Man gives home run ball back to young Guardians fan. Now her mom wants folks to leave him alone

Guardians fan Evelyn Moore got a pretty cool souvenir from Monday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays — a two-run home run ball hit by Cleveland second baseman Daniel Schneemann. The 11-year-old softball player from New Philadelphia, Ohio, almost got the ball right after Schneemann hit it in the bottom of the fifth inning. But, as seen in video footage that quickly went viral on social media, a man appeared to snatch it away as Evelyn was trying to pick it up near the rail in the left-center field stands at Progressive Field.

He eventually gave it to her, however, and now the girl's mother wants folks on social media to leave him alone. Read more: Phillies fan explains why he plucked a home run ball from his son's glove and gave it to a total stranger "This man's life shouldn't be ruined over this," Nikki Moore-DeVore said. "Jokes and memes are one thing, but it's getting excessive.

It's too much. " Moore-DeVore said her family — which also includes her husband, Jon DeVore, and her son, Theo Moore, 9 — attend several Guardians games a year. They sit in the outfield stands, where Evelyn — an avid baseball fan and baseball card collector — likes to take her glove down to the rail and try to persuade Cleveland outfielders to toss her a ball.

Video of Schneemann's home run shows the ball flying over the left-center field wall, where a bearded man wearing a throwback Cleveland Indians hat and T-shirt tried to catch it in the air. Instead, it bounced off his hands toward the rail to his left. Cleveland Guardians' Daniel Schneemann, right, is greeted at the plate by teammate David Fry after hitting a two-run home run in the fifth inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday in Cleveland.