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Posted on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 02:59:09 PM EST
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With what's going on on health care reform, we need a feel good moment:

Thanks to Steve M., here is the video.

Awwww. All of us dads with daughters wish our little girls would throw back some boys that way . . .

Update - So Major League Baseball decided they OWN these images of fans (not players) and decided it was a good idea to have the You Tube pulled down. What a bunch of idiots. Hopefully, their phone lines will fill up with protests. Jerks.

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    No sweetie, you're supposed to throw BATTERIES (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by andgarden on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:00:18 PM EST
    Jeez, you try to teach the Philly kids early, but. . .

    Well played... (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by kdog on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:10:37 PM EST
    well played andgarden...lol.

    The dad did take it really well...people wait their whole lives for a foul ball.  And my brat of a nephew has like 3 already!  grrr:)

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    True. (none / 0) (#11)
    by scribe on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:18:43 PM EST
    My first ballgame was in 1967 at the old Connie Mack Stadium and I've gone to a lot - in Philly and elsewhere - since.

    I have never even gotten close to getting a foul ball, no matter where I sit.  A relative once did and he (an adult) gave it to a kid, which got him on the Jumbotron.

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    I love the kids and all... (none / 0) (#14)
    by kdog on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:22:43 PM EST
    but I'd bowl any one of 'em tall enough to ride the Cyclone over to get a foul ball:)

    The closest I ever came was within a few rows...not close enough to dive.

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    A foul ball bounced in my row and rolled (none / 0) (#24)
    by oculus on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:39:49 PM EST
    in front of my feet but my friend was quicker on the pick up.  Is that fair?

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    All is fair... (none / 0) (#26)
    by kdog on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:45:55 PM EST
    in love, war, and the pursuit of the holy grail of attending a mlb game, the foul ball.

    Better luck next time being quicker to the draw!

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    Here's the part I forgot. I stopped the (none / 0) (#27)
    by oculus on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:47:59 PM EST
    rolling ball with my foot.  Then she snatched it.  We are still really good friends though.

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    Closer... (none / 0) (#28)
    by kdog on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:50:54 PM EST
    but that would be like merely stepping on the ball being ruled a fumble recovery in football...you need possession.

    Though if a friend goes for a ball under my foot their fingers will pay for it!:)

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    Good throw! (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by Steve M on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:01:52 PM EST
    I am pleased to report that both my little ones appear to have fine throwing arms.

    And a wonderful response on Dad's (5.00 / 2) (#3)
    by oculus on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:03:07 PM EST
    part.

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    Exactly what I was thinking (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by andgarden on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:03:49 PM EST


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    That's the thing about little ones (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Steve M on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:08:46 PM EST
    they just make it so hard to be mad with them, most of the time!

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    Just really happy this wasn't (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by oculus on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:10:27 PM EST
    the type of baseball fan Dad who drinks so much beer he'll be in a fight before the game is over.  Good on you, Dad.

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    Actually, it was the highlight of the clip (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Inspector Gadget on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:07:47 PM EST
    That's a lucky little girl.

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    When time comes to get your girls (5.00 / 2) (#9)
    by Cream City on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:10:42 PM EST
    into Little League, be grateful to girls like mine -- the first one in Little League in our town, and it was a tough battle for mom and girl alike. . . .

    But with a girl with unusual upper-body strength who had starred in gymnastics but then had to withdraw from that for medical reasons, I had to think through what else of the choices available to use would give her use of that asset -- so baseball, it was.  And she still loves to play to this day . . . after recovering from the nastiness of some of the players and parents then.  

    And she's not even 30 yet.  That's how recent such "progress" has been, town to town to town.  So look ahead now in your town to see what needs to be done so that your girls can play what they want to play without delay, perhaps seeing if others older than yours need support now.

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    My sister's middle girl... (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by kdog on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:18:17 PM EST
    is a player...all sports.  Runs right with the boys her age, circles around most, and she's a skinny little thing.  

    Right now she's debating whether to add tackle football to the mix next year...since the boys she plays soccer/basketball/baseball with are all starting football this year.  She runs like uncle kdog, I think she'd make a helluva tailback if she so chooses. Dad already checked and she'll be allowed, no hassles...I think its great.

