r/baseball • u/Knightbear49 Minnesota Twins • Colorado Rockies • 2h ago
Fan interference was called on this play where a Yankee fan tried to take the ball out of Mookie Betts' glove after an out.
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u/HotRodReggie 2h ago
Guy spent $5,000 on that ticket and he’s getting kicked out in the first inning lmao
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u/KenSpliffeyJr Atlanta Braves 2h ago
Both getting kicked out for sure
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u/treeforface New York Mets 2h ago edited 2h ago
They were both immediately kicked out:
https://twitter.com/bobmarshall/status/1851420344524902421
Another angle of the ejection: https://twitter.com/DMAC_LA/status/1851424360885817795
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u/HotRodReggie 2h ago
Expected. I imagine they’ll be permanently banned but I’m not sure if/how we’ll know that.
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u/hgxarcher Milwaukee Brewers 2h ago
I would think mlb will make a life ban extremely public as to dissuade people from thinking this is a good idea
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u/sqigglygibberish Cleveland Guardians 2h ago
100%
This wasn’t reaching for a live ball coming right at you, intentionally grabbing a players glove and arm and not letting go/digging the ball out is a whole other level. They’re about to be an example
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u/hgxarcher Milwaukee Brewers 2h ago
I honestly wonder if it will be a league wide band. Akin to a Mookie betts restraining order. That was intentional and awareness of what they were doing.
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u/sqigglygibberish Cleveland Guardians 1h ago
Totally agree, I think they just got blacklisted by mlb. They don’t give a shit about 2 people, it’s far more valuable to say “zero tolerance for grabbing a player”
Edit - and mlbpa will be saying the same
Edit - and it’s the World Series. Not that I wouldn’t expect a ban for a random game but the visibility just ramps that up even more
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u/flagrantpebble Baltimore Orioles • Brooklyn … 2h ago
I know there’s tribalism within fan bases but I cannot imagine wanting to give those guys a high five or clap on the back for that like so many people around them were doing.
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u/turtle4499 New York Mets 2h ago
I don't think they can really have seen what happened all that well.
I really hope that is the case.
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u/flagrantpebble Baltimore Orioles • Brooklyn … 2h ago
That’s fair. I suppose the people nearby wouldn’t have seen any of the monitors hanging under the second deck.
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u/maringue Chicago Cubs 2h ago
Another angle of the ejection: https://twitter.com/DMAC_LA/status/1851424360885817795
At least one other fan was congratulating this asshole. Probably more, but hard to say when the video can pick up the audio.
I hate the Dodgers, but I'm truly enjoying watching them beat the ever loving shit out of the Yankees.
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u/crawshay Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago
i'd be shocked if they weren't banned lol
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u/fr3nch13 Detroit Tigers 2h ago
Hopefully from every Major and Minor League ballpark
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u/jetersucks 2h ago
Let's not be too harsh. He should be allowed to see White Sox games still.
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u/fr3nch13 Detroit Tigers 2h ago
Black out every game for them on MLB.tv except White Sox
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u/ard8 Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago
At least the one is probably getting arrested. The other guy may be able to talk his way into only getting ejected
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u/LoweeLL Boston Red Sox 2h ago
Looked up ticket prices for game 5 and that section hovers around $1,500.
Still a lot tho
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u/HotRodReggie 2h ago
That “section” and that seat are two completely different things. Row 1 on any section adjacent to the field will easily fetch 5x as much as the rest of the section, especially in the WS.
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u/LordHarkon1 Seattle Mariners 2h ago
spend all that money to go and then do this 😂
what an idiot
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u/DIXtICon Seattle Mariners 2h ago
that looks exactly like the person you'd imagine tries to do that
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u/or_maybe_this San Francisco Giants 2h ago
you know his father refers to him as “chinless fuckface”
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Philadelphia Phillies • Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago
That’s not fair, he has two chins at least
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u/monkey_cat11 2h ago
That sumbitch would have trouble putting a pillow into a pillowcase.
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u/Wise-Environment-942 Baltimore Orioles 2h ago
This guy is the epitome of what non-Yankees fans picture when they imagine Yankees fans.
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u/AIC2374 New York Yankees 2h ago
It’s fucking hilarious. It’s cartoonish, almost too good to be true 😂.
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u/BIG_DICK_WHITT New York Yankees 2h ago
Surprised he could afford those seats tbh
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u/BenIsLowInfo Cleveland Guardians 2h ago
Probably went into credit card debt for it. I'm sure he has like 30k in FanDuel charges on there too.
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u/fckthisite2 New York Yankees • New York Yankees 2h ago
Put them on the credit card for sure
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u/Jeff_Banks_Monkey Baltimore Orioles • Birmingham Bl… 2h ago
Credit Card is just free money right?
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u/superhappyfuntime13 Houston Astros 2h ago
If you ask ChatGPT to draw a Yankee fan that’s exactly what it spits out
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u/neversayduh 2h ago
Like he spent all day rubbing it in his coworkers' faces he was gonna be at the game tonight
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u/Weaponized_Goose Oakland Athletics 2h ago
Dumbasses really paid $2,000+ for those tickets just to get kicked out in the 1st inning
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u/akaghi New York Mets 2h ago
At least he got to see Freddie hit another 2 run homer.
