Sport: A foul ball in baseball that lands in the crowd is the…

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Did you know? A foul ball in baseball that lands in the crowd is the fan's to keep — a tradition since 1923. Before then balls were retrieved from the crowd. In a 1921 game an 11-year-old kept a foul his father (Reggie Smith of the Cubs) had given him permission to keep; owners complained, a judge ruled it was allowed.

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A foul ball in baseball that lands in the crowd is the fan's to keep — a tradition since 1923. Before then balls were retrieved from the crowd. In a 1921 game an 11-year-old kept a foul his father (Reggie Smith of the Cubs) had given him permission to keep; owners complained, a judge ruled it was allowed.

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