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Phillies shortstop Trea Turner circles the bases after hitting a home run against the Miami Marlins two days after the incident.
Phillies shortstop Trea Turner circles the bases after hitting a home run against the Miami Marlins two days after the incident.
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A crazed Phillies fanatic

The NL East Champions are known for their passionate fan base, but is this too far?

The crack of the bat, the organ, watching some of the country’s finest athletes run between bases; these are all things that make a baseball game truly memorable. However, the September 5th Phillies vs. Marlins game was remembered for a different reason.

After Phillies center fielder Harrison Bader hit a home run, the ball landed near a father and his son. Overjoyed, the father, Drew Feltwell picked up the ball and gave it to his son Lincoln. However, the boy had the ball for only a very brief period of time before a middle-aged woman began to harass the father and his son.

The woman screamed to the father, and while on the original broadcast what she was saying was obscured, further video evidence has deemed that the woman had insisted that the ball was hers multiple times. Not wanting to escalate the situation, the father chose to give her the ball. Satisfied, the woman walked away with her prize in hand.

This woman, who has been deemed “Phillies Karen” by the internet has become a symbol for entitlement. She was booed on the way back to her seat and has been mocked relentlessly on the internet. With many online users attempting to expose her identity in a term known as “doxxing’.

Unfortunately, this has led to some women who were not even at this game being accused of being the alleged “Phillies Karen”. Including a woman named Cheryl Richardson-Wagner, who is actually a Red Sox fan, and a woman who works for a school district in New Jersey.

There have also been several parodies of this woman, most notably by the famous baseball team the Savannah Bananas, a team known for having unconventional games that include performances as well as athletics. The team recreated the moment in their own stands using actors and a person in a Grinch costume representing the “Phillies Karen”.

This story does have a happy ending though, with Lincoln Feltwell being gifted a goodie bag by the Miami Marlins and Harrison Bader actually meeting the boy after the game and giving him a signed bat.

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