Talk about a cold move.
During the Nationals’ 7-5 win against the A’s on Thursday, a grown man in a Juan Soto jersey intercepted a ball from a young girl — and her mom didn’t seem happy.
The heartless moment occurred while Nationals right fielder Joey Meneses threw a ball into the stands between innings.
Now-viral footage filmed by the girls’ mom shows the man leaning his glove over a group of young girls, where her daughter had her own glove outstretched, snatching the ball away.
“Grown man steals baseball from little girl,” the girl’s mom wrote in a tweet. “@Nationals can you get Joey Meneses to sign a baseball and send it to my daughter?”
The team’s verified Twitter account replied, “hey Gina! Mind giving us a follow and we’ll send you a DM?”
The sides spoke privately and worked out a solution. The girl’s mom shared in a separate tweet that the Nationals are sending her daughter a token of their appreciation.
A fan intercepts a ball from a young girl at a Nationals-A’s game at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Twitter/Gina Hilliard“Thank you @Nationals for reaching out and apologizing to hear that our experience that night was negatively impacted,” the girl’s mom tweeted. “They are sending something our way and hope that this can serve as a symbol of a good experience at the park rather than a bad one!”
