--- title: Little Boy Adorably Tricks Girl Behind Him With Baseball Switcheroo description: Don't hate the player, hate the game canonical: https://time.com/104056/baseball-foul-ball-kid/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-18T17:18:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:45.341Z og:title: Little Boy Adorably Tricks Girl Behind Him With Baseball Switcheroo og:description: Don't hate the player, hate the game og:url: https://time.com/104056/baseball-foul-ball-kid/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Little Boy Adorably Tricks Girl Behind Him With Baseball Switcheroo twitter:description: Don't hate the player, hate the game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # World's Slickest Kid Pulls Baseball Switcheroo on Nice Young Lady > Sponsored content. 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