The incident with the beach ball today reminded me of another sports story where a fan caused his team to lose a game.
In 2003, the Chicago Cubs were close to going to the World Series for the first time since 1945 when one of their own fans stopped their own player from grabbing the ball. The name of the fan was Steve Bartman and the poor guys life after that was a misery with him having to go into hiding. Hopefully this kid will not suffer like Bartman did.