How 10-Year-Old Ended Up With Bryce Harper's Helmet After Ejection: "Give It To The Kid!"

CBS Philadelphia

September 29, 2023 / 8:00 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Bryce Harper flipped out on the third base umpire and then flipped his maroon Phillies helmet over the protective netting and into the stands.

This was no ordinary souvenir like a foul ball. Hayden Dorfman, a 10-year-old Phillies fan from Voorhees, New Jersey, had an autographed keepsake he could wear home.

Dorfman landed the lucky helmet after a few adults clutched it in a scrum in the aisle Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park. Cooler heads prevailed and — at the urging of the boy's father, Aaron — the helmet ended up with the beaming fifth grader.

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