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Chris Christie booed after catching foul ball at Mets game

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Chris Christie booed after catching foul ball at Mets game
WATCH: Cheers quickly turned to boos when fans at a Cardinals-Mets game realized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie caught a foul ball Tuesday night. – Jul 19, 2017

Fans at the Cardinals-Mets game cheered when a man neatly caught a foul ball at Citi Field – until they realized it was Chris Christie.

The New Jersey governor then got loudly booed Tuesday night.

The ovation quickly turned sour after Christie stood up and slapped hands with another fan.

No matter that Christie gave the souvenir to a kid.

Coverage of Chris Christie on Globalnews.ca:

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Christie was sitting in the third row, near the New York dugout. In the third inning, St. Louis rookie Paul DeJong lifted a high foul that bounced in the stands, and Christie reached out with his left hand and snagged it.

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The embattled Republican recently tried out for a spot on popular sports talk radio station WFAN in New York.

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