The viral saga of the Phillies fan who snatched a Harrison Bader home run ball from a 10-year-old boy has taken another turn.
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Blowout Cards, a major trading card retailer, announced it would pay $5,000 to the woman at the center of the controversy. The catch? They want the ball back, and they want it signed by her, with an apology.
"We want that ball signed and inscribed by her — and only her, whoever she is — 'I'm sorry' so we can simply give it back to the kid," the company wrote on its website. "Our offer is official and the offer is firm."
The woman has not been publicly identified. Blowout also posted its offer on X, fueling even more buzz around the incident.
We want that ball ... to give it to him.
BlowoutCards offers Phillies Karen $5,000 for baseball >> https://t.co/ONyx0CYuuS#collect #MLB #Phillies@phillies@NBCPhiladelphia@blowoutcards pic.twitter.com/6vRMWfgOdO
— BlowoutBuzz.com (@BlowoutBuzz) September 8, 2025
The story blew up after video surfaced Friday night showing the woman berating a father in the stands in Miami, demanding he hand over Bader's home run ball during Philadelphia's 9-3 win over the Marlins. Drew Feltwell, who was at the game with his son Lincoln for the boy's 10th birthday, had just placed the ball in his son's glove when the woman marched over and demanded it. Feeling cornered, he eventually handed it over.
Going home with a signed bat from Bader pic.twitter.com/pCaXHSjLgL
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 6, 2025
"That was what we were there for," Feltwell told NBC10 Philadelphia. "We were there to get a home run ball. I thought I had accomplished this great thing and putting [it] in his glove meant a lot and she was just so adamant and loud and yelling and persistent and I just didn't want to deal with it anymore."
The Marlins stepped in quickly, sending an employee over with a gift bag and an apology. The Phillies went a step further, bringing Lincoln into the clubhouse after the game, where he met Bader and was given a signed bat.
Others have joined in to make it right. Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Camping World and host of CNBC's "The Profit," offered to send the boy and his family to the World Series — and threw in an RV for good measure.
It remains to be seen if the woman accepts Blowout's $5,000 offer. Until then, the home run ball is still in the middle of one of the strangest fan controversies of the MLB season.
I’ll send this young man and his family to the @MLB World Series on me. Oh and you just won an RV as well. #DadofYearWinsThatone @barstoolsports https://t.co/34bVvZfWCA
— Marcus Lemonis (@marcuslemonis) September 6, 2025
