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A foul ball at AT&T Park comes with a hug from Lou Seal

Foul balls are prizes in and of themselves. You get to take home the souvenir baseball that was hit by an actual Major Leaguer, along with the self-esteem boost after having successfully reeled it in. You really don't need much else.
But in San Francisco, apparently, a successful foul ball catch comes with an added bonus: The warm, if slightly slippery, embrace of Lou Seal:

After snagging a sharp foul in the second inning of the Padres' 4-0 win at AT&T Park on Monday night, one Giants fan basically won the equivalent of the fandom lottery. 
The only thing better would've been a postgame swim in McCovey Cove with his new mascot BFF. Which, actually, we don't know didn't happen.

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