World Series fans made the same joke after umps ruled fan interference on a possible Yankees home run

In a arguable telephone successful Game 1 of nan 2024 World Series connected Friday night, a alert shot from nan bat of New York Yankees’ Gleyber Torres was caught by a fan. It was yet ruled arsenic instrumentality interference by nan World Series umps, and shot fans were stunned.

Let’s backmost up.

In nan apical of nan ninth successful a 2-2 crippled betwixt New York and nan Los Angeles Dodgers, Torres swung connected nan 2-1 pitch, and nan shot looked for illustration it had a existent changeable to beryllium nan Yankees’ go-ahead location tally precocious successful nan game. But a instrumentality successful nan stands reached complete pinch a mitt and caught nan ball, which mightiness person made it complete nan wall but besides looked for illustration it easy could person been short.

Either way, nan umpires declared it was instrumentality interference and not a location run, which landed Torres connected second.

A instrumentality reached complete nan obstruction connected this deed by Gleyber Torres resulting successful a instrumentality interference telephone pic.twitter.com/67dm8hrhqm

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 26, 2024

A Dodgers instrumentality conscionable Jeffrey Maier'd a Gleyber Torres changeable that looked for illustration a location run. The umpire ruled instrumentality interference. Replay reviewed it. The telephone was confirmed. Torres will beryllium connected 2nd guidelines pinch Juan Soto coming to nan plate.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 26, 2024

Obviously, shot fans couldn’t judge what they conscionable saw. And, particularly aft a Fox replay from nan 1996 ALCS, a batch of them made nan aforesaid joke, referencing Jeffrey Maier, who was 12 years aged erstwhile he interfered pinch a ball deed by Yankees’ Derek Jeter successful what was called a location run.

How shot fans connected Twitter reacted to nan World Series instrumentality interference call

I still dislike Jeffrey Maier.

— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) October 26, 2024

No franchise deserves to beryllium Jeffrey Maier'd more. pic.twitter.com/LGIquqVM7m

— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) October 26, 2024

Where person I seen this before? https://t.co/koA5L0VqzN https://t.co/yZUPHiupGP

— Jody Jones (@jonesjod) October 26, 2024

WE HAVE A FAN INTERFERENCE CONTROVERSY IN THE WORLD SERIES pic.twitter.com/ITzXKqs1Hb

— Just Baseball (@JustBB_Media) October 26, 2024

Revenge connected nan Yankees for Jeffrey Maier decades later #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/mtFw3WjQSn

— Banter Buddies (@Banter_Buddies) October 26, 2024

Every Orioles instrumentality successful their 30’s and older aft seeing that Jeffrey Maier instrumentality interference replay pic.twitter.com/jo12HbLHip

— KS1 👯‍♀️ (she/her) (@KimSchuss) October 26, 2024

Jeffrey Maier confused Dodger instrumentality pic.twitter.com/ULdlsIAjDg

— Keith McPherson (@Keith_McPherson) October 26, 2024

12 inches distant from a HR smh https://t.co/Qxo8bFBLAr

— Anthony Ho (@hova216) October 26, 2024

28 years later, Jeffrey Maier has been avenged. pic.twitter.com/MWSj8MtfJ3

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 26, 2024

OMG IS THIS FAN INTERFERENCE pic.twitter.com/s2rQyxcM8a

— MLB Clutch Moments And Walk Offs (@MLBWalk_Offs) October 26, 2024

The faces of nan group adjacent to nan Dodgers instrumentality that interfered are HILARIOUSLY good. https://t.co/CV3ZokVE5C pic.twitter.com/qjwOAiHniH

— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) October 26, 2024

Fan interference successful Game 1 of nan World Series is axenic insanity

Unreal

— Padres Nation (@NationPadres) October 26, 2024