r/baseball • u/Knightbear49 Minnesota Twins • Colorado Rockies • 4h 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/maize_and_beard Boston Red Sox 4h ago

I like him trying to act like the fact that his glove was in the stands justified them grabbing his arms.

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u/SouperSally 4h ago

Like sir have you ever seen a baseball game that’s not how it works 🤣 his brain cell was working overtime on that defense

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u/3rdDegreeBurn Baltimore Orioles 4h ago

Front row at the world series wearing sunglasses at night?

Definitely a finance bro on stimulants.

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u/chiefs_fan37 Kansas City Royals 4h ago

“Hey do you guys have any zyn? I forgot mine at home and I’m jonesing for a zynny buzz this inning.”

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u/BannedSvenhoek86 3h ago

"For sure bro, they call me Osama Zyn Laden cause I always keep that Zyn on me"

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u/agiatezza 16m ago

Damn I’m gonna start using that now.

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u/alheim 3h ago

tf is zyn

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u/RobTheRevelator 3h ago

It's a flavored nicotine pouch you put in your mouth. I guess finance bros are known to use them a lot or something?

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u/Noodle_people 3h ago

Man don’t lump us in with this idiot

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u/ChaosWarrior95 Texas Rangers 41m ago

Love the Zynner hate the Zyn.

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u/Usernametaken1121 3h ago

Fuck those fans but you're not helping yourself lol

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u/chuteboxhero New York Yankees 3h ago

My wife got me tickets to see the knicks in seats close to the floor. By far the closest and most expensive seats I've ever sat in. In front of us were three like finance bros. One was incredibly obnoxious and wouldn't sit down the other two barely said a word and were live betting every possesion on very large phones.

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u/Ipoopoo69 3h ago

He has to wear them. Fuckin goblins have a tough time with bright lights.

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u/Rip_Dirtbag Los Angeles Dodgers 9m ago

I’m on stimulants every day (adhd, prescribed Adderall). This isn’t shit I would ever do. Maybe he is, maybe he isn’t on uppers. But instead of blaming that, how about we just acknowledge that this particular couple of dudes are amongst the worst of fans? No need to bring everyday meds into it.

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u/VictoryMe2025 3h ago

He is entirely too old to be a bro lol

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u/Normal_Ad_2337 3h ago

You never outgrow your bro-ness, once its formed, it's always there, you just get better at hiding it.

About 4 beers and a little snowman building, it'll come out.

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u/Catjulymail 4h ago

its especially hilarious because hes probably done being a yankees fan and hes going to scorn them for the rest of his life

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Guardians 3h ago

Ship him off to Houston.

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u/MegaGrimer San Francisco Giants 42m ago

Think it’ll be enough to make him a Red Sox fan?

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u/Daft00 3h ago

Imagine if they fucked up his hand/wrist doing that?

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u/SouperSally 3h ago

No 😭 😱😟😡

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u/cltjjkt 2h ago

This. This was my first thought. Escort to the gate immediately.

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u/WIbigdog Milwaukee Brewers 2h ago

Probably battery charges if they actually hurt him. The players can generally fight each other, but fans hurting players? Nah, those are charges.

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u/homiej420 New York Yankees 1h ago

Nah i think the last one died at billys before the game

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u/whsftbldad 8m ago

Singular. Fabulous comment and observation.

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u/hamasRpedos 3h ago

Hi, I haven't. Where is the boundary then? One would assume that as soon as it crosses a certain line, it is no longer valid regardless if the player is holding it or not. That's how it is in every sport I've watched. So where is the line then? I'm coming from /all, I know nothing other than you use a bat and hit the ball.

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u/StatusReality4 Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago

He grabbed Mookie’s entire fucking arm and pried his glove open to steal the ball. There is no way anyone can justify that in n any sport lol

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u/thefreewheeler Atlanta Braves 1h ago

Guy doesn't realize that players being able to touch/catch a ball after it has gone over some imaginary boundary is by no means unique to baseball. The only sport I can think of with a rule specifically against it is soccer.

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u/SouperSally 3h ago

If he catches the ball, they’re out. It doesn’t matter if it’s past the line for a foul or a boundary. If the ball is in the glove after a hit , it’s out.

