In 50 years of attending baseball games I have NEVER come close to

[kairos12]

getting a ball hit into the stands.

I have better chance getting one watching from home.

I have my glove ready.

Wife thinks I've gone "round" the bend. Nope, just "round" second.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Closest I came was at spring training game

Stepped out of the restroom and had a foul ball miss my head by inches.

[sabbat hunter]

2. I got two

One my mom actually got her hands on first. Yankee game. Foul ball by Oscar Gamble. Second one was a foul ball at the "pine tar game". Both at Yankee Stadium.

[rsdsharp]

3. I got one in a Triple A game.

The ball went of the hands of the guy in front of me, deflected off someone else and landed at my feet. I was reminded of Bob Uecker’s method for catching a knuckle ball: “Wait until it stops rolling, and pick it up.”

[Docreed2003]

4. There's a guy who has made a living collecting HRs and foul balls

Dude literally maps out the likely locations for balls to land and buys tickets at games based off this information. He's prolific in his skill, for sure. I had no clue until I read an article about him that MLB actually has people at every game who go and track down the balls to verify them and place holographic stickers certifying their provenance.

[CanonRay]

5. One ball since 1958!

[rurallib]

6. do you go to low minor league games?

Not much competition for balls at those games - we got a couple at the A level games.

My daughter almost got hit in the head by one but yours truly saved her brain.

[Mr.Bill]

7. I was about 10 feet away

from a foul over by 1st base at a Giants game a few years ago. I was in the front row of an upper deck. The ball was out of my reach and went to the lower deck.

[Baked Potato]

8. Me neither! All of us always have the gloves out and ready...

Once in SD at a Padres-Braves game, must’ve been 04-06 ish we were in center-right and a ball came right at us…. it curved toward Mrs. Potato and shit we all know a ball coming at you is scary as you-know-what…

So this dude from three rows back topples over the seats and shoved the Mrs to the side and the ball deflected off his glove and down to the bottom of the seats…

There was a mad scramble to grab that little sucker and the rapscallion from rows back came up with the ball!

The son who was with us is 6’ 4” and at the time an active duty Marine gestured to me should he, well, get the ball?

No, we nodded, all’s fair in love and ball-grabs…

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Got A Couple When I Was A Kid

One was homer hit by Frank Howard into the right field stands at old Comisky. It was Senators against the Sox.
The other, which I still have was a foul ball behind the dugout at Wrigley.
Hit by Ernie Banks. My dad caught it. I think I was 11.
My dad took me around back after the game and Ernie signed it. I still have it. It's sitting on the curio right behind me.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. I got a foul ball hit by Ray Fosse in the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium

I was about 12 years old

Many years later, got a ball handed to me at a minor league game by the third baseman - I was sitting in the first row and he leaned over the rail and caught it (it was a foul ball) practically in my lap.

That player was Giovanny Urshela.

[Brother Buzz]

11. Up until those nets were installed, those glove served a real defensive purpose

Hell, Golden Glovers with Ninja ears don't even need gloves