Guardians fan apologizes for snatching home run ball from 11-year-old girl in viral video: I made a bad decision

The adult Cleveland Guardians fan who ripped a home run ball away from an 11-year-old girl during Monday’s game acknowledged it was a “bad decision” as he faces a wave of online backlash.Max Quinn said it was a “heat-of-the-moment thing” while discussing his actions during the bottom of the fifth inning after the Guardians’ Daniel Schneemann hit a two-run home run to right field at Progressive Field on Monday.“I’m so utterly sorry for everything that’s transpired,” Quinn told WJW on Wednesday.“I made a bad decision; a lot of bad decisions.

I’m paying for it online.”The viral video — which was captured by the Rays broadcast — showed Quinn bobbling the home run catch before the souvenir landed near a young girl, Evelyn, who was coming down the steps to try and get the ball, only for Quinn to run over and snatch it away.Quinn insisted he “didn’t realize it was a little girl” at the time, saying all he could see was an outstretched glove going for the ball.The 11-year-old’s younger brother approached Quinn and asked for the ball back — a request Quinn flatly refused.“I made a lot of mistakes that night,” he said.The Cleveland Guardians fan said he didn’t realize the severity of what he had done until he got back to his seat.“I heard it from the fans and the people.… I was sitting there, and I’m like, ‘I won’t be able to sleep at night if I don’t give this ball back,'” he told the outlet.Quinn eventually returned the ball to Evelyn after realizing his blunder, but acknowledged he should have done so immediately.“I didn’t do it in a timely fashion.

I didn’t do it in the right way.If I could do it all over again, I would have just grabbed it, given it to her and been done with it,” he said.The fallout, however, didn’t end with the ball being returned.

Quinn’s store, Uncover Vintage in Lakewood, was bombarded with 1-star Google reviews following the incident, which were later removed, and he was for...