Rays Reporter Gives Young Fan a Baseball After Grown Adult Wrangled It Away from Her
The girl's mother thanked the Rays and asked fans not to dox the man who stole the ball
Ryan Bass gives ball to young fan on April 27, 2026 Credit: MLBTV NEED TO KNOW Tampa Bay Rays reporter Ryan Bass made a young Guardians fan's night after a grown man stole a home run ball from her on Monday, April 27 The girl looked be in tears in the stands after the baseball was taken from her The girl's mother shared her experience, thanking Bass and the Rays and asking fans not to dox the man who stole the ball Tampa Bay Rays reporter Ryan Bass made things right after a grown man swiped a baseball from a young Cleveland Guardians fan. The young girl, decked out in Guardians gear at the game, was going for the ball after a home run from Daniel Schneemann at Progressive Field on Monday, April 27 when an adult man ran over and wrestled it away from her. In the moment, caught on the broadcast , play-by-play announcer Andy Freed cries out, “No!
He’s not gonna steal that,” as the man snatched the ball from the girl, who was in tears after the interaction. 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 But the moment turned around for the young girl and her family when Bass delivered a new baseball right to her seat at the stadium.
Watching from the broadcast booth, Freed said, "When you’re seeing something wrong has occurred, it’s nice to make up for it, and Ryan Bass making up for that Cleveland fan by going out and making friends. And she deserves that baseball. ” Freed also revealed that during a commercial break, the girl's brother approached the man and asked him to "reconsider" stealing the ball, to no avail.