A Seattle Mariners fan earned praise from baseball fans and his favorite team for handing over a historic home run ball to a bit boy — weeks after an infamously viral fan caught high heat.
Glenn Mutti-Driscoll was met with thunderous applause at T-Mobile Park when he caught Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh’s home run ball during Wednesday night’s game against the Colorado Rockies.
The house run marked the primary time a Mariners player reached the 60-home run mark in a single season.
Mutti-Driscoll raised the ball within the air and celebrated for around 15 seconds before he suddenly handed the souvenir over to 12-year-old Marcus Ruelos, who was seated nearby.
“The entire thing was surreal,” Mutti-Driscoll told MLB.com on Thursday. “It just was happening so fast, and like, standing there with it, and I used to be just looking down at a child, and he deserves greater than me. … And I suppose if it’s helping bring whatever — baseball’s repute [has] those kinds of feel-good stories.”
“A real act of kindness, a real gentleman. Marcus was in tears. We were all in shock,” Galan Ruelos, Marcus’ dad, said on Facebook.
The daddy-son duo was then escorted to a reception area, where they received an autographed bat in exchange for the baseball.
“To this sort gentleman- thanks from the underside of my heart for this sincere act of kindness,” Galan Ruelos said. “My son will endlessly be indebted to you and I hope sometime in his life he’ll repay an analogous act of kindness to a different kid in his lifetime. The lesson: All the time be kind.”
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The team invited Mutti-Driscoll and his family to the ballpark on Thursday to fulfill Raleigh on the sector ahead of the sport.
“Before today’s game, Cal met up with the Mariners fan who caught No. 60 and handed it off to a different young fan… You like to see it ,” the team wrote on X.
The Mariners’ star catcher signed a bat that read “Glenn, Thanks for being guy & nice catch!”
The Big Dumper also signed two baseballs for the fan’s kids and took photos in front of the dugout.
“The Mariners celebrated a terrific achievement of winning their 1st division title since 2001. Cal Raleigh hit 2 home runs and my son was given his sixtieth home run ball as a random act of kindness,” Galan Ruelos said.
“But when my son remembers this milestone, he’ll cherish the moment someone was kind to him and gifted that ball.”
This week’s series helped the Mariners clinch a spot within the playoffs for the primary time since 2001 and made Raleigh, who’s now the favourite to attain American League MVP, turn into the seventh player in history to have 60 home runs in a single season.
Mutti-Driscoll’s heartwarming gesture was very different from how a viral home run incident went down within the stands during a game between the Phillies and Marlins at LoanDepot Park earlier this month.
An unnamed woman, who didn’t grab the house run ball hit by Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader, was captured yelling at Drew Feltwell until he handed over the prized possession he caught for his son.
Feltwell said he gave her the ball because he desired to de-escalate the situation.
Baseball fans identified that the offended Phillies fan within the viral video must have acted like Mutt-Driscoll.
“A certain Phillies fan, please take notice…” a social media user wrote on X.
“That’s the type of play that never shows up on a box rating but wins hearts endlessly. Class act by the fan & Cal,” one other person added under the Mariners’ photos of Mutti-Driscoll and Raleigh.
A Seattle Mariners fan earned praise from baseball fans and his favorite team for handing over a historic home run ball to a bit boy — weeks after an infamously viral fan caught high heat.
Glenn Mutti-Driscoll was met with thunderous applause at T-Mobile Park when he caught Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh’s home run ball during Wednesday night’s game against the Colorado Rockies.
The house run marked the primary time a Mariners player reached the 60-home run mark in a single season.
Mutti-Driscoll raised the ball within the air and celebrated for around 15 seconds before he suddenly handed the souvenir over to 12-year-old Marcus Ruelos, who was seated nearby.
“The entire thing was surreal,” Mutti-Driscoll told MLB.com on Thursday. “It just was happening so fast, and like, standing there with it, and I used to be just looking down at a child, and he deserves greater than me. … And I suppose if it’s helping bring whatever — baseball’s repute [has] those kinds of feel-good stories.”
“A real act of kindness, a real gentleman. Marcus was in tears. We were all in shock,” Galan Ruelos, Marcus’ dad, said on Facebook.
The daddy-son duo was then escorted to a reception area, where they received an autographed bat in exchange for the baseball.
“To this sort gentleman- thanks from the underside of my heart for this sincere act of kindness,” Galan Ruelos said. “My son will endlessly be indebted to you and I hope sometime in his life he’ll repay an analogous act of kindness to a different kid in his lifetime. The lesson: All the time be kind.”
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The team invited Mutti-Driscoll and his family to the ballpark on Thursday to fulfill Raleigh on the sector ahead of the sport.
“Before today’s game, Cal met up with the Mariners fan who caught No. 60 and handed it off to a different young fan… You like to see it ,” the team wrote on X.
The Mariners’ star catcher signed a bat that read “Glenn, Thanks for being guy & nice catch!”
The Big Dumper also signed two baseballs for the fan’s kids and took photos in front of the dugout.
“The Mariners celebrated a terrific achievement of winning their 1st division title since 2001. Cal Raleigh hit 2 home runs and my son was given his sixtieth home run ball as a random act of kindness,” Galan Ruelos said.
“But when my son remembers this milestone, he’ll cherish the moment someone was kind to him and gifted that ball.”
This week’s series helped the Mariners clinch a spot within the playoffs for the primary time since 2001 and made Raleigh, who’s now the favourite to attain American League MVP, turn into the seventh player in history to have 60 home runs in a single season.
Mutti-Driscoll’s heartwarming gesture was very different from how a viral home run incident went down within the stands during a game between the Phillies and Marlins at LoanDepot Park earlier this month.
An unnamed woman, who didn’t grab the house run ball hit by Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader, was captured yelling at Drew Feltwell until he handed over the prized possession he caught for his son.
Feltwell said he gave her the ball because he desired to de-escalate the situation.
Baseball fans identified that the offended Phillies fan within the viral video must have acted like Mutt-Driscoll.
“A certain Phillies fan, please take notice…” a social media user wrote on X.
“That’s the type of play that never shows up on a box rating but wins hearts endlessly. Class act by the fan & Cal,” one other person added under the Mariners’ photos of Mutti-Driscoll and Raleigh.
