Turns Out That Cubs Fan Who Went Viral Isn't Actually A Terrible Person

All right, so if this angle is actually true, then that little kid did a great finesse job of getting a signed Javier Baez baseball.  So, during Sunday's series finale between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, a fan was shown taking a baseball meant for a little kid, as Cubs' first base coach Will Venable tossed a foul ball to the front row in the direction of the young Cubs fan. The little kid missed it and the ball went under the seats and that's when this other Cubs fan went viral.

It was all over social media. I shared it too and trust me, calling him a douchebag is pretty tame compared to some of the other reactions. I mean, this guy got dragged on Twitter. It was brutal. Yet, according to David Kaplan, everything is OK and the guy who took the ball away from the young fan is also not a bad guy.

Or the guy knows someone in the Cubs organization and was like, "hey, I looked a like a dick here, I'm getting ethered on social media, so let's get this kid a signed ball or something." There's also this theory that came from the comment section to our post on Facebook of someone who claims to know the guy and said he's autistic. That person wrote the following.

"Guys I know this man personally and he suffers from autism and doesn't understand the situation. He has the mind of a child. Please don't comment on what you don't understand."

If that's the case, our bad, but also it's not like anyone seeing the video knows that either, so of course just looking at the act itself will bring on ridicule from everyone. But then there was also this reply to the autism claim.

I’d beat u my life he wasn’t autistic! If you have worked with or have family who suffer from autism you would know that he is clearly not autistic. If he has a mind of a child like u say he would have never handed the ball over he would have held onto it with much excitement and taking it from his hands would have been nearly impossible without a episode.

So, who the hell actually knows. Anyway, if you don't buy the autism story, I think the realization that he looked bad on the internet led to this dude eventually doing the right thing.

Let's also remember that whatever the real story here is, you shouldn't actually want some sort of bad thing to happen to that dude. Like, I saw someone asking for all of this guy's personal info so that he could harass him. A tad much I'd say. Plus, that kid got a nice surprise at the end.

But still, always give a ball to a kid.