Yankees fan kicked out of stadium after Anthony Volpe home run interference controversy
He got out of there!
The Yankee fan who brought back flashbacks of the 1996 incident involving Jeffrey Maier was escorted out of Yankee Stadium after reaching over the edge of the wall in left field to catch a ball hit by Anthony Volpe in the bottom of the sixth in Game 3 of the ALDS.
It prompted a lengthy review and overturned what would have been a game-tying home run due to spectator interference in what became a season-ending 4-3 loss for the Yankees on Wednesday night.
The video showed the Yankee fan, who was wearing a dark blue bomber jacket, being taken out of the outfield stands by a uniformed member of the New York Police Department and what appeared to be several members of Yankee Stadium security.
He also left with another fan, who wore a pinstriped Yankees jacket and cap.
In another clip that circulated online after the controversial moment, security personnel were seen approaching the fan in his seat almost immediately after the replay ruled the fan’s interference call, leading to Volpe receiving an RBI double, meaning only one run was scored.
The Yankees fans around them didn’t seem to have much of a reaction to the spectator as he walked out with stadium staff.
The Rays came out of the inning with a 4-3 lead, the same score as in the final.
The incident bore a very close similarity to the infamous Maier incident during the 1996 ALCS between the Yankees and Orioles, when the then-young fan helped Derek Jeter blast a home run over the wall in right field at the old stadium.
In a statement, Major League Baseball said it had “finally determined that the spectator interfered with the ball on the field of play” after examining “all relevant angles.”
“The ball would not have left the field of play and would not have been caught. The call is REVERSED, there was spectator interference and no home run,” the league said in a statement. “Additionally, the replay official scored a run and placed the batter-runner at second. »
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