Eli5: why do you keep baseballs, footballs, hockey pucks in the US when they go into the crowd?

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It’s not really a thing, here, to do so. People will occasionally run off with sports balls, etcetera, but it’s not a commonplace thing.

Or is keeping these items just something we (people outside the US) see in movies or on news stories that make it seem like a regular thing?

When did it become a thing if it is a commonplace thing? Or has it always been a thing?

If it was always a thing, then isn’t it weird that the baseball league would be willing to let kids take home free baseballs when a famous athlete literally played in no shoes, and was nicknamed for it?

So many questions…

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A baseball or a puck is less than $5 in addition baseballs with scuffs on them are usuly given away for practice and can’t be used in a game again. Pucks can’t be used once they’re deformed and can’t be used for the rest of the game once it’s warmed up. They’re made of rubber and it’s not terribly worth it to go collect it or wait for the fan to give it back

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