jmeissen0
14 Jun 2004, 02:00 AM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=240613113
St. Louis led 12-0 in the third when a foul ball hit into the stands by Matthews got more attention than anything on the field.
In the ensuing scramble, a husky man jumped over a row of seats and pinned a 4-year-old boy against the seats with his legs while diving to get the ball. To no avail, fans started chanting ``Give him the ball! Give him the ball!''
But the boy, who wasn't injured, ended up with much more than one ball. In the next few minutes, both teams sent bats and balls to the boy, including Cardinals outfielder Reggie Sanders coming out between innings to do so.
``In my heart, I thought I should do something,'' said Sanders, who initially saw the incident on the clubhouse TV. ``It's all about the kids.''
There was also a little extra for the man who got the ball, but he left two innings later and never received the Cardinals T-shirt on which ``Tough Guy'' and ``Ball Stealer'' was written by reliever Steve Kline.
``I'm a big fan of giving kids balls. He was a real jerk about it,'' Kline said. ``That's part of life, people like that in the world. They do somethinglike that. I don't understand.''
kline and sanders rock... i love the cards... nice to see larussa left the cards for his daughter's graduation to boot
St. Louis led 12-0 in the third when a foul ball hit into the stands by Matthews got more attention than anything on the field.
In the ensuing scramble, a husky man jumped over a row of seats and pinned a 4-year-old boy against the seats with his legs while diving to get the ball. To no avail, fans started chanting ``Give him the ball! Give him the ball!''
But the boy, who wasn't injured, ended up with much more than one ball. In the next few minutes, both teams sent bats and balls to the boy, including Cardinals outfielder Reggie Sanders coming out between innings to do so.
``In my heart, I thought I should do something,'' said Sanders, who initially saw the incident on the clubhouse TV. ``It's all about the kids.''
There was also a little extra for the man who got the ball, but he left two innings later and never received the Cardinals T-shirt on which ``Tough Guy'' and ``Ball Stealer'' was written by reliever Steve Kline.
``I'm a big fan of giving kids balls. He was a real jerk about it,'' Kline said. ``That's part of life, people like that in the world. They do somethinglike that. I don't understand.''
kline and sanders rock... i love the cards... nice to see larussa left the cards for his daughter's graduation to boot