Rob Gronkowski knows viral Yankees fan who grabbed Mookie Betts and calls him a 'maniac' and 'an animal'

NFL fable Rob Gronkowski has added a caller furniture to nan play surrounding a New York Yankees instrumentality grabbing nan mitt of Dodgers' prima Mookie Betts during nan World Series connected Wednesday - he knows nan culprit. 

Gronkowski said he utilized to beryllium friends pinch nan New York fan, who was later identified as Austin Capobianco, erstwhile nan brace were student-athletes astatine Arizona. 

Capobianco entered nan World Series saga during nan first inning of Tuesday's Game 4 of nan title bid erstwhile he interfered pinch Betts' effort to drawback a foul shot from nan beforehand statement of nan Yankee Stadium crowd.  

Capobianco forcefully tried to snatch it from Betts' mitt pinch some hands. His friend, John Peter, past grabbed Betts' non-glove hand. After nan shot yet flew retired of his mitt and onto nan field, it was ruled instrumentality interference and an out. 

Both men were quickly ejected from nan stadium and person been banned for Wednesday's Game 5 for nan incident. However, Gronkowski appeared proud of Capobianco little than a time later. 

'This is really nan first clip I'm seeing this live, and here's a small nosy fact, that feline correct location grabbing Mookie Betts' mitt was my friend successful college,' Gronkowski said connected FanDuel TV's Up & Adams. 

'He was connected nan crystal lucky team, nan nine Arizona Wildcats crystal lucky team. And fto maine show you, nan full lucky team, they were absolute maniacs. They were indescribable. Animals, really chaotic these guys were.' 

'Him doing that, that represents him very well. I mean, he is each successful for his teams. He is each successful for nan Yankees. I retrieve him talking astir nan Yankees each nan time, really he loves them truthful much. And that describes him perfectly, conscionable doing immoderate it takes to thief his squad out.'  

'He's a beauty. I conscionable wanna opportunity congratulations for SHINNING erstwhile your infinitesimal came. ... I'm not saying it's ok.' 

Host Kay Adams past wanted Gronkowski to further analyse what 'his friend' did pinch millions watching. 

'I haven't talked to him successful a while,' Gronkowski clarified, earlier repeating that he and nan Wildcats' nine lucky squad were maniacs. 

'If Gronk's calling you a maniac, that's astir each you request to know,' Adams replied. 'This is unhinged behavior.'

'It is unacceptable, decidedly successful nan world of sports. But erstwhile you're that large of a fan, that's what fans do. I mean, whenever they person an opportunity to do that,' Gronkowski retorted. 

This is not nan first clip Gronkowski has precocious admitted to knowing personification successful nan nationalist oculus adjacent to Adams. 

Earlier this month, he said he knew Laith Wallschleger, who is playing Gronkowski successful Aaron Hernandez: American Sports Story. 

Gronkowski said he has known Wallschleger, a erstwhile assemblage shot subordinate for nan University of Delaware, for 14 years.  

According to the New York Post, Capobianco and Peter are having their tickets refunded for Game 5 aft trying to rip nan shot retired of Betts' mitt erstwhile nan Dodgers prima caught Gleyber Torres' alert shot by nan wall successful foul territory.

'I cognize erstwhile I'm successful nan incorrect and arsenic soon arsenic I did it, I was like, 'Boys I'm retired of here". I patrol that wall and they cognize that,' Austin Capobianco, a Yankees play summons holder, told ESPN.

'We ever joke astir nan shot successful our area. Someone defends, personification knocks nan ball. We talk astir it. We're consenting to do this.'

Capobianco said to ESPN he was told he would beryllium capable to spell backmost connected Wednesday nighttime but that is nary longer nan case. ESPN later reported connected Wednesday that MLB asked nan Yankees to ban Capobianco and his friend.

The Yankees are 'in afloat agreement' pinch nan scheme to prohibition some men, per CNN. 

The Yankees won their first crippled of nan World Series aft nan incident, 11-4, needing a triumph to support their play alive. 

Game 5 is Wednesday successful nan Bronx, nan last location crippled for nan Yankees of nan season, triumph aliases lose, arsenic a imaginable Games 6 and 7 would beryllium successful Los Angeles. 

No MLB squad has ever forced a Game 6 successful World Series history aft trailing 3-0 successful nan title tilt. 

New York is already successful uncommon aerial arsenic nan 4th squad to push nan World Series to a Game 5.