Worst Couple via Deadspin

Update: The couple in the Rangers kerfuffle have responded the Ballpark outrage. The engaged couple says they were ”unaware” that young Cameron  was so upset. Even little Cameron’s parents say they aren’t mad at the foul-ball-taking strangers that sat next to them. “I really don’t think they knew,” the boy’s mother said. “I mean, it’s loud there. He had his back to them and I really don’t think it was anything malicious. I don’t think they did it on purpose or anything else, ” Crystal Shores told WFAA. I don’t think they were being malicious either, just oblivious. The couple in question say they were just so excited to be at the game (and into each other) they simply weren’t aware of the situation around them. But they later offered the little boy the baseball after someone from the Rangers dugout gave him one so I guess they were aware afterall. Plenty of people have responded to the controversy. And quite a few people say they wouldn’t have given the boy the ball just because he was crying. Really, what would you tell your toddler or nephew? Suck it up, kid. Life isn’t fair. I don’t think that’s the issue at all.

Maybe when I become a more experienced mother I’ll be more understanding, but it wasn’t just that they caught the ball, because that happens, it was their behavior–taking pictures with the ball, snuggling each other–afterwards that has everyone upset. Sorry couple (whose names I won’t post because I’m being nice) but seeing as how you are both parents (of seven kids between them) you have to understand why people are so upset. Wouldn’t you be? It wasn’t my child and I’m still mad. And I’m not sure I’d be as gracious as Cameron’s parents were. And I’m not the only one. WFAA has polled viewers: 54% of respondents say the couple should have given the ball back, another 70+% (can’t find the exact number) say the couple has been wrongly criticized. Maybe, but I bet the next time they go to a baseball game they’ll pay extra close attention to the toddlers around them.

From Thursday:
Take a good look at the couple in this picture. They are seated to the left of a crying toddler and have been dubbed by Deadspin as “Worst People Ever” to catch a foul ball. At last night’s Rangers-Yankees game in Arlington, the couple in this picture caught a foul ball tossed into the stands by Mitch Moreland in the eighth inning. Many fans went for the ball including the little boy in this picture who had his  glove on ready to catch it. Instead of giving the ball to the crying toddler seated next to them, the greedy couple kept it (see the video below). But wait, it gets worse. They then posed and took pictures with the ball in front of the little boy. And worse still, they proceeded to hug and snuggle each other while seated next to the little boy and his parents. Much of this was caught on camera, and Yankee’s play-by-play man, Michael Kay,  called the couple “very cold”, “unbelievable” and “oblivious”. Someone from the Rangers’ dugout eventually tossed the crying boy a ball.  But it’s not the first time this has happened at a Rangers game adds Mike Drago of the Dallas Morning News.  For this little boy there is a happy ending here of sorts, but if you see this couple at the Ballpark, give them a piece of your mind!