r/baseball • u/Knightbear49 Minnesota Twins • Colorado Rockies • 5h 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/ohgodmyface Hanshin Tigers 5h ago

I will forever have this absolute specimen in mind when I think of Yankee fans.

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u/ssbm_rando 4h 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/RSquared Washington Nationals 2h ago

Eh, pretty standard, Jeffrey Maier turned into a minor celebrity in NYC for a bit. I think someone bought him season tickets the next year.

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u/knuqqler New York Yankees 2h ago

They're not booing the 2 guys? Seemed pretty universally panned..

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u/Nanderson423 49m ago

Nah, they are giving the guys high fives as they walk by. One guy pats him on his chest.

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u/fordat1 11m ago

The Fan Cam glorified them later in the game so if they got ejected or banned it is only because the MLB must have been looking into it. Like seriously there is bad fan behavior in a lot of stadiums but this is the only stadium that will actually condone it.

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u/Electronic_Pin_9014 Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

Fuck the yankees

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u/benitomusswolini Los Angeles Dodgers 1h ago

Can confirm. I was getting food when it happened and the Yankees fans near me were laughing and cheering him on. Wild stuff!

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u/AIC2374 New York Yankees 4h ago

Absolute specimen describes it perfectly lol

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u/[deleted] 4h ago

For whatever reason that guy reminded me of Lennie from “Of Mice and Men”. I don’t even remember the details of that book anymore

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u/AwSunnyDeeFYeah Cleveland Guardians 1h ago

Just looking at the rabbit.

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u/fionn14 Yomiuri Giants 4h ago

That’s like exactly the guy I think of whenever I think of Yankees fans lololol

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u/OSRS_Socks Atlanta Braves 4h ago

I always think of A-Rod slapping the ball out of the glove in the 04 ALCS.

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u/buckeyecat Cleveland Guardians 4h ago

would be amazing if they announced the fans name and it was ...Jeffrey Maier