Yankees fans who disrupted Mookie Betts in World Series are banned from MLB stadiums indefinitely: report
After being briefly hailed as heroes, New York Yankees fans who ripped the ball out of Mookie Betts’ glove after grabbing his wrists won’t be seeing their team, or any other, for much longer.
Austin Capobianco and John P. Hansen have reportedly been banned from all MLB stadiums indefinitely because of the incident.
During the bottom of the first inning in Game 4 of the World Series, with the Yanks trailing three games to none, Gleyber Torres hit a pop fly down the right field line that headed toward the stands. Betts jumped for the ball and caught it, but he was clearly in the danger zone.
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Fans Austin Capobianco (left) and John P. Hansen (right) interfere with Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts as he tries to catch a fly ball in foul territory during the first inning of Game 4 of the 2024 World Series against New York. Yankees at Yankee Stadium, October 29, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. The game resulted in a car. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Yankee fan in the front row tried to rip off Betts’ glove off his hand and retrieved the ball, and another fan held Betts’ wrists as the ball eventually came out.
Fans were escorted out of the stadium but were first allowed to return the following evening before the team reversed course and donated tickets to a child with cancer and his family.
The Los Angeles Dodgers The outfielder didn’t talk much about the struggles after Game 4, but after Game 5 he let it all out.
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts catches a ground ball as a New York Yankees fan stirs during the first inning of Game 4 of the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York on October 29, 2024. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)
“That was wild, man. That was really wild. I’ve never experienced anything like that. I told my wife it was the second time in my life that I wanted to fight somebody,” Betts told FOX after winning his third World Series title. “I get it, man. I get it. I don’t know if he was trying to get the ball, I don’t know what he was really trying to do. But he had to do what he had to do, and it is what it is.”
Capobianco defended his actions, saying it was to help the Yankees.
“We always joke with the ball in our area,” Capobianco told ESPN. “We’re not going to go all out to attack. If it’s in our area, we’re going to D up.”
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts catches a foul ball against the New York Yankees in the first inning during Game 4 of the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium. (Robert Deutsch/Imagn Images)
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Fans were in the seats of a friend who has had a season ticket since 1990. That fan was allowed to keep his season ticket.
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