Terry May was chewing the fat with Alan Hess about 
 [WORLD-SERIES] Completely indefensible!!! on 11 Oct 96  10:26:
 AH> Every fan reacts like that, especially kids.
 TM> No, they don't.  I've never reached into the field of play to grab a
 TM> ball from a fielder and I never would.  It's one thing to go after a
 TM> ball hit into the stands, but quite another to reach into the field of
 TM> play. 
 TM> Even giving the kid the benefit of the doubt that he was too young or
 TM> too ignorant to know better, he still shouldn't be made into a hero. 
 Well, this kid seemed to be a pretty big baseball fan, so he really
 should have known that you should not reach that far. However, it is
 not that he caught the ball but like you say, the 15 minutes of fame
 he got as a result. He changed an entire series with that catch.
... Better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.
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