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    Real life became so unreal in Tuesday night’s World Series game that some viewers felt like they were watching Tim Robinson melting down in a parody of “I Think You Should Leave” on Netflix.

    In the first inning of Game 4, two New York Yankees fans interfered with a foul catch by Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts, a shockingly bad play by ticket holders. One of them grabbed Betts’ glove and pulled out the ball.

    Two things immediately happened. One, both fans were ejected from the game for their wildly inappropriate interference.

    And two, people on social media began comparing the moment to a sketch on the Netflix sketch show of Robinson, an Emmy winner, and the man who took the ball away from Robinson, a metro Detroit native.

    “I can’t explain it, but he has as much energy as Tim Robinson’s character…” he tweeted. @jessica_smetana.

    “This legit looks like a Tim Robinson sketch,” he posted @CéspedesBBQ. “‘GIVE ME THE BASEBALL'”. And so it continued.

    And so it was. “Tim Robinson, no!” he scolded. @MikeBeauvais.

    “Tim Robinson’s new character has just appeared,” it was announced @GaryJackson.

    Maybe it’s because the Emmy-winning Robinson so brilliantly portrays immature, desperately frustrated and clearly misguided men in “I Think You Should Leave.” like in the classic bit about the man dressed as a hot dog trying to pretend he wasn’t driving the hot dog car that just crashed into a store.

    As Robinson, dressed in a hot dog, says in the phrase that has inspired millions of memes: “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.”

    Fact check: In real life, Robinson is a well-behaved Detroit Tigers fan who often attends games at Comerica Park with his “Detroiters” best friend, real Detroiter Sam Richardson, who co -created the Comedy Central cult hit with it.

    Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture critic Julie Hinds at [email protected].

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