Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 2m ago
This seems pretty straightforward: "No interference shall be allowed when a fielder reaches over a fence" unless "it is clearly intentional." If you look at the replay, it's awfully hard to see clear intention from the fan in touching Mookie Betts' glove.
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 8m ago
I'd love to hear the explanation for that. Didn't look like a fan reached over the fence. If he didn't, and the ball was over the fence when it was touched, and the contact was incidental between the fan and Mookie Betts' glove, that has to be a home run, right?
Jayson Stark @jaysonst 7m
If you had bottom of the 1st, Game 4, for the first "Joe West moment" of this series, you win.
Not sure how Cowboy Joe & the replay reviewers in NY could conclude that fan reached onto the field of play to interfere, based on what I saw.
But that's how a 2-run HR became an out!
Joel Sherman @Joelsherman1 10m
Altuve is called out on fan interference after replay. I think that is a bad call. The ball was beyond the fence and Betts closed his glove before the ball arrived. I don't think he was going to catch that. 2-run HR goes away. #Astros #RedSox
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN 12m
Are you going to eject the fans for that?
If not, it should be a home run.