A brief clip from a San Francisco Giants broadcast showing a mother carrying food and a baby back to her seat while her husband remained seated has triggered an online backlash so severe that the family says they received death threats. The wife, identified only as Erika, has now written a Substack post explaining what actually happened that night.
The moment was captured by NBC Sports Bay Area during the broadcast, showing Erika walking with food in her arms and a baby strapped to her chest while her husband, Ramses, sat in his seat. Giants announcers Kruk and Kuip narrated the scene playfully, calling Erika “mom of the year.”
“If there’s ever a true definition of a multitasking mother, that is the deal right there,” announcer Krukow said during the broadcast.
The clip has since drawn more than 43.9 million views. Erika said she and her husband initially found the broadcast funny and were not bothered by the attention from friends and family who reached out after seeing it.
“We laughed at the narration because anyone who knows our family knows how ridiculous it is to suggest that Ramses never helps with our kids,” she wrote. “But as the clip spread, people on the internet treated the announcers’ imaginary narration as evidence of our unequal relationship.”
According to Erika, the real sequence of events was far less dramatic than the internet’s response to it. She said she had gone to the bathroom and, on her way back to her seat, offered to pick up food for her husband since she was already passing a food stand. She said Ramses offered to take the baby from her, but she chose to keep carrying her. He also offered to split the sandwich she brought him, and she told him to enjoy it himself.
“There was no argument about ketchup. He didn’t tell me I forgot anything,” she wrote.
Erika said the game held special meaning for her husband, who was using the outing to honor a friend who had recently died.
“My husband will never admit it, but I know he’s been grieving him deeply,” she wrote. “That evening, I chose to take care of him. A camera catching me doing something for my husband doesn’t show all the times he has done something for me.”
As the video spread, Erika said she and her husband began receiving insulting messages from strangers, some of whom suggested she leave him. She said some people located the family’s personal information online, including names and phone numbers, and that the messages escalated into threats.
“Some of you have told my husband to kill himself,” she wrote. “To anyone who has done that: shame on you. My husband is a father, a son, and a person deeply loved by people who know who he truly is. Our children need their dad. I hope and pray you reflect on what you have written.”
Erika also addressed the broadcasters directly, saying she did not believe they intended any harm but that their commentary had unintended consequences.
“I believe you meant no harm. But your jokes helped turn a moment of love and support into something strangers used to ridicule my husband and judge our marriage,” she wrote. “What was a few moments of amusement on your broadcast became days of real pain for our family. I wish you had known what that night meant to him before making him the punchline.”
She also asked that people consider the long-term consequences of their comments for her children.
“To the people who insulted Ramses, please remember that our children may someday read your words or watch your videos,” she wrote. “I don’t want them to search for this memory and find strangers calling their dad a deadbeat.”
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