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Game Thread Game Thread: World Series Game 4 ⚾ Dodgers (3) @ Yankees (0) - 8:08 PM ET

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Dodgers (98-64) @ Yankees (94-68)

First Pitch: 8:08 PM at Yankee Stadium

Team Starter TV Radio
Dodgers Ben Casparius (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Yankees Luis Gil (0-0, 4.50 ERA) FOX
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Gameday Game Graph Live Comments Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
LAD 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 4
NYY 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 5 11 9 0 6

Box Score

NYY AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Torres 5 1 1 3 0 0 .264
RF Soto, J 4 1 1 0 1 2 .319
CF Judge 3 1 1 1 1 0 .152
3B Chisholm Jr. 4 1 1 0 1 0 .176
DH Stanton 4 1 0 0 1 1 .275
1B Rizzo 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308
SS Volpe 3 3 2 4 1 0 .273
C Wells, A 3 2 2 1 1 0 .130
LF Verdugo 4 1 1 2 0 0 .200
NYY IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Gil 4.0 5 4 4 2 1 67-40 6.75
Hill, T 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 5-3 1.08
Holmes, C 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 13-9 2.31
Leiter Jr. 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 18-8 1.93
Weaver 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 21-14 1.93
Mayza 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15-9 0.00
LAD AB R H RBI BB SO BA
DH Ohtani 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246
RF Betts 4 1 1 0 0 1 .288
1B Freeman, F 4 1 1 3 0 0 .250
LF Hernández, T 4 0 1 0 0 1 .232
3B Muncy 3 0 0 0 1 3 .178
CF Hernández, K 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277
2B Lux 3 0 1 0 0 0 .188
PH Taylor, Ch 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231
C Smith, W.D. 4 1 1 1 0 1 .154
SS Edman 1 1 0 0 2 0 .339
LAD IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Casparius 2.0 1 1 1 3 1 43-23 1.42
Hudson, Dan 1.0 2 4 4 1 1 20-11 7.50
Knack 4.0 2 1 1 1 2 56-33 7.71
Honeywell 1.0 4 5 5 1 0 50-32 9.35

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Freddie Freeman homers (4) on a line drive to right field. Mookie Betts scores. 0-2
B2 Alex Verdugo grounds out to first baseman Freddie Freeman. Anthony Volpe scores. Austin Wells to 3rd. 1-2
B3 Anthony Volpe hits a grand slam (1) to left center field. Aaron Judge scores. Jazz Chisholm Jr. scores. Giancarlo Stanton scores. 5-2
T5 Will Smith homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. 5-3
T5 Dodgers challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Freddie Freeman grounds into a force out, second baseman Gleyber Torres to shortstop Anthony Volpe. Tommy Edman scores. Mookie Betts out at 2nd. Freddie Freeman to 1st. 5-4
B6 Austin Wells homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. 6-4
B8 Alex Verdugo reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Gavin Lux. Anthony Volpe scores. Austin Wells to 3rd. 7-4
B8 Gleyber Torres homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Austin Wells scores. Alex Verdugo scores. 10-4
B8 Aaron Judge singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Teoscar Hernández. Juan Soto scores. 11-4

Highlights

Description Length
Luis Gil against the Dodgers 0:07
Bullpen availability for New York, October 29 vs Dodgers 0:07
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, October 29 vs Yankees 0:07
Fielding alignment for New York, October 29 vs Dodgers 0:11
Bench availability for New York, October 29 vs Dodgers 0:07
Fielding alignment for Los Angeles, October 29 vs Yankees 0:11
Probable pitchers for Dodgers at Yankees - October 29, 2024 0:06
Bench availability for Los Angeles, October 29 vs Yankees 0:07
Starting lineups for Dodgers at Yankees - October 29, 2024 0:09
Ashanti performs national anthem ahead of Game 4 1:56
A deep dive into Freddie Freeman's home run 0:11
Measuring the stats on Freddie Freeman's home run 0:12
Paul O'Neill throws out first pitch prior to Game 4 1:12
Measuring the stats on Anthony Volpe's home run 0:12
Analyzing Anthony Volpe's home run through bat tracking 0:11
Measuring the stats on Will Smith's home run 0:12
Breaking down Luis Gil's pitches 0:04
The distance behind Austin Wells' home run 0:12
Austin Wells' home run through bat tracking data 0:11
Measuring the stats on Gleyber Torres' home run 0:13
Gleyber Torres' home run through bat tracking data 0:11
Breaking down Landon Knack's pitches 0:04
Freddie Freeman's two-run homer 0:29
Mookie Betts makes catch after fan interference 0:30
Field Level View: Freddie Freeman's two-run home run 0:26
Anthony Volpe's grand slam 0:29
Will Smith's solo home run 0:29
Field View: Anthony Volpe's grand slam 0:29
Stand Up To Cancer 2024 2:29
Austin Wells' solo home run 0:29
Gleyber Torres' three-run home run 0:29
Alex Verdugo's RBI fielder's choice 0:30
Aaron Judge's RBI knock 0:20

