Gifting big league foul balls sweet way to connect with fans

San Diego Padres fan Bob Gans, of La Jolla, Calif., holds his foul ball surprise at Washington Park, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)

A baseball sits in a seat at Oracle Park after a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)

UPS driver Derek Reynolds poses with a foul ball gift, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)

Maya Lin School Principal Judith Goodwin, left, holds foul balls alongside Alameda Arts after care co-founder Hazel Seiden outside of the elementary school in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)

This Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, photo provided by Christiane Pohl-Rolfes shows her father, San Francisco Giants fan Manner Pohl, holding a baseball in Flensburg, Germany. (Christiane Pohl-Rolfes via AP)

San Diego Padres fan Vinicio López holds up a foul ball, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)

Avid baseball fan and cyclist Mark Pelzner poses with his foul ball, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)

U.S. Postal Service worker Tionne Eitz holds a foul ball gift on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)

A fan named Casey, last name not given, smiles while holding a ball on the portwalk below Oracle Park after a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley).

A baseball sits below a stuffed bear seated at Oakland Coliseum after Game 1 of an American League wild-card baseball series between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley)