Twitter helps Mike Daly find first CFL TD ball

Do you ever do something and then immediately regret it? Afterwards you think, ‘d’oh.. why did I do that?’

Mike Daly had that exact feeling on Saturday.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats safety picked off Jonathon Jennings and ran it to the end zone to score his first CFL touchdown. And then, in a whirlwind of excitement, he tossed the ball into the crowd.

It wasn’t until special teams assistant Craig Butler walked up to Daly and said, ‘didn’t you want to keep that ball?’ that he realized he made a mistake.

So Daly went to Twitter on Sunday and put out a cry for help. Return the ball and he’ll trade it for a signed jersey of any player of their choosing.

1/2 TigerTown! Let’s see if we can do this! In my blind excitement I threw away my first CFL TD ball. I will trade a signed jersey of..

— Mike Daly (@DalyNews8) September 30, 2018

2/2 any player of your choosing! Please help me out TigerTown!

— Mike Daly (@DalyNews8) September 30, 2018

Daly’s teammate Shamawd Chambers added to the pot, saying he’d add a signed jersey and some Upper Deck trading cards to whoever had the ball.

There ya go! Added to the loot! Thanks bro!! https://t.co/0HIrm76bBb

— Mike Daly (@DalyNews8) September 30, 2018

Fans TigerTown came to the rescue and the ball was found within a few hours.

TIGERTOWN! Cannot thank you guys enough. Over 100 Retweets and we got the ball back! Found the man in the brown coat all thanks to you guys!

— Mike Daly (@DalyNews8) September 30, 2018

The lesson in all of this?

Final Lesson of the day. Don’t throw away things you want. #Meathead

— Mike Daly (@DalyNews8) September 30, 2018