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Yankees treat cancer patient in off-limits World Series fan seats
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Yankees treat cancer patient in off-limits World Series fan seats

The Yankees are turning a bad Game 4 moment into a positive Game 5.

The team donated tickets that fans were previously banned from Yankees Stadium for aggressively interfering with Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts to a pediatric cancer patient and his family for Wednesday night’s World Series game.

The goodwill gesture comes on the heels of the Game 4 incident, which occurred when infielder Gleyber Torres popped a fly ball down the left field line.

While Betts was going to make a play on the ball, fan Austin Capobianco opened the glove of the Dodgers stars while his seatmate, John Peter, grabbed the fielder’s right wrist.

Fans aggressively try to get the ball out of the glove of Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts as he attempts to catch a foul ball from the Yankees’ Gleyber Torres in the first inning of Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium of New York City. Tuesday October 29, 2024. John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock
Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers catches a foul ball from Gleyber Torres #25 of the New York Yankees as fans rip the ball out of his glove during the first inning. Jason Szenes/New York Post

Torres was ruled out for fan interference, while Capobianco and Peter were sent off from the stadium.

“We always joke about the ball in our area,” Capobianco, a Yankees season ticket holder, told ESPN. “We are not going to go out of our way to attack. If it’s in our area, we’ll go up to the ‘D’. Someone defends, someone hits the ball. We talk about it. “We are willing to do this.”

they I have to find a new place to watch Game 5. after the Yankees issued a statement on Wednesday, saying the safety of all those inside the stadium “cannot be compromised” and the two fans were ejected for their “egregious and unacceptable physical contact” with Bett, which led to suspension for Game 5.

Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers catches a foul ball from Gleyber Torres #25 of the New York Yankees as fans rip the ball out of his glove during the first inning. Jason Szenes/New York Post

“The Yankees and Major League Baseball maintain a zero-tolerance policy toward the type of behavior displayed last night. “These fans will not be allowed to attend tonight’s game in any way,” the organization said.


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Before Game 5, Alex Verdugo commented on the situation and said it’s not exactly abnormal on the part of New York fans.

Mookie Betts reacts after catching a Gleyber Torres foul as fans rip the ball out of his glove. Jason Szenes/New York Post

“I saw it. Maybe one of the most extreme, trying to pluck a ball, but at the same time, that’s a little bit New York,” he said. “I feel like that’s what you expect here. You expect some unique things. At the end of the day, I didn’t feel like it was too serious, I think Mookie shook it off too. You know, that’s the passion I guess New Yorkers have.”