The New York Yankees fan, Austin Capobianco, has faced a torrent of hate messages in the months since he fought a ball of the star of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mookie Betts in the first post of the game of the game of the game 4 of the 2024 World Series.
And not everything was communicated with words.
“It was poop,” Capobianco told The Atlético About the suspicious package that their parents received at their home in Connecticut.
Not wanting to open it, the family searched in the return direction just to know that it was sent from a company that specializes is to send excrement to involuntary recipients.
And that may not be the worst. Others have sent disturbing photographs to Capobianco and his family.
“All the things my family has had to deal with me,” said Capobianco, who certainly laments the incident. 'Telephone calls without stopping. People send me photos of their ugly penises. The packages.
This has been Capobianco's life since the incident of October 29.
As Dodgers fans quickly remember, Betts jumped into the retaining wall in a foul territory and caught the pop of Gleyber Torres in the first entrance. But, standing in the front row with a gray Yankees T -shirt Road was Capobianco, who grabbed Betts's glove with both hands and took out the ball. Another fan, John P. Hansen, grabbed Betts's bare hand.
Austin Capobianco fans (L) and John Peter (R) interfere with Mookie Betts in game 4
Fans successfully evicted the ball, but Torres was called due to the interference of fans
The referees ruled the interference of fans, which resulted in an ounce for towers and some hard words between Capobianco and Betts.
“Mookie was swearing us,” said Austin's brother, Darren Capobianco, at that time, according to Atlético.
'I would really say' F *** you, '' Betts said at the end of December with Kevin Hart. I get them trying to get the ball. Cool. But you tried to grab my shit. I was at the time. So I thought about throwing a ball. And then I realized, 'Mook, you're not going to make shit. Go back to the right field.
The fault immediately fell on fans.
“I didn't know how bad it was,” said Austin Capobianco, “but I knew it was bad.”
As a result, MLB issued a permanent prohibition to Capobianco and Hansen in January for interfering with Betts.
“On October 29, 2024, during game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, you interfered with the game by taking intentional and strongly to a player,” reads the letter from the league to Capobianco and Hansen, which was First reported by the New York Post. “His behavior represented a serious risk to the health and safety of the player and was well above the acceptable fan behavior.”
“Based on his behavior, Major League Baseball prohibits it indefinitely from all MLB stages, offices and other facilities,” the letter continued. 'It is also prohibited indefinitely to attend any sponsored or associated event with MLB. Keep in mind that if you are discovered in any MLB property or event, it will be eliminated from the facilities and subject to arrest by transfer.
MLB has previously issued prohibitions throughout the League for fans invading the field or threatening baseball staff. A fan who approached the star of the Atlanta Braves Ronald Acuña Jr. in the Coors field of Colorado in 2023 received a similar prohibition.
Capobianco and Hansen were expelled from game 4 and expelled from game 5 the next night. The Yankees called the 'atrocious and unacceptable' behavior. The team said in January that the two fans that MLB prohibited were not holders of seasonal tickets.
Since his seasonal seats were close to action, Capobianco told journalists at that time that he considered giving his team on his row's hanger.
“We always joke on the ball in our area,” Capobianco told ESPN. 'We are not going to get out of our way to attack. If it is in our area, we are going to “D”.
'Someone defends himself, someone hits the ball. We talk about that. We are willing to do this.
Betts was certainly furious with fans before calming down and returning to the right garden
However, he backed that comment with Atlético, saying that the plan was simply to release the ball, not touch a player.
The Yankees won 11-4 to avoid elimination, but they would drop the next game to lose the series against the Dodgers.
Rob Gronkowski, a friend from the University of Capobianco at the University of Arizona, addressed the problem on Fanduel TV.
'Everything is in their teams, everything is for the Yankees. I remember talking about the Yankees all the time, how he loves them so much. That describes it perfectly, doing whatever is necessary to help your team out. He is a beauty.
However, fans did not agree, and Capobianco has faced a regular transmission of hate messages.
“You are affirming an idiot and a joke, FGASS,” said a person, as reported by Atlético.