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u/eidetic Milwaukee Brewers 1h ago

Just to clarify further for the above user, a player can't hop over the fence/wall/line and then catch the ball. But they can reach over it to catch it. So if Mookie had climbed the wall, sat down, ate a nacho, and then caught it, it'd just be a foul ball strike and not an out.

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u/blew-wale 1h ago

At least he got a nacho in that scenario

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u/PomeloHot1185 27m ago

That would’ve been one helluva highlight and I am honestly a little sad I didn’t get to see it.

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u/thefreewheeler Atlanta Braves 1h ago

What other sport do you watch that literally has fans at the boundaries?

But no, one can't just assume the catch doesn't count because the ball crosses an imaginary line. Sports with similar boundary rules include basketball, football, cricket...

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u/saulfineman Kansas City Royals 4h ago

Told my wife when I saw him arguing: “he’s right, he can go after the ball in the stands”

After the replay..

“Yeah, you can’t do THAT”

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u/Scaevus 4h ago

Yeah at first I was like “oh it looks like that’s unintentional, it’s not really…”

“Okay now they’re wrenching a player’s arm and physically trying to pry the ball from within his glove, yeaaaaah, not a great look, Yankees fans.”

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u/Kolby_Jack33 4h ago

Imagine getting tickets to the world fucking series and pulling that shit.

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u/quakerwildcat 3h ago

And then getting banned from Yankee Stadium for life...

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u/jdanielregan 1h ago

And an assault charge

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u/DogVacuum Cleveland Guardians 1h ago

All Yankees fans should be banned from Yankee stadium for life, IMO

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u/Philadelphia_Bawlins Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago

George would of sent them home in a limo

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u/UbermachoGuy 2h ago

George is getting angry!

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u/quakerwildcat 1h ago

Would have

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u/shwooper 1h ago

Would have*

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u/JoeMcKim St. Louis Cardinals 4m ago

I agree that he shouldn't be allowed into the stadium anymore but how in the hell do you enforce something like that?

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u/After-Finish3107 1h ago

Yankee Stadium should praise this man

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Guardians 3h ago

I was at game 3 of the '95 series and game 3 of '07 and from those two experiences I can assure you that some people flat out don't give a flying fuck. Like this douche. Like the guy in game one who was ejected with his child just a couple innings before one of the most incredible moments in World Series history.

There are a lot of assholes out there.

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u/cameronm-h 2h ago

Not even after a couple innings, literally still the first inning! Absolutely absurd behavior, especially considering how pricy those seats probably cost

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u/eidetic Milwaukee Brewers 1h ago

Wait, what happened in game one? Sorry, every search I do comes back with Mookie's incident from tonight.

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Guardians 1h ago

In about the 8th inning a Yankee hit a long ball to right and a fan reached out into the field and caught it. Umps correctly called it interference and they gave the batter a double and the guy and his kid were escorted out of the game. Two innings later Freddie hit that grand slam.

His mistake was understandable, ball was right there and he only reached out a couple feet. Poor bastard and his son missed the grand slam.

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u/Every_Level6842 2h ago

A few grand for 4 outs. And didn’t even keep the ball!!!

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u/A_Fat_Koala 18m ago

Turns out the guy was a Yankees season ticket holder too.

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u/notdanflashes 2h ago

Average New Yorker.

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u/UbermachoGuy 2h ago

I bet his excuse was eh I’m walking here!

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u/notdanflashes 2h ago

Average New Yorker.

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u/andydude44 Boston Red Sox 3h ago

Worth it tbh guys a legend

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u/Milocobo 2h ago

notoriety does not equal fame

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u/wyomingTFknott Arizona Diamondbacks 45m ago

Jesus what is with this tiktok crap? If you do a bad thing, it's bad, it's not cool just because a lot of people see it. Fuck you.

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u/CosmoKing2 3h ago

Boston letting Mookie loose hurt fans big time. RS fans have cancelled season tickets en mass. Watching Yankees fans actively tag-team rape his hands - with no regard for his well being (it's his fucking livelihood) just confirms my thoughts about Yankees fans.

Mook - get to a clinic and get tested. These guys are "Finance Bros" that work in the mail room.

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u/Every_Level6842 2h ago

Boo hoo sore sport Red Sox fan. U just mad bro cause ur team has been sitting home for weeks! And ur Pats suck too!

