Dodgers Fan Gets Blasted for Interfering in Critical Play in Game 1 of World Series

Screengrab on Twitter/ @MLBONFOX

With Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers tied 2–2 in the ninth inning, one fan at Dodgers Stadium did the unthinkable.

With two outs at the top of the ninth, Yankees’ Gleyber Torres hit a fly ball to left center field that appeared to be just short of a home run. Before the ball could bounce off the wall, however, a Dodgers fan reached out over the wall with his glove and caught it himself.

Torres’s hit turned into an automatic double after replay review declared fan interference. The fan was later shown being escorted out of the stadium by security. 

A fan reached over the fence on this hit by Gleyber Torres resulting in a fan interference call pic.twitter.com/67dm8hrhqm

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 26, 2024Though Torres’s ball likely wasn’t going to be a homer, the fan’s shortsighted move put Torres on second with Juan Soto coming onto the plate during a clutch moment of the game.

The sports world didn’t appreciate the Dodgers fan’s selfish gesture.

That guy could not have left Dodger Stadium fast enough.

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) October 26, 2024Dodger fan, dude. Great catch. But …

— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) October 26, 2024That fan is NOT making it out of Dodger Stadium alive.

— MLB Clutch Moments And Walk Offs (@MLBWalk_Offs) October 26, 2024that fan is ridiculously fortunate that it was extremely obviously not going to be a home run because if it was more ambiguous…………..yikes

— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) October 26, 2024what are you doing dumbass pic.twitter.com/BVI0XVUFty

— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) October 26, 2024— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) October 26, 2024Most LA fan thing to do ever

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) October 26, 2024the guy next to him 😂 pic.twitter.com/lqarlBhz4e

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 26, 2024The Dodger fan that caught that homer said pic.twitter.com/MqTmcS2vIu

— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) October 26, 2024Published Oct 25, 2024|Modified Oct 25, 2024

KRISTEN WONG

Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site. Outside of work, she has dreams of running her own sporty dive bar.