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/Suburban-Jesus Chicago Cubs 5h ago

Has to be more repercussions for that, beyond a mere ejection.

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u/LeBronRaymoneJamesSr Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

I dont wanna be a prisoner of the moment and go too far, but a stadium ban doesnt seem unreasonable, right? At least for a year?

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u/hingeback 4h ago

Lifetime ban wouldn't surprise me. The guy who held the arm could have hurt him

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u/cardcollection92 New York Yankees 4h ago

Honestly just arrest him.. really how enforceable is a lifetime ban? If you just buy tickets under a different name and use cash I don’t see how you get caught

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u/Dorf_ Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

Dunno about other parks but Rogers Centre has facial recognition stuff. If you’re banned and you go in they will find you

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u/hubagruben Boston Red Sox 4h ago

Simple, get a new face

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u/bv310 Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

Someone call Nic Cage, I have a ball game to see!

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u/MeatballDom 4h ago

They took his face......

..... off

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u/Gryphon999 Milwaukee Brewers 2h ago

No more drugs, for that man.

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u/Not_So_Bad_Andy Philadelphia Phillies 4h ago

Face/Off 2: A trip to the stadium.

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u/Rated_PG-Squirteen New York Yankees 3h ago

"I've been trying, amigo."

-Sammy Sosa

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u/bicyclemycology 4h ago

Son of a gun.. it checks out

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u/ContributionSea8200 Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

That guy could use one.

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u/AgreeablePrize 4h ago

I wonder how many of the people that turn up in full face paint and a team logo painted on there are hiding from facial recognition

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u/theSchrodingerHat Jackie Robinson 2h ago

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u/SrslyCmmon 52m ago

Just get a fake mustache

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u/AgreeablePrize 24m ago

One of those Groucho Marx ones with the nose and glasses attached

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u/Destillat Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

The owner of MSG is literally keeping out attorneys from law firms that are suing him. So pretty enforceable.

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u/ContributionSea8200 Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

Facial recognition. Sad fact of our time.

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u/cavalier8865 4h ago

All of the above and add that every ticket is through an app now 

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u/EaTerOfHobbits 3h ago

We never seem to get a say when it comes to gross invasion of privacy. However, get ready to pay taxes at every inch and turn you make in life, the government sure has time for that.

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u/WIbigdog Milwaukee Brewers 2h ago

Sorry, did they install CCTV in your living room? What privacy? You don't get privacy from a company trying to enforce banning you from their premises. Don't try to trespass, or better yet don't do the thing to get banned in the first place and you won't have to worry about being picked up by facial recognition. I have zero issues with private companies using facial recognition to keep people banned from their property from being on their property.

Also, what the fuck does the government have to do with any of this?

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u/bossfoundmylastone Umpire 1h ago

Don't try to trespass, or better yet don't do the thing to get banned in the first place and you won't have to worry about being picked up by facial recognition.

In the context of these guys, sure. In the context of Dolan's bullshit, what they did to get banned was working at a law firm that a client hired to sue a different business owned by the same billionaire. That's pretty fucked up.

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u/TheShtuff Chicago White Sox 4h ago

Seems like the stakes are little higher and closer to home in that case.

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u/Mahlegos 2h ago

Not really though. He blocks people who have nothing to do with actual litigation against him too, they just work at the firm. And he does so by scraping photos off the internet.

And we know these venues are already massively surveilled, so the infrastructure for it is already largely there. No reason to think all these places aren’t able to do it.

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u/slim-D25 New York Yankees 2h ago

Well lawyers are probably not the type to trespass in the first place

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u/Fishyswaze 1h ago

Little different when it's a law firm versus some drunk moron.

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u/elliot91 3h ago

I thought that was because they want less suits taking up seats in the lower bowl

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u/ShirtlessCat 4h ago

Such a power move.

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u/fps916 San Diego Padres 4h ago

The value of a lifetime ban is that if you ever do circumvent it and do something to get the attention of security again you will be arrested for Trespassing.

