Three days after the home run ball drama at loanDepot Park, Lincoln and his father have come forward to explain what actually went wrong. It was the fourth inning when Lincoln’s father, Andrew Feltwell, grabbed the home run ball and gifted it to his son as a birthday present. Moments later, the lady who also attempted to grab the ball that fell near her seat not only argued with Andrew but also took the ball home.

Speaking about the incident to NBC Philadelphia, the father admitted he was shocked by the woman’s behavior, who ruined his ‘super-dad’ moment. “When she screamed in my ear, that’s when I, you know, everybody saw how shocked I was,” Feltwell said. “And, you know, when I turned, I had to lean back, because she was really close. She had many, many inappropriate words to say around my kids. And all I could think was, ‘Make her go away.'” Recalling the incident during the interview, Andrew also apologized to his son after failing to secure his first home run ball ever.

“She was in my face, yelling. I was literally leaning back. I just wanted her to go away…,” Andrew continued. “I decided to give her the ball. I apologize to you, but it was the right thing. We just wanted her to go away. And it worked out—you got a bat!” But Lincoln, for sure, was not thrilled.

Lincoln, however, did get a signed bat from Bader himself and goodies from the Marlins. But he didn’t like it in the first place that his ball was snatched. He mentioned, “I wasn’t very happy that we had to give it to her, but we can’t win. She was going to get it anyway.” Notably, regardless of where the home run ball landed, the unsaid rule says that whoever picks the balls first, it’s theirs.

Levi Weaver of the Athletic added more on this, saying that even if someone picks up the ball and if a nearby kid wants it, it’s always a gesture to give it to them. “It’s just sort of the unwritten rule if you can pick up the ball,” Weaver told ABC News. 

As for Lincoln, apart from the baseball bat and goodies, the young Phillies fan also won a World Series trip for his entire family, all thanks to the viral moment. Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Camping World, Good Sam Enterprises, and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., after watching the video on the internet, publicly announced it via X.

“I’ll send this young man and his family to the MLB World Series on me. Oh and you just won an RV as well,” Lemonis noted. And as for the ‘Phillies Karen,’ while the entire world is busy finding her, everyone wants to maintain a safe distance from the lady, including a New Jersey school district.

New Jersey-based school district clears its stance on the Phillies ‘Karen’

Hours after the incident went viral on the internet, there were rumors spread across that claimed the woman was identified as Leslie-Ann Kravitz. Kravitz happens to be an administrator in the Hammonton, New Jersey, school district. Now, since no one wants to be associated with the ‘Phillies Karen’, the district issued a statement denying these claims. “The woman identified on social media as ‘Phillies Karen’ is not, and has never been, an employee of the Hammonton Public Schools located in Hammonton, New Jersey,” the district wrote.

Further, they even took it a step further, getting in a dig at the Phillies. Karen in their statement. “Anybody who works for our school district, attended as a student, or lives in our community would obviously have caught the ball bare-handed in the first place. Avoiding the entire situation.” For now, at least for the time being, the Phillies nation will not let it go this easily. It’s only a matter of time till they dig in more and find her real identity.