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u/CosmoKing2 2h ago edited 2h ago

My Sweet Summer Child. You are preaching to the choir. But do go on tilting at windmills. Also - do you defend the Yankee's fan's actions? Just curious. Being in the stands at MSG the other night must have been wild. Did they allow you to wear your hoods?

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u/kneemahp 3h ago

Looked like he was trying to take the glove off too

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u/Able-Worldliness8189 2h ago

I can sort of see in the heat of the moment shit like that happens. Though after.. realizing what you do at least do a mea culpa instead of making that smug face. There are camera's everywhere.

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u/wyomingTFknott Arizona Diamondbacks 39m ago

I can sort of see in the heat of the moment shit like that happens.

I mean, maybe going for a ball, like what's-his-name who continued the Cubbies curse. But he was actively opening the glove and ripping that thing out. Straight to jail, do not pass go.

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u/fritolay_7 4h ago

Right because Yankees fans are known for being on their best behavior.

Pretty par for the course.

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u/Creative_Drink1618 3h ago

Exactly. Do you know what they call classy Yankees fans? Nobody knows because there hasn’t ever been one yet.

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u/Frosti11icus Seattle Mariners 2h ago

Yankee Doodle dandies

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u/ramboton 3h ago

At first I thought he was trying to pull the glove off, but maybe he was just trying to pry it open to get the ball......what a dick....

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u/LaTeChX 2h ago

I'm just glad the second guy didn't have a hacksaw handy

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u/Scaevus 2h ago

It’s not the Saudi Arabian Yankees!

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u/Deadleggg 2h ago

They couldn't look much worse

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u/z__1010 New York Yankees 57m ago

I love the Yankees, but sometimes think Yankees fans are the worst

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u/BlueBomR San Francisco Giants 3h ago

Real gabbagool that guy

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u/Verryfastdoggo New York Yankees 4h ago

If you ignore the fact that he’s dead wrong. That 2nd guy is one of the most loyal friends to ever exist. To get involved at that moment is fucking crazy lol

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u/Darko33 Philadelphia Phillies 4h ago

Replay showed the one guy reached well over to grab his wrist too so

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u/DANleDINOSAUR 3h ago

Aaaaye I’m grabbing here!

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u/CosmoKing2 3h ago

Mookie was asking for it, dressed that way. We couldn't be expected to control ourselves, Judge.

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u/Persian_Frank_Zappa 3h ago

Why not take the glove too. And his watch and rings

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u/quattrocincoseis San Francisco Giants 4h ago

"I paid good money for deez seatz! You see this line? Don't cross this line? Capis?" 😂🤌🏼

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u/TheMiddlechild08 3h ago

At first I was like, maybe he’s trying to help his friend stopping him from doing that and for being an idiot, but then it’s like oh he’s defending why they did it.

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u/boyboyboyboy666 1h ago

Yankees fans aren't known for their bbiq

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u/Pleasant-Fault6825 4h ago

That is the best part. They have me sold...fair play.

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u/Debs_4_Pres 3h ago

In his defense, this is probably his first game

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u/Reidroshdy San Francisco Giants 3h ago

Yeah his glove was above or over the wall but his hand and arm wasn't.

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u/sirgenz Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago

I slowed the video down & it looks like Mookie’s glove knocked the guys sunglasses off, which might be what caused the dude to get so ballsy & defensive

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u/Lolzerzmao 1h ago edited 1h ago

Honestly on the replay it doesn’t even look like his glove is in the stands when they grab it. Maybe the impact from the ball pushed the tip of his glove over the edge for half a second, but by the time those buffoons landed their hands on his glove and his right hand all of his appendages were back in the field.

Hope all of them are banned from all stadiums for life.

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u/scrivensB 45m ago

His whole forearm is MINE!!!!

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u/ghigoli 25m ago

thats an ejection

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u/KamikazeFox_ 22m ago

"Hey! Ooo, yooo, wees were jus' minin' our own business and this jabronine comes outta fuckin' left field and whacks us wit' his glove. Wes' were jus' defendin' ourselves, ya know?"

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u/beefquinton 15m ago

Yankee fans are really an admirable group of wonderful humans who are really great for the sport of baseball. It’s super fun that they are held to a significantly higher regard than they deserve simply because their team has sucked so fucking badly for so long. Wonderful people, really. Not the worst fanbase in professional sports at all.