Woman has wild response after being mistaken for fan caught on live TV doing controversial act to child and father
A woman who was mistakenly identified as the individual who was caught on live TV seemingly snatching a ball off a young fan at the MLB has spoken out.
Unless you've been living under a rock over the weekend then you certainly will have seen what went on when the Marlins and the Phillies met at LoanDepot Park on Friday (September 5).
Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader sent a home run soaring into the crowd, and as is traditional in any baseball game, if a ball goes into the stands and someone catches it, then it's fair game for them to take it home.
As the ball soared out of the field over half a dozen fans scrambled to intercept it, with a gray-haired fan almost making it, only to fumble the catch.
Advert
The ball was ultimately picked up by a dad who gave the ball to his delighted son.
But the woman who initially fumbled the catch marched over to the family and demanded the ball, with the shocked dad eventually taking the ball from his son's glove and giving it to her.
The whole incident was caught by the TV cameras, with footage showing the woman claiming: "You took it from me. It was in my hand."
Cheryl Richardson-Wagner, who had been mistaken for the woman in recent hours, has taken to Facebook and issued a wild response.
She wrote: "OK everyone. I’m NOT the crazy Philly Mom (but I sure would love to be as thin as she is and move as fast)… and I’m a Red Sox fan!"
"We are really upset that someone would make such a ridiculous claim," one Facebook user penned in the comments. They added: "Cheryl we got your back."
As Richardson-Wagner confirms she is definitely not the culprit, the identity of the woman is not yet known.
The situation sounds very familiar to the former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron, who was caught on camera getting on extremely well with the company's Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot, at a Coldplay concert back in July.
Another Andy Byron, from Dublin, had an interesting 24 hours, as many mistook him for the Astronomer CEO caught in the viral video.
He said to the Sun: "I started getting messages from the lads asking if I enjoyed the Coldplay concert - and we were having a bit of craic about it.
"Then I started getting strangers from LinkedIn messaging ‘saying you got caught out bad’ and how ashamed I should be - a lot of people on a moral high horse.
“The actual Andy took his LinkedIn page down so everyone started messaging me - it got so bad that I had to turn all my notifications off.”
Callum Jones