POLL: Baseball Games - Do You Throw The Ball Back?

DeToxRox · 05-08-2006, 10:27 PM

I think its a must if the opposing team goes yard to throw it back. I've caught one opposing HR ball at the CoPa in my day (Fucking Kevin Millar) and I fired it back before the chants even started and I felt better about myself.

So the question is .. Has anyone here had this scenario or if you had the chance, what do you think you'd do?

Joe · 05-08-2006, 10:28 PM

I think its retarded when people do it on foul balls

DeToxRox · 05-08-2006, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by George W Bush

I think its retarded when people do it on foul balls

Yeah thats asinine. It's homer or bust for me. Ground rule doubles don't count.

JonInMiddleGA · 05-08-2006, 10:35 PM

By & large, a ball is a ball and a souvenir for my son is a souvenir.

I'd probably make an exception for a consumate p.o.s. like Bonds but other than him, I can't think of any off hand that I'd throw back.

Franklinnoble · 05-08-2006, 10:43 PM

If I'm at a game for a team I like (A's, Diamondbacks, Orioles), at their home field, then, yeah, I'm throwing the ball back if it's an opposing team (unless the opposing team happens to be one of the other two I like).

Otherwise, I'd probably hang on to it.

Unless it's Bonds. Then I'm throwing it back - in his general direction.

sovereignstar · 05-08-2006, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

By & large, a ball is a ball and a souvenir for my son is a souvenir.

I'd probably make an exception for a consumate p.o.s. like Bonds but other than him, I can't think of any off hand that I'd throw back.

Do you know who is making those balls? Or where they came from?

JonInMiddleGA · 05-08-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar

Do you know who is making those balls? Or where they came from?

IIRC, Rawlings is the supplier and the balls were/are produced in Costa Rica.

sovereignstar · 05-08-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

IIRC, Rawlings is the supplier and the balls were/are produced in Costa Rica.

Ah yes, the country without an army.

JonInMiddleGA · 05-08-2006, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar

Ah yes, the country without an army.

{snaps fingers}

Hey, that's right, now that you mention it.

'Course, when you're slightly smaller than West Virginia in land mass and slightly larger than Puerto Rico in total population, I'm thinking the absence of an army isn't exactly a really big deal in the grand scheme of things. (Plus they do have a National Guard).

stevew · 05-08-2006, 11:49 PM

I don't go to a lot of games, but I've never even had a foul ball hit close to me.

Karlifornia · 05-09-2006, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

Unless it's Bonds. Then I'm throwing it back - in his general direction.

Bonds would kill you. With his mind.

Franklinnoble · 05-09-2006, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Bonds would kill you. With his mind.

I owe my soul to Chuck Norris. Bonds wouldn't dare.

molson · 05-09-2006, 01:08 AM

I always thought it was really lame to throw the ball back anywhere but Wrigley Field.

Bad-example · 05-09-2006, 01:49 AM

If I know I will be sitting in the bleachers, I bring along a garbage ball to throw back.

Vince · 05-09-2006, 02:18 AM

I've never caught a foul ball or a home run ball -- I'm not sure if I would throw it back or not.

SackAttack · 05-09-2006, 02:45 AM

I've never caught a game ball, although I've caught a BP ball.

That said, I'd throw it back if a Giant hit a homer. Otherwise, who cares?

Vince · 05-09-2006, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

I've never caught a game ball, although I've caught a BP ball.

That said, I'd throw it back if a Giant hit a homer. Otherwise, who cares?

Yeah, I'd definitely throw back a Dodger HR ball.

ice4277 · 05-09-2006, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by molson

I always thought it was really lame to throw the ball back anywhere but Wrigley Field.

I don't remember it happening anywhere except Wrigley until the last few years, although I may be wrong about that.

Bee · 05-09-2006, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Bonds would kill you. With his mind.

Considering the size of his head, that's very possible.

Joe · 05-09-2006, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ice4277

I don't remember it happening anywhere except Wrigley until the last few years, although I may be wrong about that.

its been happening at the metrodome for a while. its dumb

WSUCougar · 05-09-2006, 07:29 AM

Hell no!

jeff061 · 05-09-2006, 07:47 AM

I'd throw it back. Don't think anything of it when someone doesn't though.

albionmoonlight · 05-09-2006, 07:51 AM

It would be awesome if someone threw back the Bonds ball that broke Aaron's record.

jeff061 · 05-09-2006, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

It would be awesome if someone threw back the Bonds ball that broke Aaron's record.

Yes it would. I wouldn't though.

albionmoonlight · 05-09-2006, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

Yes it would. I wouldn't though.

I totally wouldn't. It would be up for auction the very next day.

jeff061 · 05-09-2006, 08:07 AM

I'd keep it as a symbol of that great day at the ballpark.

Yeah.....

MJ4H · 05-09-2006, 08:24 AM

I've never understood the fascination with catching a souvenir ball. We throw them back at Arkansas baseball games if the opposing team hits it out. I wouldn't hesitate to do so and I also wouldn't hesitate to toss a home-team ball to a kid that really wanted it.

JeeberD · 05-09-2006, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by molson

I always thought it was really lame to throw the ball back anywhere but Wrigley Field.

Yup

Hammer755 · 05-09-2006, 09:59 AM

If I catch a home run ball, it's going in a display case in my home office, regardless of how loud the crowd boos. Unless there's a kid nearby, in which case I'll probably give it to them.

Like molson said, it's all a big rip-off of Wrigley anyway. If I'm in Wrigley and I catch one, then I'll throw it back, but the odds of that happening are extremely slim.

M GO BLUE!!! · 05-09-2006, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by George W Bush

its been happening at the metrodome for a while. its dumb

I agree. The Metrodome is a dumb ballpark.

