At some stage in recent memory, you may have come across a clip of a Chicago Cubs fan seemingly stealing a baseball that had been thrown to a young fan in the crowd at Wrigley Field.
It was rage-inducing stuff...
https://twitter.com/Cut4/status/1021147509849305089
The clip soon went viral and even came to the attention of staff at the Cubs, who gave the kid in question a baseball autographed by infielder Javier Báez to make up for his apparent disappointment.
https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1021134802580393989
As it turns out, the man who 'stole' the ball wasn't as bad as he had initially seemed.
A Reddit user named 'btbrian' did a bit of digging and found out that, according to fans who were sat close by (see below) that he had already given a ball to the young child sitting in front of him and gave other balls that came his way to fans in his vicinity.
https://twitter.com/cmycoff2/status/1021178690296778753
https://twitter.com/cmycoff2/status/1021213375131463681
https://twitter.com/jjeffrose/status/1021223544452198400
His generosity has been acknowledged by the Cubs themselves, as was confirmed by local sports anchor David Kaplan on Monday.
https://twitter.com/thekapman/status/1021238617786765312
All's well that ends well.
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