source: Getty Images The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to avoid being swept in the World Series on Tuesday night. But that story has been overshadowed by an idiot Yankees fan who deserves to be banned from the sport.
In the first inning, Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts leaped at the wall in foul territory and caught a popup from Gleyber Torres. What should have been a routine out in foul territory was derailed when idiot fan Austin Capobianco grabbed Betts’ glove and tried to pry the ball out.
Capobianco’s friend, John Peter, wrestled with Betts’ ungloved hand to really help his buddy rip that baseball out.
Disclaimer. It did not work. The out was recorded. And the two morons were promptly ejected.
While his peers in New York are likely considering him a hero this morning, as the Yankees went on to win this game 11-4 to stay alive in the World Series, any normal human being would have woken up and been incredibly ashamed for making a fool out of themselves on national television.
You wake up and see that you are the top story on ESPN. Not for doing anything heroic, but for being a major nuisance on a national level.
ESPN actually caught up with the fans at a local bar after they were ejected from the game, and their reasoning for making an ass out of themselves on national television is almost worse than the act that got them removed from Yankee Stadium in the first place.
“We always joke about the ball in our area,” Capobianco said. “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.”
Oh, that’s good to hear. They won’t be going out of their way to plan premeditated “attacks.” But if an opposing player comes into what they view as their area, the duo will play defense. News alert! You are not a professional athlete. You aren’t playing defense. Sit in your damn seat like the rest of the 46,535 fans at Yankee Stadium and stay out of the playing field.
“I know when I’m in the wrong, and as soon as I did it, I was like, ‘Boys, I’m out of here,” he said. “I patrol that wall, and they know that.”
Well, congratulations, buddy. You patrolled the hell out of that wall, and you missed New York’s best performance in the World Series.
The MLB should intervene and revoke his season tickets.
If he was a remorseful, drunk kid that just ran on the field or something, you can come back from that in life after spending an evening in the clink. But this guy?
He could have actually injured Betts’ wrist and changed the outcome of the entire World Series. The audacity to brag about it to the worldwide leader in sports afterwards is just insane, too.
Get this guy away from baseball. Even further, get this guy away from all professional sports.
