During yesterday’s Rockies/Nationals contest, a young Rockies fan caught Matt Wieters’ homer and a young Nationals fan that caught DJ LeMahieu’s homer … so they traded baseballs in the outfield:
http://twitter.com/MLB/status/985880743401242624
And sealed with some knuckles, too. That’s a fair swap and good sports on all sides. I love it.
I don’t know what it is about this story that makes it so excellent – the kids? the trade? the tradition of it all? – but it’s one of my favorite stories of the year.