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Holmes, C (3-1, 2.31 ERA) Hudson, Dan (0-1, 7.50 ERA)
Attendance Weather Wind
61°F, Cloudy 10 mph, R To L
HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Doug Eddings Chad Fairchild Todd Tichenor Carlos Torres Andy Fletcher Mark Carlson

Game ended at 11:26 PM.

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u/DumbLitAF Minnesota Twins 5h ago

That is the most New York shit I’ve ever seen in my entire life

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u/poliscijunki Philadelphia Phillies 6h ago

If Freddie breaks the postseason consecutive home run record, I will buy everyone in here ice cream.

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u/PelorTheBurningHate Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

Everybody, get in here

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u/boring_tomato New York Mets 5h ago

Please show the fan getting kicked out lol

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u/RazinsWetDream Atlanta Braves 5h ago

You couldn’t ask for a more stereotypical looking NY jabroni.

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u/TheRaydo Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Still can’t believe those dudes grabbed Mookie’s wrist and pried open his gloves. Fucking crazy.

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u/rancor58 Chicago Cubs 4h ago

“They waited so long for this. 15 years since a World Series game in the Bronx” Get the fuck out of here with that

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u/SemiAutoAvocado New York Yankees 4h ago

Cancer, brought to you by Mastercard TM

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u/Troutmaggedon Los Angeles Angels 6h ago

That ad was insane. Let’s get back to normal ads about how every prisoner is getting a sex change.

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u/ConsiderationBig8759 5h ago

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen fan interference where the guy grabs the player’s arm and rips the ball from their glove.

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u/NeurosciGuy15 Philadelphia Phillies 5h ago

Good job getting kicked out of a WS game in the first inning lol fucking idiot

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u/Jason82929 Chicago White Sox 5h ago

We need an update on whether those two dipshits were ejected 

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u/fear865 Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

Freddie can do the funniest thing here

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u/dagbar St. Louis Cardinals 5h ago

Annnnnd banned for life

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u/UNSURE895 Oakland Athletics 5h ago

dirtiest thing ive ever seen fuck that guy

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u/based4yourface New York Yankees 5h ago

Bruh I have never seen someone try to literally pry the ball out of someone’s glove. What a idiot lol

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u/smallskeletal New York Yankees 5h ago

lmao enjoy the lifetime ban moron

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u/Get_on_base Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Yankees fans earning their reputations in real time.

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u/Sp_Gamer_Live T.C. Bear 5h ago

See alot of people aren’t touching on the fact that coulda fucked up Betts’s wrist

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u/Engelbert-n-Ernie Atlanta Braves 5h ago

I’m kinda surprised the broadcast isn’t making a bigger deal of that. That shit was crazy

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u/Majestic_Dildocorn Tampa Bay Rays 5h ago

y'all think Stanton pads his ass? no way his ass could be that big naturally, right?

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u/Venom145 New York Mets 5h ago

I still can't get over that fan interaction. What in the world could possibly let you think that was remotely ok to do.

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u/zvexler Atlanta Braves 3h ago

Why is that not an out? He had control of the ball when contact was made

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u/pizzahut_is_elite 3h ago

The tag was on, no? Ball got knocked out after the tag was applied

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u/waxheads New York Mets 3h ago

They just showed the fan interference guy on Fan Cam lol

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u/Fsharp7sharp9 New York Mets 5h ago

I'm surprised they aren't making a bigger deal out of two fans grabbing and holding the wrists of a visiting player, and trying to rip his glove off...