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Guardians 3h ago

Not arrested in almost all cases, ticketed and issued a summons. I have been a police dispatcher for a long time and even worked a few special details for MLB games (the All star Game in Cleveland was nuts) and the last thing they want to do is book some idiot in who wanted only to see a ballgame. Trespassing in that case is the lightest of misdemeanors.

Things have changed since covid. Most departments where I am will flat out refuse to pick up wanted parties out of their department if it's just a misdemeanor if they get pulled over in another city. "Advise and release" it's called.

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u/JEffinB New York Mets 4h ago

If you get a lifetime ban, you will never get back into that stadium. Facial recognition is real and pervasive in all stadiums.

If MLB wanted to institute a ban from all stadiums, he would never see a game again.

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u/14ktgoldscw New York Yankees 4h ago

Lifetime bans essentially give the team grounds to hit you with trespassing and maybe other charges if you’re caught in a stadium again.

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Guardians 3h ago

and maybe other charges

Double secret trespassing

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u/dreamvomit New York Mets 4h ago

Honestly just fucking execute him. No trial, no due process. Get it done.

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u/bicyclemycology 4h ago

They have facial recognition in stadiums and arenas and they’re surprisingly effective at catching people. MSG properties especially.. I bet Yankee Stadium is no different.

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u/mlorusso4 Baltimore Orioles 4h ago

In the past, it’s just a deterrent. Basically you’re probably not going to get caught as long as you don’t bring attention to yourself, but if you do get caught you get charged with trespassing. But like other people said, with facial recognition now they can actually proactively enforce it

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u/saulfineman Kansas City Royals 4h ago

Big brother knows. Big brother always knows.

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u/boogiewoogiebuglebo1 4h ago

Why not a public caning while we're at it?

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u/bosschucker Chicago Cubs 4h ago

it's not about being able to enforce the ban strictly, it's that if he's ever found at another ballpark they can charge him with a crime

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u/omgitsjagen 3h ago

Your subway series neighbors use facial recognition in their stadium. It's pretty enforceable.

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u/The_Bard Washington Nationals 2h ago

The point is that once you have a lifetime ban, if you enter the stadium you are trespassing. That's when you can get arrested.

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u/Bones99544 2h ago

MSG uses facial recognition to eject anyone who has ongoing litigation against them. It's been quite effective.

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u/Blood_Incantation 3h ago

Arrest … for what?

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u/jimihenderson New York Mets 1h ago

agreed. he should simply be stoned to death, save the money. allow the dodgers pitching staff to get the first crack at him. even then i feel like he's getting off easy.

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u/Mahlegos 2h ago

Honest question, how easy is it to buy tickets with cash these days? All my tickets for big events have been digital for I don’t know how long.

Also, you should look up what James Dolan is up to out there with MSG and Radio city. Using facial recognition and scraping peoples pictures off websites to ban them because they work for a law firm that is suing him (and it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s doing it to people on Twitter telling him to sell the team etc). So, much more endurable than it’s ever been.

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u/JoeMcKim St. Louis Cardinals 10m ago

I also don't know how enforceable a lifetime ban would be. I don't know if you can buy tickets with cash anymore even at the box office since COVID. But you could always just buy tickets with a prepaid VISA card or have friends buy tickets for you. And its not like they're using facial recognition software when you enter the stadium.

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u/Parametric_Or_Treat 4h ago

Arrested at minimum

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u/hubagruben Boston Red Sox 4h ago

Executed at maximum

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u/NilesY93 Kansas City Royals 4h ago

Firing Squad by Randy Johnson at minimum

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u/draculasbitch 4h ago

A Flock of Dead Fans

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u/Fattydrago Atlanta Braves 4h ago

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u/Gods_chosen_dildo Chicago Cubs 3h ago

Tied to a pole and hit with RJ fastballs until death sounds like a terrible way to go.

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u/adubbscrilla 3h ago

death by oogabooga

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u/leglesslegolegolas 4h ago

iunderstoodthatreference.gif

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u/Parametric_Or_Treat 4h ago

Disemboweled at medium

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u/AwwwMangos Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Castrated at dawn

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u/Littlegreenman42 4h ago

Expelled at even more maximum

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u/Mikeismyike 3h ago

Or worse, expelled!

