Baseball's "biggest jerk"
I am tired of hearing about "the biggest jerk in the world". I am talking about Matt Starr. He is the guy who went after the foul ball at a recent Texas Ranger baseball game. When I first heard this story I was rather appalled myself. How could a grown man fall on a kid(the kid's name is Nick O'Brien) and take the foul ball from the kid's hands? Then I saw the video of the "incident". Give me a break. I saw an excited fan reaching for a foul ball fall not lunge. I saw Matt's leg touch the kid. I saw the mother hit Matt a couple of times with her program. Then I saw the fan go back to his seat. Yes he was excited and held up the ball. Yes he did not give the ball to the kid. Maybe that makes him a semi jerk. All this national attention for this? The little boy made out like a bandit. Bats, balls, tickets, and a trip to New York. I saw an interview with the mother and was wondering what incident she was talking about. It could not have been the same one I saw. Talking about fifteen minutes of fame. Matt is now so ashamed he is giving the family several tickets, the ball, and who knows what else. I heard a local radio station said Matt left town after the incident, too ashamed to show his face. And to top it all off my preacher used the incident in his sermon. Enough is enough. I think their fifteen minutes are over now.
