Rays reporter Ryan Bass gifts young fan baseball after grown man wrestles one away from her
Credit: Rays. TV; MLB A home run from the Cleveland Guardians’ Daniel Schneemann resulted in a bad look for a grown man in the left field bleachers at Progressive Field on Monday night. Schneemann hit a two-run, opposite-field shot to give Cleveland a 2-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the bottom of the fifth inning.
A grown man dropped the baseball, and it bounced several feet to his left, where a young girl was trying to pick it up. The man then went over and wrestled the ball away from the girl. “No!
He’s not gonna steal that! ” Rays play-by-play announcer Andy Freed said, stunned as the broadcast showed a replay. “Yeah, that can’t happen,” Tampa Bay color commentator Brian Anderson said.
After the disappointing scene, Rays reporter Ryan Bass did his best to make things right and gave a baseball to the young fan. After a grown man wrestles a HR ball away from a little girl, @Ry_Bass is there to make the situation right. to my guy.
pic. twitter. com/jan6BDmWfG — Evan Closky (@ECloskyWTSP) April 27, 2026 Baseball is the best!