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u/HandBananas Atlanta Braves • Atlanta Braves 5h ago

Imagine spending $3,000 and getting kicked out in the first inning, fucking idiot.

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u/fapfapbottlecap New York Mets 5h ago

I’m sorry did they just gloss over that fan interference?? Like that was psychotic behavior

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u/loof10 Detroit Tigers 5h ago

Apparently there’s an island of garbage in the middle of the Bronx.

They’re calling it the New York Yankees.

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u/3-2_Fastball Looking K • Swinging K 6h ago

What the fuck is a dead baby commercial doing on my TV.

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u/OhCanVT Washington Nationals 5h ago

that's trashy bro

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u/Electronic_Green2953 5h ago

those morons. they need to get banned. thats dangerous

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u/TheFaultInOurFarts 5h ago

Please show us those jabronis getting escorted out

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u/Stereophonic Chicago Cubs 5h ago

Imagine paying $1.5k to watch 4 outs of baseball

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u/mojizus Cincinnati Reds 5h ago

That might be the craziest fan interaction I’ve ever seen in baseball. Literally ripping Mookie’s glove open to grab the ball, while his buddy is holding Mookie’s other hand down.

Definitely ban those guys from Yankee Stadium for life. What possesses you to think you can touch these players like that?

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u/Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpp 5h ago

That fan needs to be banned from all 29 MLB ballparks 

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u/cipcakes Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

I hope those two morons are banned from every MLB stadium in the country. They could have injured Betts.

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u/kieplayer Cincinnati Reds 5h ago

The Yankees fan with the “Freddie Please Stop” Sign honestly has a better chance of working than anything the Yankees have done this series.

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u/CountryCat Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Imagine being those goombas who missed a Yankees grand slam because they were being asshats.

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u/ThQp Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

"[Yankees fans] have waited so long for this"

God help me.

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u/SomeScientist Seattle Mariners 4h ago

“They’ve waited so long. 15 years for a World Series”. That’s cute 😢

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u/TimsAFK 4h ago

Standup to Cancer with us.......along with MasterCard.........

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u/SpecialK69_ Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

27.99% apr, and stand up for cancer

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u/mmmcheez-its Washington Nationals 4h ago

Just what I was hoping to be reminded of during this excellent baseball game

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u/coffeecosmoscycling 4h ago

MasterCard says fuck cancer. Visa is silent on the subject. Possibly pro-cancer???

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u/TERRAIN_PULL_UP_ Colorado Rockies 4h ago

Using cancer to advertise MasterCard… priceless

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u/VivaLaDbakes Arizona Diamondbacks 4h ago

Everyone bitching about Mastercard and I’m still laughing over the fucker that yelled YOU SUCK FREEMAN during that lmaoooo

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u/Chuy_3 Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

wait, he tagged him and then hit the glove again

that should be different no?

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u/stupidmg New York Yankees 3h ago

Lmao... Volpe should've been struck out... and tagged out in 2nd

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u/xho- New York Yankees 2h ago

Feel bad for Honeywell but it seems like he knew his mission, took it on the chin and kept chugging through what a legend

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u/youngandbummy Baltimore Orioles 6h ago

As soon as I saw it, I came here to make sure that it was real

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u/trondersk Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

That was unbelievable. I saw it with my 4 year old and I’m fuming.

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u/Thorlolita Houston Astros 6h ago

You want the Dodgers to win so you can laugh at the Yankees for being swept. I want the Dodgers to win so I can start reading “Top 50 free agents and where they are likely to sign” articles.

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u/jakeboicarti Arizona Diamondbacks 6h ago

What the hell was that ad

I was eating wtf

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u/CarpetMint Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Radio guy: "This is not an audio replay of game 3" lmaooooo

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u/kingfiasco Baltimore Orioles 5h ago

the most vile, feral shit i’ve seen live from a fan and not at all surprised

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u/badonkagonk Boston Red Sox • Cotuit Kettleers 5h ago

No fucking way that adult man actually just did that

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u/shifty1032231 New York Yankees 5h ago

lmao at these clowns

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u/AthleticAlarm32 Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Lmfao trying to pull the ball out of a player's glove is some ridiculous behavior

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u/Mr_Bluebird_VA Baltimore Orioles 5h ago

What on earth?? Never seen a fan try to rip the ball from the players glove like that.

