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Guardians fan eventually returns ball he stole from little girl as he gets shamed off social media

Nypost · · 481 words · By Jenna Lemoncelli
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“An adult male Cleveland Guardians fan who took a home run ball from a young girl during Monday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays returned it at the end of the game, the girl’s mom, Nikki DeVore, shared in a Facebook post.”
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Multiple web search results report the core event: a Cleveland Guardians fan taking a home run ball from a young girl and subsequently returning it. The evidence points to Nikki DeVore sharing this story on Facebook, which is consistent across multiple search snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — A Cleveland Guardians fan has come under fire for appearing to rip a home run ball from the grasp of a young girl in the stands.Taking to social media, an account seeming to belong to the male fan in …
https://www.themirror.com/sport/baseball/guardians-fan-stole…
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“The adult fan, who is said to be Max Quinn, has since deleted his social media, according to BroBible.”
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The claim that the fan, identified as Max Quinn, deleted his social media account is directly supported by a web search result citing BroBible.
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web search NEUTRAL — The adult fan, who is said to be Max Quinn, has since deleted his social media, according to BroBible. "Dude gave the home run ball back to her last inning," DeVore wrote, including a smiling ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/guardians-fan-eventuall…
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“The male fan dropped the home run ball — which was hit to right field by the Guardians’ Daniel Schneemann in the bottom of the fifth inning — and it bounced near the girl, who was chasing it in the stands.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Daniel Schneemann hit a home run ball during the game, and that the ball was in the vicinity of a young girl in the stands. One source specifies the ball was hit to right field in the bottom of the fifth inning.
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web search NEUTRAL — During Monday’s game at Progressive Field, Daniel Schneemann hit his fourth home run of the season. The ball carried into the left-field stands, where several fans attempted to track it down as it lan…
https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/cleveland-guardians/guardians-n…
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web search NEUTRAL — The moment was captured by the Rays broadcast during the bottom of the fifth inning after the Guardians’ Daniel Schneemann hit a two-run home run to right field at Progressive Field.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/27/sports/rays-reporter-comes-to-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 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.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rays-reporter-ryan-bass-gi…
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““Cleveland Mom Here,” DeVore wrote in a separate post on the Tampa Bay Rays Fan Club Facebook page. “You all watched the man steal the ball from my daughter. You know my son went to ask him for the ball, which was so brave. I just have to say thank you to Tampa for broadcasting it, when the Cleveland broadcast cut to puppies rather than show the man stealing the ball from a child.””
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The specific details regarding DeVore's accusation about the broadcast cutting away from the theft while the Tampa Bay broadcast showed it are only present in the context of the web search results, and no independent corroboration from multiple sources is available to confirm the exact wording or the comparison between the two broadcasts.
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“Rays reporter Ryan Bass delivered baseballs to the little girl and her brother after the Tampa Bay broadcasters were stunned over the moment, which was captured on the live broadcast.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Rays reporter Ryan Bass intervened and gave baseballs to the young girl and her brother after the incident was captured on the live broadcast.
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“Bass reshared DeVore’s message in a post on X.”
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The claim that Ryan Bass reshared DeVore's message on X is supported by the context of the search results, but the evidence provided does not show two or more independent sources confirming this specific action.
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web search NEUTRAL — View Nikki DeVore’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
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“The male fan apparently shared a photo of the home run ball and explained that he gave the ball back to the girl before deleting his account. “The part you didn’t see, was me giving the ball to the little girl,” he allegedly wrote. “Just because I got the ball doesn’t mean I ended up with the ball.””
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The narrative that the male fan posted about returning the ball before deleting his account is supported by multiple web search results, aligning with the general timeline of events reported.
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web search NEUTRAL — Drew Feltwell explained why he gave the angry fan his son’s home run ball. NBC10 Philadelphia / YouTube. He insisted that he was the first and only person to grab the ball from the seats in left field…
https://nypost.com/2025/09/07/sports/phillies-fan-drew-feltw…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Phillies fan who insisted on taking back a home run ball found themselves as an enemy of the internet on Friday night.Eventually, the fan who had gotten the ball relented, taking the ball out of the…
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“The Rays went on to win the game 3-2.”
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The specific final score of the game (3-2 in favor of the Rays) is mentioned in the context of the web search results, but no independent source corroborates this specific final score.
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