Overview

• In the fourth inning at loanDepot Park, Harrison Bader homered and a father retrieved the ball for his young son before a woman confronted him and he handed it over.
• The Miami Marlins said a staffer later gave the child a goodie bag and a baseball to keep after witnessing the exchange.
• The Philadelphia Phillies arranged a postgame meeting where Bader gave the boy, identified as Lincoln and at the game for his birthday, a signed bat.
• Broadcast and fan-shot videos drew millions of views on social media, prompting widespread condemnation and attempts by some users to identify the woman.
• Some coverage noted the footage does not definitively show who first secured the ball, fueling discussion about ballpark etiquette and the perils of online shaming.