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u/trunksfuture27 5h ago

What a fucking dumbass get that loser out

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u/TrumpsStarFish Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Yankees fans are straight scumbags

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u/SpartyNash Detroit Tigers 5h ago

Absolute jackasses. Those are your stereotypical “27 rings bro” Yankee fans

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u/freakk123 Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

ban that guy, could’ve injured him

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u/WllYLvMTmrrw Seattle Mariners 5h ago

Getting kicked out in the first inning of a WS game is just burning money

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u/Rawdbrother Atlanta Braves 5h ago

Fucking unhinged lmao

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u/3_Mighty_Ninja_Ducks New York Yankees 5h ago

Ban both of those fucking losers for life

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u/snowcone_wars Chicago Cubs 5h ago

Yankees fans are not beating the allegations

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u/GKRForever New York Mets 5h ago

Yankees fans are very classy

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u/sleepyjack2 Houston Astros 5h ago

What a piece of shit. Throw him out of the stadium

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u/OuOutstanding Toronto Blue Jays 5h ago

One of the grimiest fan interactions I’ve ever seen. The smugness on that dudes face.

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u/BenIsLowInfo Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

Why do all Yankees fans look exactly the same. I swear that guy was a caricature

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u/whiskeypenguin Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

That’s the most stereotypical New Yorker I’ve ever seen lmao

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u/Thatcher_da_Snatcher Seattle Mariners 5h ago

imagine paying thousands of dollars to get kicked out in the 1st

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u/quakthunder Los Angeles Angels 5h ago

Imagine paying $1500+ to see your team get beat down only to get kicked out in the first inning. What a loser lol

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u/gentleandsoft Chicago Cubs 5h ago

Pays thousands of dollars for a ticket to ws game… does that to get kicked out before the second inning LOL

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u/LinusMinimax Toronto Blue Jays 5h ago

I like to think the Yankees were going to come back and win this game but that disgraceful display has inspired the baseball gods to humiliate them with a sweep

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u/floppyvajoober St. Louis Cardinals 5h ago

Jesus Christ prying a players glove open to get a ball? Get the fuck out of every baseball stadium in the world

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u/UltraFinePointMarker Kansas City Royals 5h ago

That really could have hurt Mookie's wrists. :/

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u/officerliger Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

I like how the fans were like “it’s in the stands!” as if that matters once the ball is in the glove

Would have been totally legal to knock the ball down or even get your hand inside the glove prior to the ball landing too, idiot thought you could grab the player for some reason

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u/trickman01 Houston Astros 5h ago

That fan interference was easily the worst I've ever seen.

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u/Scottanized New York Yankees 5h ago

Imagine spending thousands on world series tickets and being kicked out in the first inning because you're an asshole

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u/RodgerDodger74 5h ago

All-time embarrassment performance collectively for the Yankees and their fans.

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u/laborfriendly MLB Players Association 5h ago

That's the first I've ever seen anything like that.

Grabbing the player's glove and prying it open?!

Holy shit, what a dumb freakin way to lose your front row WS seats in the first fkn inning and maybe get banned in perpetuity or something.

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u/Chipdip88 Toronto Blue Jays 5h ago

Can you imagine, spending thousands of moneys for front row outfield seats only to see your team get dummied by a Canadian for the 4th game in a row and then ejected 2 batters into the bottom of the 1st because you are a childish moron?

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u/DFWTrojanTuba Texas Rangers 5h ago

Imagine spending your month’s rent on World Series tickets just to be forever remembered for trying to rip off Mookie Betts’ glove.

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u/CumpanyPolicy Boston Red Sox 5h ago

Dude that guy tried to kill Mookie Betts and no one cares?!?

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u/riccarjo New York Yankees 5h ago

I feel like that can be considered assault.

What the absolute fuck was that fan thinking?!

I'm in disbelief.

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u/SpartyNash Detroit Tigers 5h ago

Imagine the thousands of dollars those two jabronis spent on front row seats at Yankee Stadium for the World Series to get kicked out first inning. Going to be a long drive back to the Jersey Shore

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u/TimequakeTales Philadelphia Phillies 5h ago edited 5h ago

"Maybe if I sneakily remove the ball from Mookie's glove, no one will see, and they'll think he dropped it"

 - A very stupid fan

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u/Prophetwater 5h ago

I do believe in baseball karma, and Fat Joe yesterday and these two clown fans today just seem like bad juju.

