Blue Santa gets mad when Red Shirt gets the foul ball, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the ninth inning of a lopsided game between the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers, the focus shifts from the on-field action to the stands, where a commotion is brewing over a foul ball. Tucker Barnhart, the Reds catcher, sends a foul ball soaring into the crowd, and two fans, one wearing a red shirt and the other dressed as a "Blue Santa," converge to try and catch it. The red-shirted fan initially secures the ball but fumbles it, leading to a scramble as the "Blue Santa" tries to grab it. A brief physical altercation occurs, with the "Blue Santa" appearing to make contact with the red-shirted fan. "Blue Santa" becomes visibly upset, believing the red-shirted fan has touched him improperly. "You put your hands on me," the "Blue Santa" exclaims, his voice rising. "Yes, you did, and everybody saw it!" While the two fans continue their heated exchange, another foul ball lands in the stands, this time being caught by a young fan with his family. The young fan is overjoyed, displaying the ball with a wide smile, while the red-shirted fan watches on with a mix of frustration and amusement. "Hey, old man, do you want this one?" the young fan asks, graciously offering the "Blue Santa" the ball he just caught. The red-shirted fan, now revealed to have already caught two foul balls, holds the third in his hand, prompting the "Blue Santa" to express his displeasure. "You already got two balls, and you got a ball over there," the "Blue Santa" says, seemingly frustrated that the red-shirted fan has accumulated multiple souvenirs while others in the section have not. As the confrontation continues, the video cuts away, leaving the viewer to ponder the implications of the exchange and which fan, if either, is in the right. The scene has taken on a level of complexity, with the red-shirted fan's previous ball catches now potentially casting him in a different light, adding an additional layer of nuance to the situation.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentit's the ninth inning of the reds and
brewers game brewers are up by a lot so
the kids are just
dancing in the sun running to the
highest seats they can for the view
noogie and their little brother on live
tv
come on sis can't be doing that to him
tucker barnhart's at the plate and this
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john boy it's summer you got to look
good you got to feel good you got to
beat the heat
all right these two in this video ain't
beating the heat because we got grown
men
arguing over foul balls tucker barnhart
throws this one into the stands
and right away you got red shirt and
blue shirt converging on the ball now
it's gonna come
right in the red shirt's hands but he
botches it
now it's up for grabs and what happens
here
is that blue shirt santa glove knocks it
away
but red shirt wasn't even going for the
ball
he was playing defense and he swiped
santa's hand right there little contact
santa doesn't like that bounces back to
him so if we go back i mean
glove onto chair bounces right back to
him
now redshirt's going to use his right
hand to box
blue santa out a little bit as he picks
up the ball with his left hand and blue
santa didn't like that either so he
slaps him a little bit he walks in now i
read somewhere that this dude goes to
all the reds games and just wears
the opposing team's hat to try and get a
ball from opposing players he's not
actually a brewers fan
but i read that from one place so it's
not verifiable hey
you put your hands on me i think he's
yelling at him they put his hands on him
he's getting pretty upset i was i'm
upset because i couldn't read his lips
perfectly but i said you put your hand
on me yes you did
and he says he says oh my god everybody
saw it they saw it over there and they
saw it over there or you got
over there and over there you put your
hands on me come on he's mad he thinks
that
it was dirty play he thinks it was a
very dirty play meanwhile another foul
ball goes into the stands and we just
have a wholesale moment
where this kid with his family gets a
ball and he's super excited about it
and he can't wait to tell his friends
that guy got up thinking he could get it
it's a section away it's like dude
you're not going to get it you can't
even get the one that came right to you
meanwhile this dude's just admiring the
ball that he got kind of laughing now
he's gonna prod him a little bit
he's gonna be like you know what this
might be fun he goes hey
i didn't touch her i said yeah you did
you touch me you touch me
and eventually he's gonna he's gonna
count out the things he did this guy's
just laughing
he says uh you know one you pushed me
two you stole my ball
and i hate you puts his feet up gets
comfortable first baseman's mitt is
is a good way to go that guy's laughing
now this kid who he has a ball he says
hey old man do you want this one
he says yeah thank you that's really
nice of you
and then he turns around to the guy in
the red and says hey
for what you did he gave me the ball
and this is where it gets crazy now it
cuts back to red shirt
he's got a ball in his left hand and two
balls
in his right hand so he puts so this
dude already had
two balls and that was his third of the
game
which makes you understand why blue
shirt
is a little more frustrated you know
maybe he's not personally mad at him
maybe he's just like dude you already
got two balls
you got a ball over there and you got a
ball over there where i
save some balls for the rest of us come
on it's a little bit of a game changer
when you see this dude cockily just like
oh wait is this guy a bad guy is he
stealing balls from everyone in the
section
i don't know now it twisted the whole
thing upside down
for me i can't figure it out i'm gonna
need you guys you know the only comments
allowed in this video are
team red or team blue and let's see
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