Franklinnoble · 05-09-2006, 11:16 AM

Well, I don't know about Wrigley field, but I went to about a hundred Oriole games at Memorial Stadium, and later Camden Yards, as a kid, and people always threw the ball back. They'd get booed if they didn't, and in most cases, the peer pressure was enough to get them to toss it back after a few seconds.

Crapshoot · 05-09-2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Hammer755

If I catch a home run ball, it's going in a display case in my home office, regardless of how loud the crowd boos. Unless there's a kid nearby, in which case I'll probably give it to them.

Like molson said, it's all a big rip-off of Wrigley anyway. If I'm in Wrigley and I catch one, then I'll throw it back, but the odds of that happening are extremely slim.

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primelord · 05-09-2006, 12:25 PM

While I haven't had the opportunity to do so I would absolutely throw a home run ball back. It's just a baseball. The cool thing about catching a home run ball is the moment itself. After that you just have a baseball. I'd be far more interested in the atmosphere around me after I threw it back then a year later being able to look at the actual ball I caught.

With that being said I don't have kids yet. That would change everything as they would want the ball and that would be more imprtant to me than what I think would actually make a better story and better experience.

dawgfan · 05-09-2006, 01:46 PM

I think it was dumb when fans at other parks starting copying the Wrigley bleacher bums' tradition of throwing opposing teams' HR balls back on to the field. Even if you don't particularly care to hang on to the ball as a souvenir, and even if you don't have kids with you of your own, you're telling me there isn't another kid in the stands somewhere near you that wouldn't love to have that ball?

Glengoyne · 05-09-2006, 02:04 PM

At first glance I thought this thread was a poll asking if you did something with "Ball Sack"

That is all.

View Poll Results: Do you throw an opposing teams HR ball back?
Yes	12	24.00%
No	38	76.00%
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll

05-08-2006, 10:35 PM	#4
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	By & large, a ball is a ball and a souvenir for my son is a souvenir. I'd probably make an exception for a consumate p.o.s. like Bonds but other than him, I can't think of any off hand that I'd throw back. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

05-09-2006, 02:18 AM	#15
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	I've never caught a foul ball or a home run ball -- I'm not sure if I would throw it back or not. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

05-09-2006, 07:29 AM	#21
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Hell no! __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

05-09-2006, 07:47 AM	#22
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	I'd throw it back. Don't think anything of it when someone doesn't though. __________________

05-08-2006, 10:28 PM	#2
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	I think its retarded when people do it on foul balls

05-08-2006, 10:43 PM	#5
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	If I'm at a game for a team I like (A's, Diamondbacks, Orioles), at their home field, then, yeah, I'm throwing the ball back if it's an opposing team (unless the opposing team happens to be one of the other two I like). Otherwise, I'd probably hang on to it. Unless it's Bonds. Then I'm throwing it back - in his general direction.

05-08-2006, 11:49 PM	#10
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I don't go to a lot of games, but I've never even had a foul ball hit close to me.

05-09-2006, 01:08 AM	#13
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	I always thought it was really lame to throw the ball back anywhere but Wrigley Field.

05-09-2006, 01:49 AM	#14
Bad-example College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: san jose CA	If I know I will be sitting in the bleachers, I bring along a garbage ball to throw back.

05-09-2006, 02:45 AM	#16
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	I've never caught a game ball, although I've caught a BP ball. That said, I'd throw it back if a Giant hit a homer. Otherwise, who cares?

05-09-2006, 07:51 AM	#23
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	It would be awesome if someone threw back the Bonds ball that broke Aaron's record.

05-09-2006, 08:07 AM	#26
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	I'd keep it as a symbol of that great day at the ballpark. Yeah..... __________________

05-09-2006, 08:24 AM	#27
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	I've never understood the fascination with catching a souvenir ball. We throw them back at Arkansas baseball games if the opposing team hits it out. I wouldn't hesitate to do so and I also wouldn't hesitate to toss a home-team ball to a kid that really wanted it.

05-09-2006, 09:59 AM	#29
Hammer755 High School Varsity Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Houston, TX	If I catch a home run ball, it's going in a display case in my home office, regardless of how loud the crowd boos. Unless there's a kid nearby, in which case I'll probably give it to them. Like molson said, it's all a big rip-off of Wrigley anyway. If I'm in Wrigley and I catch one, then I'll throw it back, but the odds of that happening are extremely slim. __________________ I failed Signature 101 class. Last edited by Hammer755 : 05-09-2006 at 10:00 AM.

05-09-2006, 11:16 AM	#31
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Well, I don't know about Wrigley field, but I went to about a hundred Oriole games at Memorial Stadium, and later Camden Yards, as a kid, and people always threw the ball back. They'd get booed if they didn't, and in most cases, the peer pressure was enough to get them to toss it back after a few seconds.

05-09-2006, 12:25 PM	#33
primelord Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000	While I haven't had the opportunity to do so I would absolutely throw a home run ball back. It's just a baseball. The cool thing about catching a home run ball is the moment itself. After that you just have a baseball. I'd be far more interested in the atmosphere around me after I threw it back then a year later being able to look at the actual ball I caught. With that being said I don't have kids yet. That would change everything as they would want the ball and that would be more imprtant to me than what I think would actually make a better story and better experience.

05-09-2006, 01:46 PM	#34
dawgfan Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Seattle	I think it was dumb when fans at other parks starting copying the Wrigley bleacher bums' tradition of throwing opposing teams' HR balls back on to the field. Even if you don't particularly care to hang on to the ball as a souvenir, and even if you don't have kids with you of your own, you're telling me there isn't another kid in the stands somewhere near you that wouldn't love to have that ball?

05-09-2006, 02:04 PM	#35
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	At first glance I thought this thread was a poll asking if you did something with "Ball Sack" That is all.

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