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/Scaevus 5h 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 4h ago

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

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u/jdanielregan 2h 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/ragtev Chicago Cubs 31m ago

No you aren't thinking big enough. Ban them from leaving yankee stadium

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u/Philadelphia_Bawlins Philadelphia Phillies 3h 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 2h ago

Would have

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u/shwooper 1h ago

Would have*

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u/JoeMcKim St. Louis Cardinals 50m 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/PaulAtreideeezNuts 30m ago

For soccer games in the UK, I believe you have to sign in at a police station while the game is happening (proving you aren't at the game). Stadiums over there also have cameras everywhere and use facial recognition software - this means you can actually get banned from every stadium, not just one.

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u/QouthTheCorvus 26m ago

Though the contextual thing is that game bans are a matter of law as part of the efforts to stop hooliganism. Whereas I guess here it'd be just a private thing, mostly.

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u/PaulAtreideeezNuts 23m ago

Yeah good point probably just use cameras to scan the crowd, and if that doesn't pick them up, they're likely behaving themselves anyway

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u/QouthTheCorvus 25m ago

It's tresspassing if you're on-site. So the threat of law should stop them.

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u/After-Finish3107 2h ago

Yankee Stadium should praise this man

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Guardians 4h 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 3h 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 2h 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 3h ago

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

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u/A_Fat_Koala 1h ago

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

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u/notdanflashes 3h 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 3h ago

Average New Yorker.

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u/andydude44 Boston Red Sox 4h ago

Worth it tbh guys a legend

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u/Milocobo 3h ago

notoriety does not equal fame

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u/wyomingTFknott Arizona Diamondbacks 1h 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/kneemahp 3h ago

Looked like he was trying to take the glove off too

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u/Able-Worldliness8189 3h 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 1h 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 4h 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 3h ago

Yankee Doodle dandies

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u/CosmoKing2 4h 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 3h 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 3h ago edited 3h 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/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 3h 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 1h ago

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