Young Baseball Fan's Selfless Act

Ian McMillan's story caught my attention this past weekend. Rather than my version, here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/v/-xDSSie6kHs

As I have re-watched the video, the look on young Ian's face when he turned around and saw the devastated young boy said everything. He barely paused to process the situation and went over to the younger boy and turned over the prized ball.

What a great example of Inconvenience Yourself in action! I want to acknowledge not only Ian, but his parents. Don't know exactly what their parenting style is, but clearly have have done things right.

I also want to share some thoughts of my local newscast (that is not the source of the video). After the anchor relayed the story to viewers, he said when he got home he was going to have his own children watch the video over and over again. He wanted them to learn that "doing good pays off". This anchor needs to take some parenting lessons from Ian's parents. Based on Ian's action - he clearly gave the ball away purely to do a nice thing. He had no expectations of getting anything in return. It is wonderful that Ian has gotten the attention he has. I wish our news had more such things to report. I see nothing wrong with the rewards he has received, including throwing the first pitch at a baseball game. But his selfless giving is the thing we should be focusing on, not what he got in return.

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