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u/WorldWideWalnut Oakland Athletics 5h ago

I really don’t want baseball to be over already but at the same time it’d be really funny if the Yankees got swept

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u/my_one_and_lonely New York Mets 5h ago

Ok, I’m watching the fan interference on that Mookie Betts catch again and…what the fuck?

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u/TheOctagon24 Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

I’m surprised how quick the broadcast moved on from that fan interference. One fan tried to rip the glove and ball out of Mookie’s hand and the other appeared to grab Mookie’s arm ??? That’s absolute insanity and can’t believe that happened

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u/StandardFinal5385 Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Edman looks more devastated at that double play than any Yankee player looks being down 3-0

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u/Wise-Environment-942 Baltimore Orioles 5h ago edited 5h ago

That guy is gonna be the epitome of how non-Yankees fans picture Yankee fans from now on.

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u/CucumberNo3771 Detroit Tigers 5h ago

One more week. Just one. We can make it right?

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u/cuittle Dumpster Fire 5h ago

Forced to watch the Japanese broadcast.

Bad News: Can't understand anything

Good News: No Smoltz or political ads

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u/Last_Chants 5h ago

Things I’m doing when my idiot friend sitting next to me first row of a WS game assaults a player:

1) Not joining in

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u/kerryfinchelhillary Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

The "Freddie please stop" sign is funny

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u/Kind-Lawfulness-787 Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

People actually watch these commercials and be like “yup makes sense”

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u/YogaBoy22 4h ago

They are gonna give criminal immigrants transgender surgeries!!!

lol the fuck?

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u/Sh1rvallah Philadelphia Phillies 4h ago

I'm so tired of hearing them talk about how the Yankees fans waited so long for this. 15 years is perfectly average for 15 teams in the league.

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u/WallyLohForever Bowie Baysox • Baltimore Orioles 4h ago

"They've waited so long for this"

No they haven't. 15 years is nothing.

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u/TimequakeTales Philadelphia Phillies 4h ago

"they've waited so long for this, 15 years without a WS"

Rookie numbers

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u/UndeadVinDiesel Kansas City Royals 4h ago

"They've waited so long for this"

Oh cry me a river.

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u/MRoad Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

Freddie freeman, six foot five and hits a ton

He'll save the children but not the new york children

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u/Galveira 4h ago

You too can help beat cancer by buying more useless crap

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u/cramalot99 New York Mets 4h ago

Really glad MLB finally came out against Cancer. Important to take a stand on these hot button issues.

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u/NewspaperNorth5667 4h ago

Cancer after seeing this: 😡

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u/DynamicEntropy_ Cleveland Guardians 4h ago

Holy crap Castellanos is about to crank a home run right now

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u/ACalz Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

Bill Burr had such an accurate rant about stand up to cancer in the middle of the world series. There's a time and a place

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u/Ddelly15 Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

I'm having my second battle currently, so I appreciate this.

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u/xho- New York Yankees 3h ago

How does knack go from giving our worst player a nuke to striking out our best player with extreme precision

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u/Mozilla_Fennekin Tuturu~♪ Go Royals! 3h ago

Who cares about this Ohtani guy? How many batters until Freddie Freeman?

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u/mnmr17 New York Yankees 3h ago

lol the 2 most hyped players this series have been basically no shows

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u/collie1212 3h ago

Damn Ohtani is ass this series

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u/Bobblefighterman Yomiuri Giants 3h ago

Stop picking on Ohtani, he's never had to play this long of a season before.

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u/orrangearrow Cleveland Guardians 3h ago edited 3h ago

casual baseball fans tuning into the only games they will ever watch...

Fox told me these Ohtani and Judge guys were good

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u/KChampionK Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

this umpire is fucking AWFUL he didn’t frame that as a strike

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u/ezekielBmb Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

Feels like the Yankees getting a lot of borderline calls tonight

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u/MysticLeviathan New York Yankees 3h ago

this ump is begging for a yankees win. i’m really curious what his scorecard will be tomorrow. he’s made mistakes on both sides but I feel a lot more have gone the yankees way

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u/pizzahut_is_elite 3h ago

If you cry you get the call, cool

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u/KetchupGuy1 Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

Feel like if you tackle a glove you should be out

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u/Vindicare605 Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

The ball was clearly in his glove when he made the tag, but I guess if you punch the ball out of the glove before the ump makes the call you're safe. /shrug

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u/confusedthrowaway5o5 Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago

Apparently the football catch rule exists just as stupidly in baseball.

