By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-30 08:17:25 | Updated at 2024-10-30 15:27:23
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What does the MLB fan interference rule say? Is what the Yankees fans did to Mookie Betts legal?
AS USA via msn ^ | 29 Oct 2024 | Jeffrey May
Posted on 10/30/2024 12:58:39 AM PDT by blueplum
In Game 4 of the World Series, baseball fans got a moment as unforgettable as it was controversial, unfolding between Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts and a front-row Yankees fan at Yankee Stadium. In the bottom of the first inning, Gleyber Torres sent a fly ball slicing toward foul territory. Betts, ever the defensive powerhouse, sprinted to the wall, poised to make the grab. But just as he leapt for the ball, the fan reached over, grabbed Betts’ glove, and yanked the ball away.
The umpire’s decision was swift: Torres was out due to fan interference, and security quickly escorted the fan from the stadium. So, what does the MLB rulebook say about fan interference? And was this fan’s behavior actually against the rules?....
With reports identifying the glove-snatching fan as season ticket holder Austin Capobianco, there’s speculation about further consequences....
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baseball; dodgers; mlb; mookiebetts; worldseries; yankees
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1 posted on 10/30/2024 12:58:39 AM PDT by blueplum
To: blueplum
What a stupid take on this play, first of all Mookie clearly had already caught the ball and had it securely in his glove for an out. The Yankee fan, with the help of his a-hole friend grabbed the glove and tried to pull it off of Mook’s hand, then pried it open causing the ball to flop out. Sorry jerk, it’s still an out without any interference call.
Trying to molest a player and pull his glove off and jerk his arm over the railing is almost grounds for a criminal assault charge, there’s no excuse for it. As it was, Beavis and his pal Butthead were escorted out of the stadium and they will be barred from ever attending any games in the future, not only at Yankee stadium, but at every other stadium in MLB too. I hope they can enforce it.
2 posted on 10/30/2024 1:11:25 AM PDT by Bullish (Socialism is a weed that blooms into communism, the tyranny that strangles liberty.)
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