Can you get ejected from a ballgame for throwing a home run ball back on the field?

by admin on Jun.12, 2010, under Baseball


Fans throwing items onto the field get ejected from the game. Does this count when the opposing team hits a home run and you decide to throw it back? Or is this recognized as part of the game or tradition?
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18 Comments for this entry

  • nando2201
    June 12th, 2010 on 6:26 pm

    Probably from the fans.

  • Dustin B
    June 13th, 2010 on 2:37 am

    This has happened many times, so you wouldn’t get ejected.

  • singha44
    June 15th, 2010 on 11:29 am

    yes it does also can be criminally charged

  • Glenn H
    June 15th, 2010 on 2:05 pm

    No you do not get ejected from the game for throwing the game ball back. Throwing other items will however.

  • Cliff
    June 16th, 2010 on 8:11 pm

    Thats all part of the experieance. Spit on the ball first though.

  • gib000
    June 18th, 2010 on 5:38 pm

    The fan should be thrown out to protect the players safety even though it is a tradition. Its best just to keep it.

  • mairdo51
    June 21st, 2010 on 11:31 pm

    Why would someone throw the ball back??? Well, if they do, they would just be trying to send it back to it’s home (pun intended!), so I think the police would be forgiving.

  • Eric
    June 22nd, 2010 on 5:40 pm

    no, you can throw it back if the opposing team hits a home run. It’s a big part of the game.

  • Victor
    June 25th, 2010 on 5:50 pm

    Probably not since it’s their ball, but the guy sitting next to you might slap you upside the head.

  • lefty2ndbaseman
    June 27th, 2010 on 5:38 pm

    It’s mostly been a Chicago Cubs tradition, but I suppose if you were close enough to a player and threw it at them maliciously, then you’d certainly get tossed, perhaps prosecuted! Otherwise, I don’t think MLB cares as long as its one of their baseballs and not some other foreign object or non-MLB endorsed baseball…

  • Nick L
    June 30th, 2010 on 7:18 am

    no it happens every game especially in chicago

  • SmartA$$
    July 2nd, 2010 on 2:01 pm

    usually not. If you don’t interupt play and you don’t throw it at a player or anyone then it will probably be overlooked.

    However if you hit an outfielder with it, or wait and throw it into the middle of the next play, then you may get thrown out or arrested.

  • DANNY D
    July 3rd, 2010 on 9:06 am

    you wouldn’t get thrown out, that is part of the tradition…unless maybe if it was obvious you were aiming at an opposing player…but chances are no.

  • MechanicalMan
    July 3rd, 2010 on 4:58 pm

    No, but why would someone want to behave like a drunken Cubs fan?

  • elderly gentleman
    July 4th, 2010 on 2:54 am

    Just be careful you don’t hit a seagull, especially in Toronto.

  • Boss Playa
    July 4th, 2010 on 6:48 am

    Yes, you will get ejected but it’s worth it. Your ticket should say no throwing objects onto the field. Although in spring training you could get away with it.

  • CKT Bulldog
    July 5th, 2010 on 7:54 am

    In Houston at Minute Maid Park if you throw a homerun ball back onto the field you get escorted out of the stadium by security and banned from the park for the rest of the season.

  • el duderino
    July 7th, 2010 on 3:55 pm

    varies at different ballparks, but the majority of them you get ejected. You can also be banned from the stadium for a period of time.

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