Watch this Pirates fan lustily discard a Brewers home run ball

I would never throw a home run ball back. It's a home run ball. What do I care if it was hit by the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Dodgers or the Toledo Mud Hens? I'm keeping it, darnit. 

The lone circumstance in which I would think about throwing it back: if I were at Wrigley Field and fans in the bleachers started angrily chanting at me to do it. Then, and only then, would I even consider it -- and even in that situation, I'd feel conflicted. On the one hand, home run ball, but on the other hand, I could live out my fantasy of having a stadium cheer for me. In that situation, maybe I'd throw it back. Maybe.

If, however, you're more dedicated to the cause than I, this video is a pretty excellent example on how to register your displeasure by throwing back a ball.

Here are two things we can all learn from this dude:

Thing, the first: Don't hesitate.

This guy catches it and immediately knows he wants no parts of it. It's like pulling up to a yellow light -- either go or don't. There's no time for second guessing.

Thing, the second: Throw the ever-loving heck out of it

He doesn't just limply toss it back onto the field like he stole it. He winds up and absolutely obliterates that thing. It gets all the way to the infield on the fly. He couldn't have done much better with a xistera.

The farther away it gets from the dude, the more upset you can sense that he is. Not necessarily at Weeks or Rodriguez, but at life -- at the aether. But mostly, at that freaking ball.

-- Dakota Gardner / MLB.com