CHICAGO – When Lou Farinella saw Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick’s bat fly into the netting near the visitor’s dugout at Wrigley Field on Thursday, he know he had to try for it.
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“At first I thought I could reach it just by standing on the wall,” Farinella explained to WTMJ’s Wis. Morning News. “When I couldn’t reach it, I could hear the crowd start to jeer. I’m committed at this point. I gotta get this thing no matter what.”
Therefore Farinella climbed up the netting to retrieve the bat.
“What’s the difference between a bat and a foul ball?” he asked.
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Security would come and retrieve the bat. Farinella was also escorted from his seat before he was able to return to a hero’s welcome.
“My pact in life is: Be super nice to people and usually good things happen,” he reasoned for why he was allowed back to his seat.
But no bat.
The next time Frelick was on-deck, Farinella told the outfielder he no longer had the bat.
“He said to me ‘What? They took it from you? I got you, bro, I got you.'” Farinella recalled.
When the game ended (and the Brewers won), Frelick presented the Cubs fan an autographed bat.
“I have many Wisconsin buddies giving me grief saying now I have to be a Brewers fan.”