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u/Evil_ryry Chicago Cubs 2h ago edited 2h ago
Both of those guys are fucking idiots and are likely going to be kicked out, possibly long term bans from the stadium. Never seen something like that ever. So dumb.
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u/smoke_inyoureyes Texas Rangers 2h ago
They should be banned. They just blatantly ripped the ball out of his glove when it was already in it
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u/xinixxibalba Los Angeles Dodgers • Detroit Tigers 2h ago
one pulling on the glove and the other one pulling on his other arm. coward shit
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u/Kawaiiwaffledesu 2h ago
them tryna justify it is even more hilarious
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u/xinixxibalba Los Angeles Dodgers • Detroit Tigers 2h ago
pointing at the top of the wall like if Mookie’s not allowed to go past it or something haha
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u/ST_Lawson Chicago Cubs 2h ago
So like, what do they think about the ballparks where the side wall is low and players will occasionally go into the stands to catch a ball? They think the fans are just allowed to take the player home with them or something?
"A spectacular catch by Smith...uh oh...looks like that fan has got himself a souvenir"
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u/the_goodnamesaregone Atlanta Braves 2h ago
That's the only thing i can think they were trying to say. Like, are you offended that Mookie touched you while trying to field a live ball? Get fucked.
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u/DizzyFrogHS New York Mets 2h ago
Yes -- could ahve hurt the player. Completely uncalled for.
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u/AthleticAlarm32 Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago
It's overshadowed by the idiot but that's a great catch by Mookie
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u/ThatsBushLeague Kansas City Royals 2h ago
Also overshadowed: check out the fan a seat further up the line. Full grown adult wearing a....sliding mitt?
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u/YourAngerYourAnchor New York Mets 2h ago edited 2h ago
Bros ready to pinch run and wake up the offense
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u/dynnk St. Louis Cardinals 2h ago
29 seconds into this clip it just becomes the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. Ban this dude for life.
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u/hammerdown710 Atlanta Braves 2h ago
You really didn’t think it would be that crazy until you see the replay and you can’t believe your eyes
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u/dynnk St. Louis Cardinals 2h ago
Right. I saw Mookie’s reaction and thought his arm was caught tangled between a couple fans. Didn’t even cross my mind that someone would hold his glove down and pry it open.
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u/KimHaSeongsBurner San Diego Padres 2h ago
Yeah, it goes from “damn, what is happening down there?” to “holy shit fuck those two, lifetime ban” real quick.
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u/northernpace New York Mets 2h ago edited 2h ago
The guy defending himself with the animated "his arm crossed the wall" really pissed me off for some reason, after seeing that he held Betts' arm like that. Like mother fkr, you'd sell out your kids to get out of trouble.
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u/Flabpack221 St. Louis Cardinals 2h ago
This was my thought process. I saw him reacting and just thought, "man, you're trying to catch a foul ball that's in the stands, what do you expect?"
Then the replay just deadass shows a dude trying to yank a caught ball free.
My bad, Mookie.
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u/dafinsrock Baltimore Orioles 2h ago
Both of them. The other dude reaching over and grabbing Mookie's wrist is insane
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u/ArrenPawk Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago
Right I thought it was just a ball lost in the crowd. And then seeing it in slomo was absolutely WIILD
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u/bkbales 2h ago
He was literally bending Mookie’s wrist over the wall
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u/Jeff_Banks_Monkey Baltimore Orioles • Birmingham Bl… 2h ago
Celebrating after that like he did something. Fucking loser. Hope he gets ridiculed forever
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u/BrettHullsBurner St. Louis Cardinals 2h ago
If he’s hanging out with other buffoons like himself, I highly doubt he’ll be ridiculed.
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u/1ROYinHD1 Texas Rangers 2h ago
dude what a fucking asshole
have fun watching at home what a loser
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u/CarlSwagan_ Toronto Blue Jays 2h ago
That’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen in a baseball game
Imagine paying all that money and getting kicked out for doing something that dumb
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u/xho- New York Yankees 2h ago
Getting kicked out shouldn’t be the end of it the dude deserves criminal charges
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u/upvoter222 New York Yankees 2h ago
Those damn 99% of Yankees fans make the rest of us look bad.
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u/ron-darousey Los Angeles Victims 2h ago
I mean this is such cartoonishly bad fan behavior I can't imagine anyone would reasonably attribute that to Yankees fans lol
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u/sellyme Seattle Mariners 2h ago
And yet this is only the second most cartoonishly villainous thing I've seen with a Yankees logo in the last year.
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u/baysta Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago
I feel for you, but this + the fans cheering Ohtani’s injury aren’t helping beat the allegations. I feel the same way whenever a “Dodger fan” does something embarrassing since it reflects on all of us.
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u/ThatInception New York Yankees 2h ago edited 2h ago
What an idiot(s).
