The unidentified “Phillies Karen” who took a baseball from a father trying to give it to his 10-year-old son has been widely mocked online. Now the father is asking people not to take things too far in seeking retribution for the incident.
In a USA Today story published Monday, Drew Feltwell said many people have offered to retrieve the baseball the woman took after their encounter, but he doesn’t want to see people go to illegal lengths to make that happen.
“Please don’t do anything to that lady,” Feltwell said. “Leave it alone. You know, if somebody knows her and can talk to her, that’s different. But God, I don’t want people breaking into their house and stuff like that. The internet already messed her up pretty good.”
During Friday night’s game between the Phillies and the Miami Marlins, Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader hit a home run. After the ball bounced near the woman and she was unable to get it, Feltwell ran over and grabbed the ball, wanting to give it to his son. The woman immediately marched over and began screaming at Feltwell, who handed her the ball to get her to stop. The woman was eventually escorted from her section.
Among those who have tried to get the ball back for Feltwell is trading card company Blowout Cards, which offered the woman $5,000 to sign the ball with the inscription “I’m Sorry.”
Feltwell’s plea comes as a woman who said she was a Boston Red Sox fan on social media was incorrectly identified as the “Phillies Karen,” leading to her being doxxed, with information about her employer and other personal details being released.
NJ Advance Media’s Adam Zagoria contributed to this story.
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