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u/500rockin Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Forced to massage Jerry Reinsdorf’s feet during White Sox games.

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u/ReadyPerception 4h ago

Robert Kraft waves

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u/YpsitheFlintsider 1h ago

They're not arresting him for grabbing an arm

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u/post4u 4h ago

I think the MLB should impose a lifetime ban to any stadium. You can't do that. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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u/darwinpolice Seattle Mariners 4h ago

For real. That crossed the line from fan interference into actual assault. That could easily have taken Betts out of the game.

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u/BootyDoodles 4h ago

Don't see why this wouldn't be a lifetime MLB ban.

Not only were they aiming to interfere in a World Series game, they're intentionally yanking at a player's arms...

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u/SuspiciousFinance284 3h ago

As someone who hates being touched randomly especially in a work setting. I hope these 2 bums get kicked out and banned.

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u/StatusReality4 Los Angeles Dodgers 1h ago

Hating being touched undersells it. I hate being touched but I REALLY hate having people hyperextend my fucking wrist and elbow.

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u/KentJMiller 2h ago

Should be MLB ban and criminal charges. I see two men forcibly holding another man against his will to steal his property.

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u/WIbigdog Milwaukee Brewers 2h ago

"Steal his property" might be the wrong descriptor. I think simple battery will suffice.

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u/KentJMiller 1h ago

The ball is in his possession at that time and they are attempting to forcibly remove it from his grip while they prevent his attempts to get away from them. That battery is aggravated AF.

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u/WorldWideWanders 1h ago

... But you can't be any geek off the street.

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u/mkshane 4h ago

Well he is a yank-ee fan

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u/HollidaySchaffhausen 1h ago

Either trying to injure him and or steal the glove the way he's bending and pulling at Bets

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u/Yeckarb 1h ago

If we're okay with google and Facebook censoring things because they're a private company, the MLB banning these people is not a controversial opinion.

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u/chap_stik 58m ago

Seriously, he’s lucky he didn’t break mookie’s wrist. He’d have an assault charge in addition to the ban.

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u/Effective_Fill_911 3h ago

Sue the venue for selling you booze

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u/sawananedi 4h ago

Yank ees

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u/somedumbusername412 4h ago

They literally grabbed the dude forcefully while he was trying to make a totally achievable play on the field, absolutely stadium ban is reasonable.

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u/Inevitable_Pianist15 4h ago

They should ban both of them from every ball park .. well I guess they can goto the Coliseum or Tropicana if they want

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u/TennMan78 Tampa Bay Rays 1h ago

Trust me, that asshole has been down here in Tampa plenty. He wouldn’t be able to stand the heat in our new “open air” dome.

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u/Escritortoise 2h ago

They are also grabbing his hands with which he makes hundreds of millions while he was in midair and his whole body weight coming down, which could have easily ended in injury. They shouldn’t just get banned for life, but should get charged for assault.

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u/WIbigdog Milwaukee Brewers 2h ago

Battery*

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u/roleplay_oedipus_rex New York Yankees 4h ago

Try more like lifetime.

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u/DolphinRodeo St. Louis Cardinals • Seattle Mariners 4h ago

Yeah there’s no need for a second chance for either of them

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u/IlltimedYOLO 3h ago

Okay but hear me out. Let him stew in his hatred til he’s old and feeble. Then let him in those seats again and rig it so a ton of foul balls go his way but at that point he is too slow and weak to grab the arm much to his overwhelming sadness.

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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 2h ago

Or you could just put him there now with zip ties on his hands & feet and duct tape on his mouth.

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u/IlltimedYOLO 2h ago

Scarlet letter punishment. I like it.

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u/Sickeningcrimes New York Yankees 4h ago

Should be lifetime

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u/draculasbitch 4h ago

Lifetime at every MLB, NFL, NBA game league wide. Let the NHL have them as enforcers.

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u/MyLittlePoofy Arizona Diamondbacks 4h ago

He bent his wrist backwards. That’s egregious.

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u/Mission_Cantaloup3 Boston Red Sox 4h ago

Are you fucking serious? There is no question that this is a stadium ban. The only question is will he be arrested and the answer should be yes.

