'America: Where Baseball Matters More': Man Almost Drops His Child While Catching Foul Ball At Baseball Game
A baseball fan decided to try to catch a foul ball hit during the game. The only problem? He was holding his baby in one hand, and a glass of beer in another.
A baseball fan decided to try to catch a foul ball hit during the game. The only problem? He was holding his baby in one hand, and a glass of beer in another.
The footage which has gone viral shows a man at an Arizona Diamondbacks game on Sunday in Phoenix, trying to perform an ultimate feat of multitasking. Despite having both hands occupied, a foul ball was incoming, and the new father was not going to pass up the chance.
The agile man reaches into the air and grabs the baseball in his left hand as his baby starts to slip. In a stunning display of multitasking, he catches the baby midfall, and only spills a small portion of the beer.
Luckily, the baby was unscathed, but in video of the incident, you can see the man jump up to catch the ball in the stands with his baby in his arms.
A Twitter user named Jason Calacanis shared a video clip of the father in the act of juggling his child and a plastic cup of beer while catching the ball.
Wait, did I just see this guy a) drop his baby, b) catch the ball, C) catch the falling baby, & D) not spill his beer?! Grasshopper! That¡¯s some Jedi/Kung Fu dad ish! pic.twitter.com/IKUuKDAiB6
¡ª jason@calacanis.com (@Jason) July 5, 2021
¡°Wait, did I just see this guy a) drop his baby, b) catch the ball, C) catch the falling baby, & D) not spill his beer?! Grasshopper! That¡¯s some Jedi/Kung Fu dad ish!¡± Calacanis tweeted.
Some people, however, were disturbed by the video citing how dangerous this could have been for a child.
Kinda cringe that we're celebrating this as a society
¡ª Matt Quinn ? (@Mqsley) July 5, 2021
A real dad aint taking a freakin baby to a baseball game so he can sit there and drink for 3 hours.
¡ª RepublicansAreMorons (@DontBeARepublcn) July 6, 2021
And THEN endanger the kid for a freaking baseball.
I'm wondering if his wife is half as pleased lol
¡ª ?Lu! (@CatLvrMarketing) July 6, 2021
America: where baseball matters more than your child..
¡ª Pink Punk (@PinkPunkGuy) July 6, 2021
..and beer.
His Priorities:
¡ª Ron Pragides (@mrp) July 5, 2021
1. ??
2. ?
3. ?
Others simply suggested that he was a 'Jedi Master'.
A Jedi Master
¡ª oriel arriagada ? (@OrielArriagada) July 6, 2021
Classic use of the beer gut. Allowed the child to stay in place just long enough to make the big play.
¡ª Absinthe Minded (@AbsintheMinde17) July 5, 2021
? the dude is a Jedi
¡ª Eric Clark (@Dynamicbrands) July 6, 2021
You don't develop skills like that eating out of an air fryer.
¡ª Absinthe Minded (@AbsintheMinde17) July 5, 2021
this takes some real skills and talent :D
¡ª Jiri (@soontobefreeman) July 5, 2021
While the man might not be father of the year contender, certainly his commitment and aptitude in juggling can be commended.
This is not for the first that such a thing has happened at a baseball game. In 2017, a man decided to try to catch a foul ball hit while holding a beer in one hand and also holding a baby in another.
Idiot Mets fan catches foul ball at Dodger Stadium, nearly drops baby, wife ready to kill him. Video from @SNYtv pic.twitter.com/zBh5Dki4yD
¡ª Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 23, 2017
He jumped to catch the ball and as it turn out, the man did, in fact, catch the ball. He then showed it off to the cheering crowd as his wife yelled at him, took the crying baby into her arms, put her head into her hands, and turned away from him.
