Fan Interference? or Bad Reaction by Werth?

If your from Philadelphia you are not really talking about LeBron James. Well maybe you are for how much of a douchebag he is for leaving Cleveland and going to the Miami Heat. Instead you may be talking about the foul ball caught by a fan late in last nights game that Jayson Werth could have caught to end the inning. More importantly you are talking about Werth's reaction towards the fan after the play, when he had a few choice words directed to the dad in the green shirt with his son sitting right next to him.

Watching the game on tv, at first it looked like the fan should have let Werth try and catch it. Watching the replay it looked like the guy almost had no choice but to stand up and catch it because it would have smacked him straight in the face. Werth would have caught the ball if the fan didn't catch it. His glove was there just in time and it would have been a great catch. Many fans are reacting harshly towards Werth because his play as of late has not been great and they think he was taking some frustration out on this fan for interfering by cursing him out and glaring at him afterwards. I am on Werth's side here. The fan should have let Werth make the play. Imagine if the fan caught the ball like he did then the same batter ends up scoring in that inning and the Reds take the lead and the Phillies lose again. All Phillies fans around the world would have been calling him the next Bartman. But the reality is the Phillies got out of the inning unscathed and went on to win the game in extra innings.

I have always wanted to try and get a live ball at a game so I understand the fan trying to snag a ball for his kid. I've been close before but never got one. I am also in the fanbase that if I caught an opposing teams home run ball, I will not throw it back. That is Wrigley Fields tradition and it is stupid. So why did Citizens Bank Park adopt that dump tradition? I don't know and I will not follow it.

My question to you is, should the fan have let Werth try and catch the ball?

My answer.....the fan should have tried his best to let Werth make the play. I guarantee after the play Werth flips his kid the ball or at the least the next time he runs onto the field he throws him a ball.