A fan kept a baseball they caught during an MLB playoff game instead of giving it to a nearby child, NPR reported on Oct. 10, 2026.
The detail appears in an NPR opinion column published Oct. 10, 2026, which posed the question of whether a fan may keep a ball they caught at a game. The story included an image credited to Colin Hubbard.
The NPR piece framed the situation as a hypothetical and did not provide additional specifics about the game, teams or location involved.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
