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Michelle R. Martinelli

World Series fans made the same joke after umps ruled fan interference on a possible Yankees home run

In a controversial call in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series on Friday night, a fly ball from the bat of New York Yankees’ Gleyber Torres was caught by a fan at Dodger Stadium. It was ultimately ruled as fan interference by the World Series umps, and baseball fans were stunned.

Let’s back up.

In the top of the ninth in a 2-2 game between New York and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Torres swung on the 2-1 pitch, and the ball looked like it had a real shot to be the Yankees’ go-ahead home run late in the game. But a fan in the stands reached over with a glove and caught the ball, which might have made it over the wall but also looked like it easily could have been short.

Either way, the umpires declared it was fan interference and not a home run, which landed Torres on second.

Obviously, baseball fans couldn’t believe what they just saw.

And, especially after a Fox replay from the 1996 Yankees-Orioles ALCS, a lot of them made the same joke, referencing Jeffrey Maier, who was 12 years old when he interfered with a ball hit by Yankees’ Derek Jeter in what was called a home run.

How baseball fans on Twitter reacted to the World Series fan interference call

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