Is it too late now to say sorry?
That's the question one maligned Phillies fan has to ask.
By now, most of the world has seen the video from the Phillies-Marlins game Sept. 5 in which Philadelphia outfielder Harrison Bader hit a home run and a woman screamed at a young boy and his father until they gave her the baseball.
“That was mine. You took it from me," the woman could be heard yelling.
The father and son who were screamed at by "Phillies Karen" spoke to @GMA about the viral incident. pic.twitter.com/Pbk0Zr58yU
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Well, the bounty for that ball just got doubled.
Blowout Cards, a major trading card retailer, originally offered the woman $5,000 in exchange for the baseball with a catch: She must sign it and inscribe, "I'm sorry."
After a week of that offer not being accepted, Blowout announced it was increasing the bounty to $10,000.
If the offer is eventually met, Blowout Cards said it will give the ball back to the boy, who has been identified as 10-year-old Lincoln Feltwell, along with his father, Andrew.
The pair appeared on "Good Morning America" days after the incident, where they addressed the viral incident. Andrew claimed the woman yelled things at them that should not be repeated around children, before he finally gave the ball to her to get her to leave them alone.
"All I could think was, 'Make her go away,'" Andrew told GMA.
"Putting the ball in (Lincoln's) glove and then taking it back out killed me," he added to NBC10 Philadelphia.
All was not lost though for Lincoln, who was celebrating his upcoming 10th birthday at the game. The Marlins delivered souvenirs to the family during the game, and after the contest Lincoln met Bader, who gifted the birthday boy a signed bat.
“Sorry you didn’t get a ball, but I’m going to sign a bat for you instead,” Bader told Lincoln.
Matt Liberman is a reporter and video producer for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture.