Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts revealed what he really wanted to say to Yankees fans trying to get the ball out of his glove during Game 4 of the World Series.
“I would really say, ‘Fuck you guys,'” Betts said after host Kevin Hart asked him what his message was to those fans during Peacock’s “Back That Year Up 2024” special.
“Try to grab the ball, cool. But, like you’re trying to grab my shit,” Betts continued.
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Mookie Betts calls foul after fans interfere with his catch. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
“I was in the moment, so I thought about throwing the ball up, and then I realized, ‘Mook, you’re not going to do s—. You’re not going to do s—, go back to the right.’ field!'”
During the first inning of the Yankees’ 11-4 victory in Game 4, Gleyber Torres hit a foul ball down the right field line. The ball hit the stands and Betts made a fantastic catch along the wall.
However, as Betts walked away from the wall, two fans attempted to knock the ball out of Betts’ glove and rip the glove off his hand.
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Fans Austin Capobianco (L) and John Peter (R) interfere with Mookie Betts, #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers, as he attempts to catch a fly ball in foul territory during the first inning of Game Four of the 2024 World Series against the Yankees of New York at Yankee Stadium on October 29, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The play resulted in an out. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
The referee immediately called for fan interference and ruled out Torres, while security rushed to the area.
The fans were identified as Austin Capobianco and John Peter. The two fans were season ticket holders and had been preparing for a moment like what had happened with Betts.
“We always joke about the ball in our area,” Capobianco told ESPN. “We’re not going to go out of our way to attack. If it’s in our area, we’re going to ‘D’ up.”
Fans interfere with a foul ball caught by Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts during the first inning of Game 4 of the World Series of baseball against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. , in New York. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
“I know when I’m wrong and as soon as I did it, I was like, ‘Guys, I’m out of here,’ patrolling that wall, and they know it.”
Fans were banned from attending Game 5 of the World Series due to the incident.
The Dodgers won the World Series 4-1.
