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Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Kole Calhoun missed an easy foul ball when a young Braves fan got to it first on Friday, but can he really be upset?
During the Diamondbacks game against the Atlanta Braves, Calhoun had the chance to record an easy second out on a foul ball from Austin Riley but the ball made it into the glove of the young Braves fan first.
MLB.com reports the 13-year-old fan was attending his first game and came with a glove in hand.
“I knew I was going to be pretty close to the wall,” Calhoun said, per MLB.com. “I thought I had a shot at it and went into the stands. To be honest, I didn’t really know what the rule was. I didn’t catch it and I looked at the kid and I kind of stared back to look at the umpire to see what exactly the rule is right there, and he’s calling foul ball and I’m like that was a heck of a play.”
Calhoun said he told the young Braves fan it was a good catch.
“I just gave him knuckles and said, ‘Nice catch, man,’ tipped my cap to him and went back at it. That was a heck of a play,” he said after the game.
Kole is now my favorite Diamondback. Great response.
Now THAT entire interaction is what baseball is supposed to be about, right?
Great sports entertainment, smiling and having fun?!
Not the crap that Rob Manfred is pushing…
Go Braves!!!
That’s awesome. Great for the kid, and a fantastic reaction by Calhoun.
I”m an Angels fan and not at all surprised by Kole’s reaction. Miss having him out in right field.
Couldn’t get any better terrific response from the player big smile fist bump kid will remember for a lifetime we need more of this stuff and less hating
And that, folks, is what sports should be about, not all the BS virtue signaling.