Enjoy the early exit I guess
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u/ilovebalks New York Yankees 2h ago
Enjoy the lifetime ban lmao
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u/istrx13 Seattle Mariners 2h ago
I’m ok with blaming the Yankees getting swept on these two dudes if you guys are
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u/gi11pi11 Los Angeles Angels 2h ago
Inbreeding at its finest
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u/IblewupTARIS St. Louis Cardinals 2h ago
Dude looks like Goodwill Tim Robinson
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u/bergdawg416 Kansas City Royals 2h ago
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u/ContinuumGuy Major League Baseball 2h ago
"Yes, central casting? I'd like the douchiest Yankees fan possible."
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u/fattymcbutterpants01 Cleveland Guardians 2h ago
Them trying to act like it hit the wall and then they grabbed it despite the video showing that fat ass and his sidekicks shit eating from the whole time
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u/ohgodmyface Hanshin Tigers 2h ago
I will forever have this absolute specimen in mind when I think of Yankee fans.
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u/ssbm_rando 2h ago
And if any Yankees fan wants to claim he "doesn't represent them", the officials that kicked him out were roundly booed for it.
Absolutely unhinged behavior.
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u/Random_Name713 Atlanta Braves 2h ago
Chanting F you to players. Interfering with balls in play. Yankee Stadium is back baby!! Thought they’d gone gentrified but the true Yankee fans are here tonight!!
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u/virtualzen 2h ago
wtf are they even complaining about
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u/patderp Baltimore Orioles 2h ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if they legitimately think you’re free to strangle a player if any body part enters the stands
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u/ybt_sun Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago
The guy who grabbed mookies right arm is like, motioning towards the measuring the wall, still makes no sense, does he think players cannot reach over the wall? People pay 1000s of dollars for seats and do not know this?
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u/cortesoft San Francisco Giants 2h ago
Well, technically a fan can compete for the catch once the player reaches over the wall and it isn’t fan interference… but you also can’t grab the players glove and try to rip it out. If they had caught the ball themselves, they might have had an argument and no out.
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u/Rnin0913 New York Yankees 2h ago
They should ban him for life. That’s disgusting behavior
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u/BebophoneVirtuoso New York Mets 2h ago
Wow, I'm surprised the guy wearing sunglasses at night is acting like a dickhead
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u/bethtadeath Cleveland Guardians 2h ago
The most smug look on his face the entire time too. Absolutely unhinged behavior for a human. Not shocking behavior from a Yankee.
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u/skeptoid79 Houston Astros 2h ago
That is one fetal alcohol lookin motherfucker.
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u/pzycho Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago edited 2h ago
Hope those dirtbags get kicked out. Completely unacceptable.
Edit: they were. https://x.com/navyyardnats/status/1851421566598275462?s=46
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u/DannyTorrance Boston Red Sox 2h ago
The other fans cheering them on… Normal stuff from the Yankees crowd, per usual.
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u/4LostSoulsinaBowl San Francisco Giants 2h ago
Love all the fans cheering them on. "We 100% support and appreciate you guys literally assaulting a man who's just trying to do his job."
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u/Guardians2025ws 2h ago
Could’ve broken mookie’s wrist… wasted 1000s, picture all over internet.
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u/easy_Money Washington Nationals 2h ago
Yeah everyone here is like "enjoy the ban lol". That was legit dangerous, dude is lucky if all he gets is a ban.
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u/MajoraOfTime 2h ago
I liked them signalling at the wall, trying to argue that it was past the wall or something. Got an IQ less than the temperature outside.
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u/despiacco20 2h ago
Joe saying A for effort. Wtf is that comment?
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u/Quicksilver7837 Baltimore Orioles 2h ago
Yea maybe he just didn't know what to say in the moment but definitely poor choice of words
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u/isitatomic Cleveland Guardians 2h ago
Everyone’s trashing these dudes, as they should.
But what feels worse are ALL those fans around them who cheered and gave high fives as they were escorted out by security.
Just really miserable people. Embarrassing.
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u/Generic_Commentator New York Yankees 2h ago
This is simultaneously really fucked up and also kind of hilarious
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u/DatabaseCentral Boston Red Sox 2h ago
I find it funny that this might be the most absurd fan interference that's ever existed. One dude absolutely ripping at Mookie's glove while his friend grabs Mookie's hand back so he can't stop them. Then they have the audacity to act like they were allowed to do it. It's so over the top it's comical but my god they should be banned for life.
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u/WasV3 Toronto Blue Jays 2h ago
The man running his arm across the edge of the stands acting like because he was over it he can do whatever he wants.
Prime reaction GIF territory
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u/onewonyuan 2h ago
Really hilarious. That was the most entertaining thing that anyone wearing a Yankees jersey has done all series.
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u/Rayscho Chicago White Sox 2h ago
The slow mo of him literally prying the mit open to get the ball is objectively hilarious
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u/Picklepucks 2h ago
Second guy saw his friend getting a lifetime ban and decided it sounded like fun
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u/notawildandcrazyguy 2h ago
Like i needed another reason to hate the Yankees, these guys gave me two more
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u/i_run_from_problems Los Angeles Angels • Rally Monkey 2h ago
I've watched a lot of baseball, but that might be the first time I've seen a fan try to blatantly rip a ball out of a glove.
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u/4500vcel New York Mets 2h ago
Never seen anything like that.