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Astros fan steals home run ball, throws it back (Video)

October 29, 2017 by Larry Brown • Comments
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Catching a home run ball in the World Series is one heck of a souvenir. That is, unless the person next to you steals the ball out of your hands and chucks it onto the field in disgust.

That’s exactly what happened during Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night.

Yasiel Puig hit a 2-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to make it a 12-11 game in favor of the Houston Astros. One woman ended up with the home run ball, but a man two seats away took it out of her hands and threw it back onto the field:

Instant karma's gonna get you. pic.twitter.com/EKiYr3Xtlt

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) October 30, 2017

That was … not cool.

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