$5K Offered For Return Of Ball In 'Phillies Karen' Incident, With A Caveat

PHILADELPHIA — It's been nearly a week since Philadelphia sports fans got another bad rap after the woman dubbed "Phillies Karen" snatched a home run ball from the Feltwell family at LoanDepot Park in Miami.

And just when we thought the saga was finished, a new wrinkle has developed.

A trading card company is offering the woman in the viral video $5,000 to return the Harrison Bader home run ball to the family.

But there is a catch.

"We will you pay $5,000 for the ball we only ask that you autograph it "I’m sorry,'" trading card retailer Blowout Cards said on social media. "Please share we would really like to get this ball to that young fan."

While Blowout Cards may have good intention with their callout, it runs a bit contradictory to the wishes of Drew Feltwell, the father in the viral video.

Feltwell told the public to "leave it alone" when discussing the incident with USA Today Sports recently.

"You know, somebody knows her and can talk to her, that's different," he said. "But God, I don't want people breaking in their house and stuff like that. The internet already messed her up pretty good."

The online mob already misidentified the woman in two ways.

First they claimed she was Cheryl Richardson-Wagner. Richardson-Wagner took to her Facebook page to say she is not "Phillies Karen."

"I'm NOT the crazy Philly Mom (but I sure would love to be as thin as she is and move as fast)," Richardson-Wagner posted online. "And I'm a Red Sox fan."

And they claimed the woman was employed by the Hammonton School District in Hammonton, New Jersey, and her actions led to her termination.

"The woman identified on social media as 'Phillies Karen' is not, and has never been an employee of the Hammonton Public Schools located in Hammonton, New Jersey," the district said. "Social media and news reports indicating that she is, are incorrect. Anyone who works for our school district, attended as a student or lives in our community would obviously have caught the ball bare-handed in the first place, avoiding this entire situation."