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Matt Starr

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The Resume

    (1976- )
    Lives in Sachse, Texas
    Leaped in front of four-year-old Nick O'Brien, pinned him to a seat, and took a Gary Matthews Jr. foul ball from him during a Rangers/Cardinals game (June 13, 2004)

Why he might be annoying:

    Ironically, he did something a four-year-old would do.
    He knocked down a small boy to get a baseball!
    Despite the boy's mother scolding him and fan chants of 'Give him the ball!' he refused to give him the ball.
    When Edie O'Brien, the boy's mother, told him, 'You trampled a 4-year-old boy to get this ball,' he responded, 'Oh well.'
    Texas Rangers announcer Tom Grieve called him 'the biggest jerk in this park.'
    Considering he was a former youth minister, he should have known 'thou shalt not steal.'
    He took his ball and went home.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Edie O'Brien gave him swift justice by hitting him with a cardboard fan.
    Both the Rangers and the Cardinals felt sorry for Nick O'Brien and gave him souvenir bats and balls, including a ball signed by Nolan Ryan.
    His pastor, Rick DuBose, said of him, 'He probably got a little aggressive and did something he regrets. But that's not Matt. He's a good kid, a good young man.'
    He apparently had a change of heart a few days later, when he gave the ball back to the boy along with a letter of apology and an undisclosed number of tickets to future games.

Credit: Hoxy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 77.27% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 57 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 48 Votes: 60.42% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 54 Votes: 75.93% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 120 Votes: 74.17% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 191 Votes: 75.92% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 391 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 395 Votes: 68.10% Annoying