a foul ball hit the stands near us and I was fastest and dove for it and came up with it holding it up overhead like a prize,
some older guy, in the row behind, about 20 years old or so grabbed it and ran
I was afraid to do anything he looked pretty mean Grandpa just said I shouldnt have been showing it off and shoulda just tucked it away
Granpa was always kinda pragmatic like that, he'd pay me something like a quarter for mowing his lawn when I was trying to earn some money for something or other
“...some older guy, in the row behind, about 20 years old or so grabbed it and ran”
That’s pretty messed up. Sounds like something 20-year-olds nowadays would do, but you’d probably been knocked out first.