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    I am eternally grateful (5.00 / 3) (#12)
    by Steve M on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:19:27 PM EST
    to all the Sally Rides who showed the way.  And that's some advice I'll take to heart, too.

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    I was one of possibly two (5.00 / 2) (#18)
    by lilburro on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:33:35 PM EST
    baseball (not softball) players in my Little League when I was 12 or something.  I just didn't want to play softball - I wanted to play baseball - and can you blame me?  Baseball gets 1000000x the media attention.  And of course the other players including my teammates were occasionally (actually that's probably an understatement) a**holes.  Teasing, being hit with the ball, etc.  Parents weren't in the dugout but as an adult now, I wouldn't give them the benefit of the doubt on that account.

    I don't even recall really giving a crap about that, though!  I wanted to play baseball!

    It gave me first hand experience with the politics of exclusion that really drives a lot of sports.  I wasn't really able to process that then, but it definitely informed my later college work and general POV.

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    Are they lefties? (none / 0) (#29)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 04:04:14 PM EST


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    That wasn't a baseball--it was the Baucus bill. (5.00 / 2) (#13)
    by steviez314 on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:21:35 PM EST
    Throw it back.

    For the more textually-oriented, (5.00 / 1) (#20)
    by scribe on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:34:03 PM EST
    I recommend this.

    heckuva catch (5.00 / 1) (#36)
    by Jlvngstn on Thu Sep 17, 2009 at 06:34:46 AM EST
    and very cool.  thanks stevem

    Sorry I missed it (none / 0) (#15)
    by Anne on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:27:10 PM EST
    The video seems to be no longer available.

    Sorry (none / 0) (#16)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:29:31 PM EST
    Boy MLB is ridiculous.

    First of all, do they really own that video? Really? It's not actual game play. It shows no players.

    It's great publicity for baseball. and they pull it down.

    So stupid.

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    An even better clip (none / 0) (#17)
    by Steve M on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:32:04 PM EST
    right here.

    And yes, stupid stupid!

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    Thanks, Steve - (none / 0) (#30)
    by Anne on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 04:04:32 PM EST
    that was more than cute; I just love the way the dad wraps that little girl in his arms - clearly, she means more to him than that baseball!

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    The takedown here has some pretty serious (none / 0) (#19)
    by andgarden on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:33:57 PM EST
    implications. Does the MLB claim to right to any conversation I have in one of their stadiums during a game?

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    What makes it really egregious is (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:36:37 PM EST
    they offered the video to news outlets.

    I think they have waived their claims here.

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    But youtube must be stopped! (5.00 / 1) (#22)
    by andgarden on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:37:26 PM EST


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    A**holes (none / 0) (#23)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:38:28 PM EST


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    You think that is bad (none / 0) (#31)
    by SGITR on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 04:59:47 PM EST
    I was on a blog last week discussing teams and players just like millions of people do in sports bars, in homes, and in the office everyday and some person deleted my posts just because I disagreed with their view. Can you imagine if that was the protocol in sports bars?

    I believe that when you enter a stadium you give up the right to your image via the small print on the ticket stub. To take that video down was pretty petty though. But it is worse when two fans can't even participate in the time honored tradition of disagreeing on sports topics. Where is the sport in that? Heck 80% of being a fan is agreeing and disagreeing with your fellow fan.

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    Interviews with the family (none / 0) (#25)
    by andgarden on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 03:43:41 PM EST
    in the Inky

    Tomorrow morning (none / 0) (#32)
    by CoralGables on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 08:42:27 PM EST
    the family will be on the Today show (as reported by ESPN)

    My wife (none / 0) (#33)
    by Steve M on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 09:05:03 PM EST
    is boycotting the Today Show because they apparently ran some kind of negative story on homebirth.  It's hard being a liberal!

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    Doesn't (none / 0) (#35)
    by CoralGables on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 09:59:11 PM EST
    a cute little three year old have priority over boycotts?

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    Phillies (none / 0) (#34)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 09:16:09 PM EST
    need to get them a new baseball....STAT!

    Done (none / 0) (#37)
    by andgarden on Thu Sep 17, 2009 at 07:28:52 AM EST


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