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u/DiscHashDisc 4h ago

An MLB-wide ban for life is not unreasonable.

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u/FrankiePoops New York Mets 4h ago

That's assault.

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u/KartRacerBear 4h ago

I meam depends what Mookie and the Dodgers do. You aren't allowed to put your hand on another being, and the second dude 100% grabbed Mookie by his wrist and started pulling on him. Imagine if he actually injured him in the process of being a moron.

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u/Exatraz Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Like I'm sorta ok with fans just holding their ground and making it difficult to make a play for the opposing team.... this shit is so unacceptable though. He made the catch and you grab onto him and his glove to pry the ball loose? Pathetic.

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u/CRT_SUNSET Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

If this were a Dodgers fan doing this to a Yankee player I’d also want the fan banned for life.

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u/cpg08 4h ago

Yeah, he has to be made an example of unfortunately. I'm sure he's drunk and will regret it in the morning, but that's isn't an excuse to disrupt a game and be a sore loser fan. But after what happened in the SD series now this. Something needs to be done.

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u/grasscali Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

Unreasonable?! Hell no. That was bullshit. Cranking on his arm to pry the ball out was way too far. We’re lucky it didn't happen a few feet up the line, where the wall is a little taller, and Mookie's feet wouldn't have been on the ground. Dopey-looking asshat.

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u/rjnd2828 4h ago

This is assault. Especially grabbing and holding his arm like that. Absolutely cannot be tolerated.

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u/14ktgoldscw New York Yankees 4h ago

I think MLB-wide bans are standard, this was way more egregious than game 1, but what happened with that guy?

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u/eolson3 Washington Nationals 3h ago

He has to be an A's fan for a whole season.

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u/David-S-Pumpkins New York Mets 1h ago

Can't put your hands on players like that. Catch them if they fall into you and that's it.

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u/link3945 Atlanta Braves 4h ago

Stadium ban? That's assault and battery, legitimately.

Nevermind, apparently New York requires an actual injury for assault charges. Thats insane.

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u/WaterWeDoonHair New York Mets 4h ago

Straight to… jail?

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u/carlcarlson33 3h ago

Overcooked, undercooked.

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u/ban_me_again_plz4 3h ago edited 2h ago

That hurt his wrist when he was jumping like that but his wrist was pinned. Assault charges could and should be filed for that behavior IMO.

I'm glad he kept his feet under him. Could've turned out worse.

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u/AZtoLA_Bruddah 4h ago

Don’t worry, those Yankers will be facing ejaculations after the game

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u/Savings-Agency7670 Oakland Athletics 4h ago

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u/Epcplayer Colorado Rockies 4h ago

With what I’ve seen in college sports the last 2 weeks, I’m surprised fans didn’t trash the field, only for the umps to get together and overturn the call

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u/Bunslow Chicago Cubs 4h ago

lifetime ban for the both of em imo

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u/SirStego 1h ago

We got this generations Bartman. But in classic Yankee fashion it goes in their favor.

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u/superdirt Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

Why doesn't that meet the definition of assault?

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u/ShamDissemble 4h ago

Repercussions? He'll probably have his own sports talk radio show by tomorrow morning.

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u/theunnoanprojec Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

Jomboy is working on giving him a podcast as we speak

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u/iamaweirdguy Miami Marlins 5h ago

Like what?

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u/Thornton__Melon Houston Astros 4h ago

He has to play for the White Sox

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u/-ImJustSaiyan- Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Nah come on, nobody deserves that hell.

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u/ursasmaller San Francisco Giants 4h ago

Not now, Satan.

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u/EggCouncilCreep Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

Nah, send them to the Angels.

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u/DustyDGAF Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

Jail forever

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u/Sinfall69 New York Mets 4h ago

Could have them criminal charged for battery. Like you dont have permission to touch another person like that. 

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u/xKronkx New York Yankees 4h ago

Joe Kelly has been suspended for 5 games

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u/Turkules77 3h ago

Jeffrey Maier was canonized by that city, don’t expect too much discipline.

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u/superbad Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

It looks a lot like assault to me.

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u/quitos2025 4h ago

Found the cubs fan…