{"id":1206,"date":"2024-10-29T23:41:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T06:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2024-10-29T23:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T06:41:20","slug":"mookie-betts-brushes-off-yankee-fans-who-attacked-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/mookie-betts-brushes-off-yankee-fans-who-attacked-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Mookie Betts Brushes Off Yankee Fans Who Attacked Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fan Interference and Misdemeanor Assault: A Dramatic Moment in the 2022 World Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Incident:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of the first inning of Game 4 of the 2022 World Series, a dramatic moment unfolded in the right-field corner of Yankee Stadium. Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts, a six-time Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder, made a leaping catch of a fly ball hit by Gleyber Torres of the New York Yankees. However, as Betts attempted to secure the ball, a fan, later identified as Austin Capobianco, 38, of Connecticut, reached into the ball and attempted to pry it loose, while another fan grabbed Betts&#8217; throwing hand, preventing him from grasping the ball. Right-field umpire Mark Carlson immediately called fan interference, and Torres was ruled out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reaction and Aftermath:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Betts, understandably frustrated by the incident, commented, &quot;I&#8217;ve never seen anything like that. But there&#8217;s always a first time for a first.&quot; He went on to add, &quot;It doesn&#8217;t matter, we lost, it&#8217;s irrelevant. I&#8217;m fine. [The fan] is fine. Everything&#8217;s cool. We lost the game, and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m focused on.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The two fans involved in the incident, Capobianco and the other fan, were ejected and escorted from their seats by stadium security, receiving applause and high-fives from the crowd as they left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes from the Players:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tommy Edman, Dodgers shortstop: &quot;Yeah, that looked ridiculous from my perspective. The guy was trying to yank his glove off, pulling at his wrist. &#8230; It looked like he got ejected, and I&#8217;m glad he did. I&#8217;ve never seen anything like that. That was unacceptable.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Ben Casparius, Dodgers reliever: &quot;No, not at all. I think it was an interesting moment, just being a couple of pitches into the game. And obviously, there&#8217;s a history with this team and [Mookie] playing for the Red Sox as long as he did. It was kind of like a &#8216;here we go&#8217; moment early on.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Game:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers took an early 2-0 lead, but the Yankees responded with five runs in the second and sixth innings, ultimately winning 11-4. Freeman hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and Torres crushed a poorly placed first-pitch slider from Dodgers reliever Daniel Hudson into the left-field seats for a two-out grand slam. The Dodgers scored twice in the top of the fifth to trim the deficit to 5-4, but the Yankees scored five runs in the eighth off Brewers right-hander Brent Honeywell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The drama in the right-field corner of Yankee Stadium in Game 4 of the 2022 World Series was unprecedented, with a combination of fan interference, misdemeanor assault, and a game out of hand. While the Dodgers suffered a deflating loss, they remain up three games to one in the series, with Game 5 set for Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAQs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Q: Who is the fan involved in the incident?<br \/>\nA: Austin Capobianco, 38, of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>Q: How did the Dodgers respond to the incident?<br \/>\nA: Mookie Betts, the victim, stated that &quot;it doesn&#8217;t matter, we lost, it&#8217;s irrelevant. I&#8217;m fine. [The fan] is fine. Everything&#8217;s cool. We lost the game, and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m focused on.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Q: What were the consequences for the fans involved?<br \/>\nA: They were ejected and escorted from the game, receiving applause and high-fives from the crowd as they left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fan Interference and Misdemeanor Assault: A Dramatic Moment in the 2022 World Series The Incident: In the bottom of the first inning of Game 4 of the 2022 World Series, a dramatic moment unfolded in the right-field corner of Yankee Stadium. Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts, a six-time Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder, made a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-wellness"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/b2b7b22\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4612x2421+0+327\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F37%2F1e%2F19eec89a4a35a34874b6d1a517f1%2F1481345-la-sp-world-series-dodgers-yankees-game4-ws1922.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}