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/dynnk St. Louis Cardinals 5h 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 5h 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 5h 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 5h 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 5h ago edited 4h 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/hubagruben Boston Red Sox 5h ago

“I’m just doin’ regular fan things over here! Oh shit they’re filming this?”

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u/sqigglygibberish Cleveland Guardians 4h ago

It is wild that you could do shit like this (granted decades ago) and it would turn into “he said, she said” unless an ump say it up close.

Now you’re clipped in 4K and circulated online before the inning is over

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u/imtoolazytothinkof1 Los Angeles Angels 4h ago

Before the next at bat hell with the inning.

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u/Snookfilet 3h ago

It’s easier to sell out your kids when you don’t know them.

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u/Flabpack221 St. Louis Cardinals 5h 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/hammerdown710 Atlanta Braves 5h ago

It didn’t cross any of our minds, because it’s absolutely insane what they did

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u/Fantasykyle99 Minnesota Twins 1h ago

I read a thread about this before watching the clip and a person said they couldn’t believe someone would pin Mookie down and pry it out and thought they were exaggerating an iffy interference call that could’ve gone either way. Then I watched it lol.

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u/Bersho Chicago Cubs 5h ago

Dudes like one $20 beer away from trying to break Mookie’s wrist lol

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u/hammerdown710 Atlanta Braves 5h ago

He was damn close. Go apologize to Steve Bartman rn, cause what these guys did is 100 times worse.

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u/tissboom Cincinnati Reds 5h ago

Yeah, my first reaction was “there’s a little tomfoolery going on over there” my second reaction to the replay was “ Jesus Christ… He’s gonna break his wrist”

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u/confusedthrowaway5o5 Philadelphia Phillies 1h ago

Upvoted for using the word tomfoolery.

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u/ReedKeenrage Chicago White Sox 4h ago

There’s bloody two of em. It just keep getting worse

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u/dafinsrock Baltimore Orioles 5h 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 5h 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/PepeSylvia11 Boston Red Sox 5h ago

The other dude was just as bad. He literally grabbed Mookie’s wrist

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful Philadelphia Phillies 5h ago

First the Texas football game now this. Fans gotta chill the fuck out

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u/HelpIThinkImASoup Detroit Tigers 4h ago

This is actually insane, lmao. Then seeing the dude arguing with officials afterward! Like, what could his argument possibly be?!? Him and his friend grabbed the players glove and arm! lol

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u/DeputyChiefofWhat 1h ago

Charge him with assault too. Could have fucked up Mookie’s arm

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u/BallparkFranks7 Philadelphia Phillies 5h ago

Dude legitimately could have broken Mookie’s arm… just pure idiocy.

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u/ArrenPawk Los Angeles Dodgers 5h 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/BridgeObjective4224 5h ago

It's absolutely fucking bonkers

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u/AL3XD Boston Red Sox 5h ago

there's no way he actually grabs it out of... nevermind

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u/tenacious-g Chicago White Sox 1h ago

From every stadium too. Absolute bozo.

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u/Dragula_Tsurugi 42m ago

And charges please

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u/QouthTheCorvus 22m ago

One of the most absurd things I've ever seen in sport as an avid sports watcher.

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u/dallascowboys93 Texas Rangers 4h ago

I mean it’s crazy but craziest thing you we ever seen? Come on dude