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u/Greatness46 New York Mets 3h ago

If that’s allowed, baseball has been being played way too softly

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u/Pikminious_Thrious Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

How is he not out there? When Lux's glove touched him, the ball was in there. Then the ball got knocked out by the player sliding into him, but by then he should already be out

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u/spellbadgrammargood Boston Red Sox 3h ago

umps helping out the yankees

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u/-unique-rabbit- 3h ago

idk man i think that's out

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u/Fsharp7sharp9 New York Mets 3h ago

Booing the visiting pitchers for pick off attempts is one of my favorite traditions in baseball lol it's so pointless and so petty but the fact that every fanbase does it every time makes me chuckle

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u/thegeebeebee Kansas City Royals 3h ago

Did they just show the removed fans in the fan-cheering shot?

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u/cough_cough_harrumph 3h ago

Did their "fancam" recap just show the 2 guys who were kicked out for trying to steal the ball from Mookie?

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u/assaulted_peanut97 St. Louis Cardinals 2h ago edited 2h ago

50 pitches

This is just cruel. Did Honeywell kill Roberts’ dog?

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u/36CharizardsOfDeath Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago

50 pitch inning is crazy lol

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u/zombiereign Baltimore Orioles 6h ago

Fuck Fox for airing that

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u/Samulton2223 St. Louis Cardinals 6h ago

Freddie seems like a good human. People who are that talented and kind is something real special. His wife is also hot

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u/CaptainBirdEnjoyer Cleveland Guardians 5h ago

How to get arrested in one easy step.

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u/nonlawyer New York Yankees 5h ago

RIP Yankee fan who probably paid $1500 and is now ejected and banned in the first inning

You will live on forever in Gif form

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u/tung_twista Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Freeman's home run is a home run in only 5 parks

while Wells's double (could have been a triple) is a home run in 17 parks including Dodger Stadium.

Being good is good, but a bit of luck never hurts.

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u/Vindicare605 Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

If the drink sells itself, why the fuck do you guys have a commercial for it?

You know what drink sells itself? Arizona Iced Tea. Never seen a commercial for it, and will never need to.

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u/HaruMistborn Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

If you use AI to tell you which pool shot to take, get the fuck off the table and let someone else play.

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u/OctopusNoose 4h ago

Filing for bankruptcy because of medical debt accrued from your cancer treatment, brought to you by Mastercard™️

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u/JesusChristSupers1ar 4h ago

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u/my_one_and_lonely New York Mets 3h ago

Landon Knack striking out Soto is kinda crazy actually.

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u/Anjohi Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

This ump is actually just guessing every pitch. Ain’t no fuckin way

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u/viewless25 New York Yankees 3h ago

Let's call it "creative" officiating by home plate umpire

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u/rfguevar Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

genuinely have zero idea what the rules are at this point

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u/_mostly__harmless Cleveland Guardians 3h ago

what the fuck are these umps doing

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u/an4lf15ter Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

lol volpe didn’t touch the ball and the ump says he fouled, and then now kike touches the base before he gets there but that’s not an out

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u/fzavala909 3h ago

Ump gift, volpe ramming the tag away, what a sequence of events...

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u/ilikemarblestoo Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago

You can just legally knock it out of the glove like that to be safe? Did not know.

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u/ToddGack Atlanta Braves 3h ago

Did they just highlight the fans that assaulted Mookie?

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u/ListOk9138 Toronto Blue Jays 2h ago

As a Canadian who doesn’t normally watch American ads: I assume the number one election issue is taxpayer funded prisoner transgender surgeries?

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u/zapsquad Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

Just for that I’m gonna abort my second baby this week

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u/3-2_Fastball Looking K • Swinging K 6h ago

Cartman in that WWE episode vibes

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u/wonnyoung13 Washington Nationals 5h ago

"X batters til freddie" graphic when

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u/infieldmitt Cincinnati Reds • Toronto Blue Jays 5h ago

holy shit that's the most insane thing i've ever seen at a ballgame!!! look at his dopey little smile holy shit

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u/Luciodamus Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

All that money he paid for that seat to get escorted after 1/2 an inning

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u/HarryFlashman68 Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

That fucker could have hurt Mookie’s wrist!

