely occur.*

@@Trek001 *M F* _as those of us who never really knew her called her_ was gone way too soon. *After her death Ned got shirtless & was shredded… shredded guys get shredded babes… so you just know Homer, who although faithful to Marge, probably was watching through his window the night Todd was conceived.* #RIPMF

@@iamskippy yes eventually, when I was in the stadium I didn’t know what happened to my wrist so I went to see doctor day after the game. I’m not American btw I was a tourist, but I had my tourist insurance ready and when I informed blackhawks association and asked for a insurance claim which they did it for me. I honestly don’t remember if they said those things which I was kinda impressed they just checked my tickets and diagnosis.

Then you're an idiot. Fan stupidity isn't limited to 1 city as this video shows.

He could literally be charged with a crime. Once she had clean possession of the ball, legally speaking, it became her property. So him taking it and throwing it away is the same as if he took her phone and threw it. Petty theft.

They havent done anything about it because its Part of the Event. Mlb have to struggle with empty seats so it Would be stupid to take away a very entertaining Part of the game including Fan Interruptions or catchin Foul balls

Fans at a basketball game are on top of the playing area as well.

@@Rockhound6165 Yeah, but when was the last time you saw a fan reach out into the court to deflect a ball?

Good point

Yeah, they're idiots for allowing people to be idiots. Genius logic.

go to chic filet you will have a bad drum stick experience

@@dougstitt1652 Ba Dum Bump Tssssss

@Have A Fresca oh gosh don’t be such a pussy. Ball was nowhere near the baby dad had a nice grip on the baby while they were eating. If it was coming towards baby’s head I can see your argument but ball was no where near child. Relax. Go have a Fresca

but what a catch

Thank you! A lot of the people around him were cheering him on, he seemed to care about a baseball more than his child.

Relax the baby wasnt in danger

@@maxh4651 It just needs one single grab miscalculation

What….oh my

You can't cure stupid, especially when it's inherited.

Omg! Wth!!

Most hated is that woman who grabbed the ball out of the kids hand

There used to be an mlb closer with 6 fingers. Antonio Alfonseca el pulpo.

LOL a fast game? I hope you were being funny!

Yeah, Bartman was a rube for ruining the Cubs chances that year. However, he has more than paid his penence.

@@SlimThrull And it helped that the Cubs actually won the damn World Series shortly after in what seemed to be a thousand year dry spell !!

​@@SlimThrull birdman wasn't a reube. He was a scapegoat in that whole damn thing. You watch the video and you can see multiple fans reaching for it. He just gets the heat because he's the one that made contact.

Terrible shame for Bartman!

I'll always hate the cubs because of that incident.

do you let your sons carry your purse too?

@@user-gq9bg8gz4b - let me guess, you're the drunk idiot.....correct?

he tried to rip his glove off 💀💀💀

Is this why he got kicked out at 1:16?

@@Gonna_Run_Amuck. yep

There were a few that weren’t actually. Many were blatant interference but some clearly weren’t.

💯 lmao

That would not fly today because of the extended nettings.

now he can't get it off the wall though

Still fan interference.

Yes, I want to see the fans, although these ones ruin the game, suffer, oh and when they kick them out, TAKE THE BALL BACK!

That's what your girlfriend told me about your penis . j/k 🤪👈

You mean Dad? Why call him mr mom? Thats fucking weird?

impressively bad-parenting..

​​@@iamglance1525 I bet you are lots of fun at parties. The baby was in NO DANGER AT ALL.

@@thomasdaniels6824 the baby was dangling 😭💀 im fun asf when there's not a risk to child safety.

The Coco B Ware arm flap!

Should be the limit of fan interaction with players or the play on the field

So many selfish people

Check out 5:45 for what happened right beforehand.

Easily my favorite

Was stupid!!! We're you doing it,really stupid!!!

Check out 5:45 for what happened right beforehand.

@@MNTwinsGeekI was also confused about that. Thanks for clearing that up. The editor of the video probably fancies himself the next Quentin Tarantino with his artistic non linear storytelling.

​@@MNTwinsGeekThank you!

​@@SmokeyChipOatleyLol

And a gap between the spectators and the spectators as in European football.

The sentiment of every Cubbie fan.

Yeah the whole situation altogether is unfortunate I hope he’s doing well today

Everyone forgets that Alex Gonzalez error that was the real reason the Cubs lost that game.

Seems kind of obvious, doesn't it?

Their*

Nobody is saying that a fan cannot catch the ball if it comes into the seating area. The interference rule only applies to the field of play.

Stop trying to be an apologist for the stupid.

they dont have to reach into the field of play to do that

@@TheBatugan77 Nobody likes you

yeah that's just heckling, i've seen so much worse too, they're just ribbing him for his odd pitching stance

Yep dumb ass cubs fan and i bet if the ball would have hit the kid the dad would try to sue

I mean it was cool i guess but why the fuck do you have your baby at a game. Call your mom,dad,grandma.. fuck, i'd let my neighbor do it just so i don't have to. lmfao prob why i don't have kids.

@@idrizzyt7524I wouldn’t bring a baby either.

he was the biggest douche bag of them all

Not really

I think he spoke and laughed about it, and that became his signature pre-pitch

Really? He's a reckless asshole that not only interfered with the game, but could have had the ball hit his baby.... what an incredibly monumentally stupid thing to do. I can't even comprehend how anyone would begin to applaud that man.

Should have been kicked out

Wonder if his wife was impressed and cool with it. Wouldn’t be surprised if he was still experiencing forced abstinence.

@@billdesinger8604 daddy dearest😂

The guy at 7:18 should be titled ‘Nerd at the Ballgame.

@@jogman262 I Wonder if the girl dumped him after the game?

Indeed. Even after that moment, the Cubs made a costly error and played themselves out of the pennant. At least Bartman got a World Series ring for the 2016 win.

@@HueyRocks23 ah yes, a World Series ring in exchange for never being able to show his face in public again

Thought this was America Im sorry thought this was America - Stan Marsh

This happend to the Orioles about 25 years ago. Kid leaned out and caught the ball . IT was obvious our guy had it , but the kids glove was slightly above his. They were out of the playoffs , it was on the frront page of the Baltimore Sun and it got ugly.

Sure, not the countless errors that happened afterwards when they still had a good lead.

Absolutely true!!

Bartman did a dumb thing, but the Cubs were well on their way to losing that game all on their own. I think too many fans wanted someone to blame and he became an easy scapegoat. I remember how poorly they were playing both before and after that play.

​@@TheQuantumWave Exactly. To suggest that an entire series is blown due to one play is pretty wild.

@@ddebenedictis Shortly after, how about the double play ball??

@@sludge8506 yep, or every out in every inning in the entire series