Mets give young fan amazing gift after he's bruised by foul ball

When you take a kid to a baseball game, you hope that it’ll be a great experience. At the very least, you hope there won’t be tears. On Tuesday night, while the New York Mets were playing the Miami Marlins, the Mets spotted (and indirectly caused) the tears of a young fan, so they decided to give him a gift he’d never forget.

In the sixth inning, Jay Bruce had a pretty epic 11-pitch at-bat against Marlins pitcher Justin Nicolino. Bruce hit six of those 11 pitches foul, and one of them bounced on the top of the dugout and then ricocheted off the arm of a young Mets fan. Judging by the video, it looked like it hurt, and the little dude started crying.

Well, no one likes to see a kid cry. So Mets second baseman Neil Walker decided to do something about it. Walker got the ball back from the kid, brought it down to the dugout, and had a bunch of his teammates sign it. And that ball wasn’t the only gift the Mets gave him — they also sent up a bat.

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The little guy seemed to like it, though it still looked like he was sore when he gave a understandably tearful thumbs up. (Seriously, that foul ball had to hurt.)

This kid left Marlins Park with three things he didn’t have when he came in: a big shiner on his arm, and two of the coolest souvenirs ever.

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Liz Roscher is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email her at lizroscher@yahoo.com or follow her on twitter! Follow @lizroscher