A few months ago, a member of the San Francisco Giants ball crew took an embarrassing tumble on live TV. Now, a brief moment of embarrassment and online infamy has now turned into an amazing opportunity.<\/p>\n
Barbara Hahn, a beloved local math teacher, grabbed a foul ball and then slipped on the grass. The video went viral.<\/p>\n
“My right knee and my foot slipped. My right knee just sort of gave out,” Hahn told CBS News Bay Area.<\/p>\n
This is not a story about falling down, we all fall down sometimes.<\/p>\n
Hahn did on live TV, after shagging a foul ball as part of the Giants’ ball crew.<\/p>\n
“Everybody trips or falls, everybody does. It’s just that I happened to do it in front of 40,000 people,” she said.<\/p>\n
It’s also not the story of the unkind things people say from the comfort of a keyboard. That happened as well.<\/p>\n
“Some people, who don’t know you, they’re kind of mean online, right? So, they see the clip of me falling and make some mean comments,” Hahn said.<\/p>\n
It is the story of standing back up and how sometimes, people stand up for you, such as Hahn’s students past and present, did online.<\/p>\n
“My students, current and former, see it and they get online and defend me,” she recalled.<\/p>\n
That caught the attention of Major League Baseball, which has put her on the short list to work at the upcoming All-Star Game in Philadelphia, as part of the “All-Star Ball Crew.”<\/p>\n
Fans are getting an opportunity to decide how Hahn’s story ends. Voting takes place from July 5 through 8:59 p.m. on July 7\u00a0on the MLB website<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n “It doesn’t have to be physically. Everyone falls. You just get up and keep going,” Hahn said.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n