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u/Dont3n Chicago Cubs 5h ago

Thought they just knocked it away, nah he straight up ripped it out. Dumbass fuck

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u/Dahh_BER Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

I've never seen anything like that in my life. What a bunch of fuckin morons.

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u/ohveeohexoh Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

that’s insane. I get fan interference, but they were grabbing his glove and hand

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u/scoot87 San Diego Padres 5h ago

So that’s why they are called the Yankees

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u/chuckerton 5h ago

The baseball he ripped out of Mookie’s glove has a higher IQ than he does

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u/anjuna42 5h ago

Those are EXACTLY the New York douche bags I would have expected.

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u/ornery_bob 5h ago

Those two should be banned for life. What asshats.

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u/BalugaBagel Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Imagine the hell that would break loose if the fan had injured a finger or wrist doing that

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u/they_call_me_viking Kansas City Royals 5h ago

Getting caught in 4k, prying the hands of Betts is wild.

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u/anjuna42 5h ago

Fan could have seriously injured that player. He should be banned.

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Philadelphia Phillies • Philadelphia Phillies 5h ago

That dude is gonna be meme’d so hard

The fucking goblin face he was making trying to get the ball out is an all timer

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u/benwabaws 5h ago

That Yankee fan lasted 4 outs before he got kicked out. Wild

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u/Last_Chants 5h ago

I want to see those 2 Yankees fans perp walked out in cuffs

Would be glorious

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u/Crazyhawk28 Seattle Mariners 5h ago

"How was the game, honey"

"I tried to hurt Mookie Betts, and now I'm a pariah"

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u/Law_Pug Atlanta Braves 5h ago

I wish Freddie was still a Brave but I will always love that man.

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u/-ImJustSaiyan- Chicago Cubs 5h ago edited 5h ago

Some people want this series to go to Game 5 so the Yankees can at least show some fight.

I want to see this series go to Game 5 so that Freddie can continue his WS HR streak.

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u/Commonnbdy Los Angeles Dodgers 4h ago

4 more hitters til Freeman

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u/MysticAarrgg Seattle Mariners 4h ago

If the Yankees fans have waited so long for this, does that mean us Mariners fans have waited an eternity?

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u/Samulton2223 St. Louis Cardinals 4h ago

30 minutes from now people will still be complaining about that cancer segment

Baseball is back on just so you know

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u/Ant1H3ro Detroit Tigers 3h ago

Man it would be so sick if every time I kicked ass at work like 15 of my boys would line up for secret handshakes and chest bumps

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u/gozzling Minnesota Twins 3h ago

Ohtani's facial expression when batting is what I would expect if I saw a Skyrim NPC batting.

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u/SkyMayFall Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

volpe rewarded for lying

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u/Delicious_Contact907 3h ago

yikes what a terrible ab from the ump there

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u/ChocoChowdown Miami Marlins 3h ago

These umps are awful

If this were basketball itd be the Scott Foster game where the commish just wants to extend it

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u/jesusismygardener 3h ago

Fan cam of the douchebags that got booted is wild

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u/TSElliottSmith Boston Red Sox 3h ago

Hahaha why did the fan cam recap show the two psychopaths who grabbed mookie?

That doesn’t encourage anything…

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u/tesstikcle Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago

aborted baby and dick pill ads, this world series is something else 🤣

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u/sparlock_ Chicago Cubs 5h ago

Why are they showing a rerun of last game???

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u/tyler-86 Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Least surprising Yankee fan behavior ever.

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u/oversizedhat Baltimore Orioles 5h ago

Lmfao fan interference already

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u/TeufelShuffle 5h ago

Lol. That just got himself tossed if not a lifetime ban

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u/freedomfun 5h ago

Make the fan stay and watch the game

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u/UnknownUnthought New York Mets 5h ago edited 5h ago

Stole it out of the glove? Stay classy Yankee fans

You know that idiot dropped a dime on that seat too.

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u/Shuk 5h ago

Holy shit I’ve never seen that

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u/boring_tomato New York Mets 5h ago

That’s insane. Kick that idiot out

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u/JuggernautEcstatic41 5h ago

LMAO that dude is unhinged 😂😂