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This week's Phillies game 'ball-stealing scandal' is far from concluded, as the unhappy woman involved found herself in yet another altercation with attendees.
For those unaware of the sports scandal, tensions rose on Friday (5 September) during the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Miami Marlins, ending 9-3, after center-fielder Harrison Bader hit an astonishing home run.
As the ball flew through the air, it headed towards a mostly empty section of the bleachers, prompting a devoted dad - later identified as Drew Feltwell - to rush over in an attempt to catch it.
Successfully grabbing the ball, Feltwell hurried back to his family and proudly placed it into the glove of his young son, Lincoln, who was celebrating his birthday.
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Moments later, however, as they embraced, footage on the big screen revealed the father-son duo being interrupted by an irate female Phillies fan, who insisted the ball was rightfully hers.
"No, you took it from me!" she was heard shouting in additional fan footage. "You took it from me!
"That was in my hands. That was in my hands."
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Disturbed by the woman's outburst, Feltwell ultimately returned the ball to her, and she was later booed back to her seat in footage that has since gone viral online.
Though young Lincoln later received a prize pack from the Phillies and the Marlins - both teams showing their support for the boy and his father - containing various gifts, the scandal seems far from resolved.
In fact, the irate female fan has faced further backlash, as yet another video of her at the baseball game surfaced online, showing her scolding another group of fans in a separate incident.
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In the latest video filmed after she took the home run ball, the woman can be seen striding across the bleachers to confront a different group of fans.
According to the Daily Mail, this group had apparently been heckling her over the previous incident, prompting her to start yelling in one man's face.
Upon returning to her seat, she then directs her anger towards another group of baseball fans seated in an upper tier, who likely also believed she shouldn't have kept the prized ball.
She angrily shouts at the group before raising the home run ball high above her head and flipping them off with her middle finger, showing her frustration to everyone nearby.
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Reacting to the second incident, one observer wrote online: "I wish someone took that ball from her and threw it back onto the field LOL."
Another commented: "The fact that she confronted others afterwards just confirms she's not a pleasant person."
"She should be banned from all sporting events. Not only did she take the ball from the kid, but she also went after other people," a third added.
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