The fans initially told ESPN that they were told they’d be allowed to return for Wednesday’s Game 5, which the Yankees forced with their 11-4 win Tuesday to avoid a World Series sweep.
Austin Capobianco, a Yankees season-ticket holder who was wearing a road gray Yankees jersey in the front row down the right field line, grabbed Betts’ glove as he made a catch at the wall, and Capobianco’s friend, John Peter, grabbed Betts’ right hand as Capobianco pried the ball from the glove.Yankees fans Austin Capobianco and John Peter try to rip the ball out of the glove of Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts during Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 29, 2024.
“I know when I’m in the wrong and as soon as I did it, I was like, ‘Boys I’m out of here,'” Capobianco told ESPN. “I patrol that wall and they know that.”Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts makes a catch at the wall in the first inning in Game 4 of the World Series before being interfered with by fans on Oct. 29, 2024.Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts reacts after two Yankees fans rip the ball out of his glove in the first inning in Game 4 of the World Series on Oct. 29, 2024.
Yankees fans Austin Capobianco and John Peter try to rip the ball out of the glove of Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts during Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 29, 2024.Yankees fans Austin Capobianco and John Peter rip the ball out of the glove of Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts during Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 29, 2024.
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