Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees prohibitned the two fans who intruded with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts.
In the first inning of the Yankees’ 11-4 triumph, Gleyber Torres hit a foul ball down the right field line. The ball tailed into the stands and Betts made a amazing catch alengthy the wall.
However, as Betts was coming off the wall, two fans tried to pry the ball out of Betts’ gcherish and rip the gcherish off his hand.
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The umpire promptly called fan intrudence and ruled Torres out, while security rushed over to the area.
The fans were identified as Austin Capobianco and John Peter. The two fans are season ticket hgreaterers, and they had been preparing for a moment appreciate Tuesday night.
“We always joke about the ball in our area,” Capobianco tgreater ESPN. “We’re not going to go out of our way to aggression. If it’s in our area, we’re going to ‘D’ up.”
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“I understand when I’m in the wrong and as soon as I did it, I was appreciate, ‘Boys I’m out of here,’ I patrol that wall, and they understand that.”
The Yankees freed a statement on Wednesday about the incident.
“Last night two fans were ejected from Yankee Stadium for egregious and unhugable physical communicate with Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts. The protectedty and security of joiners, fans, and Stadium staff is the establishational element of every event held at Yankee Stadium, and it cannot be agreed,” the statement read.
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“Tonight labels the final home game of the year, and we want every ounce of our fans’ passion on disjoin. Yankee Stadium is understandn for its energy and intensity, however the exuberance of aiding one’s team can never traverse the line into intentionpartner putting joiners at physical hazard. The Yankees and Major League Baseball retain a zero-tolerance policy toward the type of behavior disjoined last night. These fans will not be apvalidateted to join tonight’s game in any capacity.”
The Yankees are seeing to stave off elimination for the second game in a row as they are down 3-1. They are sfinishing ace Gerrit Cole to the mound to upretain their season ainhabit while the Dodgers are begining Jack Flaherty.
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