In 1922 on this day, eleven-year old Bob "Tuffy Reds" Cotter caught a foul ball at the Phillies' Baker Bowl. Cotter refused to return the ball and decided to keep it. At that time, fans use to return foul balls but that day was a turning point. Stadium ushers arrested "Tuffy Reds" and sent him to jail. Cotter was freed the next morning by a judge who said that Cotter was "following his most natural instincts." The Phillies was the first team to create an official policy stating that fans could keep foul balls.
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