The offbeat side of the news

By Off Main Street | The Buffalo News

on April 25, 2014 - 10:25 PM

Buffalo fan on the ball

The guy who dropped Albert Pujols 500th home run this week at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.?

Hes from Buffalo.

And hes also an admirably good sport.

Chris Gordon, 45, won some instant celebrity when he ran toward the ball, which bounced off his stomach and into the hands of longtime Los Angeles Angels fan Tom Sherrill.

Video of the event shows Gordon diving to get the ball and then getting up to hug Sherrill after the catch. The two even exchanged phone numbers afterward.

Sherrill returned the ball to Pujols, which Gordon said shows that there are good people in the world, according to the Washington Post.

Acknowledging Sherrill is an Angels fan, Gordon said, The right person ended up with the ball.

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