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Fan interferes with deep Yankees fly ball in World Series controversy

This is as close to a Jeffrey Maier or Steve Bartman incident as you’re going to get.

With two outs in the top of the ninth in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night, Gleyber Torres smacked a ball deep to left field that appeared to be a homer.


odgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández reacts after a fan interfered with a ball in play against the New York Yankees during the ninth inning in Game 1
odgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández reacts after a fan interfered with a ball in play against the New York Yankees during the ninth inning in Game 1. AP

Instead, though, a fan had reached over the wall and caught the ball well over the left field wall.


The fan clearly reached out over the wall.
The fan clearly reached out over the wall.

It was called fan interference and was confirmed on review — as the umps got the call right.

A truly wild moment in a tense ballgame in to start the Fall Classic.

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