I have seen so much discourse about this, and it’s wild how split people are. First of all, if you’re snatching a ball away from a kid, wrestling a kid for a ball under a seat, or otherwise taking a ball that a kid clearly had a legitimate chance at, obviously give the ball to the kid. That’s a no-brainer. But if a ball is hit directly at you and you catch it, and some kid seven rows back in a completely different section wants your ball, you do not owe that kid the ball. In fact, I think the parents/other adults who start pressuring someone to give their ball to their kid are way goofier than the person who simply keeps the ball they caught. Also, why do people automatically assume that if an adult catches a ball and doesn’t give it to a kid, it’s because they’re selfish and have nobody to give it to? Maybe they have a kid at home. Maybe they have a niece or nephew. Maybe it’s their first baseball and they want to keep it. Maybe they just want the ball they caught. Why is an adult automatically obligated to give it away? This situation is a little different because that Dodgers fan looks young enough to be a kid himself. But even if he were an adult, how do you know he doesn’t have a kid at home he wants to give it to? Adults who jump in front of kids, shove kids out of the way, or compete with kids for a ball are absolutely goofy and indefensible... But an adult catching a ball that is hit directly to them, with no kid involved in the play, does not automatically mean that ball needs to be handed over to the nearest child. Catching a ball isn't a handout.