Yankees Followers Ejected For Ripping Ball From Mookie Betts’ Glove

Two New York Yankees followers with nice seats to Tuesday evening’s World Sequence Sport 4 have been pressured to observe nearly everything of the motion on a TV … after they have been ejected for making an attempt to tear a ball from Mookie Betts‘ glove.

The weird scene unfolded within the first inning of the Pinstripes’ matchup with the Dodgers at Yankee Stadium … when Gleyber Torres hit a pop fly down the first-base line.

Because the ball got here crashing down, it landed in foul territory, although Betts was nonetheless in a position to snag it along with his glove earlier than it hit followers’ arms. But proper after he secured it in his webbing, two Yanks supporters tried to wrestle it away from him.

Austin Capobianco, one of many males reportedly concerned within the play, defined his aspect of the scenario to ESPN from a close-by bar later within the night.

“We always joke about the ball in our area,” Capobianco advised the outlet. “We’re not going to go out of our way to attack. If it’s in our area, we’re going to ‘D’ up.”

“Someone defends, someone knocks the ball. We talk about it. We’re willing to do this.”

Capobianco added that whereas he and his pal have been ejected from Sport 4 — he was advised they’d be allowed again for Wednesday’s Sport 5.