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In the top of the fifth inning of the Dodgers-Rockies game on Monday night, the Rockies’ Tom Murphy hit a pop fly off of Clayton Kershaw that drifted towards the stands on the first-base side. Adrian Gonzalez raced over and made the catch just over the railing, but afterwards had to fend off a fan for the ball, who was sitting in the first row.
The ball would have landed in foul territory, so it was fair game for the fan to make a play on it. At least, initially. But once he lost, that’s when it would have been a good time to step aside. Instead, he took this approach:
GIF: Red Sox at Dodger Stadium attempts to rip foul ball out of Adrian Gonzalez's glove, sudden realization hits pic.twitter.com/aRdGabLKH7
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 15, 2015
We won’t even question how or why a Red Sox fan would be sitting in the front row at a Dodgers-Rockies game. Baseball is baseball, and it’s tough to blame a fan of any team for wanting to go to a game that Kershaw was pitching. But you have to know your place. If you have no real interest in who wins, proper form is to root for the home team. It’s certainly not proper form to try and wrestle a foul ball from the team’s first baseman.
Afterwards, Dodgers fans gave the Red Sox fan the business, with the proper amount of booing. And later, he was ejected from the stadium.
(via MLB)