Here are the umpires for Game 5 of the Dodgers-Yankees World Series.
Happy World Series, baseball fans! The Los Angeles Dodgers are dominating the series between two blue-blood franchises with the New York Yankees. And the Dodgers could clinch the Commissioner’s Trophy in Game 5 on Wednesday with a 3-1 series lead.
Now, we hope it doesn’t come to this, but sometimes, umpires make mistakes or create controversies over certain calls. And sometimes, those calls alter the direction of the game or series, and if that happens, you’ll probably want to know who to be mad at. We’ve got you covered.
For the 2024 World Series, the nine-person umpire crew includes crew chief Mark Carlson, Doug Eddings, Chad Fairchild, Andy Fletcher, Mark Ripperger, Todd Tichenor and Carlos Torres. Additionally, Cory Blaser and James Hoye are the umpires on replay duty.
As USA TODAY noted, the seven-umpire crew means each game is expected to have a different ump behind home plate.
For Game 5 of the 2024 World Series — set for Wednesday, October 30 at Yankee Stadium in New York — here’s where each ump is scheduled to be working.
In both cases the fans were ejected, but what about the actual game itself? What happens when a fan becomes involved in a live play? Major League Baseball has a pretty clear rule on this.
In every case of spectator interference with a batted or thrown ball, the ball shall be declared dead and the baserunners can be placed where the umpire determines they would have been without the interference. When a spectator clearly prevents a fielder from catching a fly ball by reaching onto the field of play, the batter shall be ruled out. But no interference is called if a spectator comes in contact with a batted or thrown ball without reaching onto the field of play — even if a fielder might have caught the ball had the spectator not been there.
Now you know!
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MLB made the right call by banning the two Yankees fans who grabbed Mookie Betts for Game 5.
In a better world, the reaction coming out of the Yankees’ Game 4 victory in the 2024 World Series on Tuesday would have focused on New York staving off elimination with a sparkling offensive performance.
Instead, all the air has been sucked out of the room thanks to a pair of doofus Yankees fans who grabbed Dodgers’ star Mookie Betts while the outfielder was going up for a foul ball. The fans were ejected for their actions, but seemingly showed no remorse for the whole affair when asked after the fact. Even though the memes coming out of the moment are funny, the whole thing is incredibly embarrassing amidst an overall a poor showing from Yankees fans during the game.
In the fallout from it all, there were questions as to if the two Yankees fans would be allowed back in the building for Game 5. While it was first reported they would be, the New York Post and ESPN both confirmed the pair are banned from Wednesday’s game and will have their tickets refunded.
News: MLB has asked the Yankees to ban the two fans who interfered in Game 4 from tonight’s game. They will be refunded for their tickets, per a source.
All in all, this is the right move. Putting your hands on a player — or honestly, anyone — like that is dangerous behavior. Collisions between players and fans can happen in any sport, just ask photographers on NFL sidelines, but the actions by these two Yankees fans crossed the line into unacceptable territory.
In all honesty, MLB should ban these two fans for life, as a dismissal in the final Yankees home game of the season — and a refund of their tickets — feels like a slap on the wrist here. Actions like these should have consequences but, at the very least, the pair will have to find someplace else to watch Game 5 than Yankee Stadium.
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The World Series continues! After Freddie Freeman hit another home run to start the game off (his sixth straight World Series homer!), I feared the series was over. It was so easy to fall into the “here we go again” trap. And, with how quiet it was in the ballpark afterward, you could just feel that the fans were beginning to fall into it, too.
But the Yankees’ offense came to life after an Anthony Volpe grand slam gave them a 5-2 lead. New York never looked back from there. They put up 11 runs, three homers, three doubles and five stolen bases on a Dodgers defense that seemed unflappable until Game 4.
That said, as a neutral observer, it’s hard to feel good about that win for the Yankees yesterday. Not because of anything the players did — they played their hearts out and earned a Game 5.
But the fans sucked! They completely ruined what was otherwise a really fun game.
Everybody saw when two fans tried to rip a ball from Mookie Betts’ glove. Obviously, fan interference was called. The fans were also rightfully removed from the game. But the fact that they actually tried this is mind-numbingly stupid.
One of the fans is a season-ticket holder, with seats in the front row at the foul line. That’s not cheap. Yet, still, they were willing to try this and get banned anyway? Yeah, sorry. But that’s not smart.
But that’s not even the most dastardly that happened last night.
When the World Series stopped to hold its annual Stand Up to Cancer moment of silence during Game 4, a fan thought it was the perfect time to heckle Freddie Freeman.
As my colleague Charles Curtis writes, Freeman lost his mom to cancer when he was 10 years old. This is something that likely means a lot to him. Yet, that fan decided it was the perfect time to scream “You suck, Freeman!” for everyone to hear.
It was uncalled for. It was classless. And Yankees fans should be better than that. Have some sense, y’all. What are we doing here?
Look, I get the stakes and the circumstances here. It’s the World Series. Emotions run high. The home team is down 3-0 and the fans are hanging all of their hopes on this one game. But that’s no excuse to act like this. That’s gross behavior.
I won’t pin the bad behavior of a handful of fans on an entire fanbase. I’m sure plenty of Yankees fans out there were just as uncomfortable seeing all this as the rest of us.
To those fans, please convince your homies to cut it out. Because, right now, this looks terrible.
Why Anthony Richardson is heading to the bench
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The Colts naming Joe Flacco as their starting quarterback over Anthony Richardson is puzzling to me.
Richardson was drafted to be the future of the franchise. If you believe in him, start him. If he’s not worthy of starting just yet, devise a plan that gets him there. This doesn’t feel like a plan — it just feels like a benching. He hasn’t been great, sure. But don’t you want to get him the reps he needs to get better?
The answer to that is likely yes. But, as our Robert Zeglinski writes, the Colts can’t really afford to do that and risk things blowing up in their faces.
“There are 52 other players on the Colts roster who expect their leadership to make pragmatic decisions that are best for everyone. Yes, quarterbacks take the lion’s share of precedence over other positions for good reason, but that setup only happens for established stars. All changes are on the table for rusty anchors like Richardson that mostly drag everyone down. So, at this specific moment in time, Flacco is unquestionably a better option for Indianapolis than Richardson. While a journeyman, Flacco is someone other Colts veterans don’t have to worry about pulling his weight.
Because, for the most part, he probably will.
It’s shortsighted and cruel to Richardson’s overall development because it probably never happens without injury. But the Colts can’t afford to center his needs at the expense of everyone else’s or risk a not-so-subtle mutiny.”
There’s no question that Joe Flacco gives the Colts the best chance of winning here. But you just have to wonder if it’ll come at the cost of the team’s future.
We’ll find out down the road, I guess.
Starting 5 Season 2 is underway
After seeing the hype following the first season of Netflix’s NBA docuseries, Starting 5, the streamer announced that season two is already underway.
If we don’t get a James Harden party scene, it’s not real. All jokes aside, this seems like a pretty solid group. I will say I kind of wish it wasn’t so star-driven. I’d love some contrast here. Can we get a rookie here? What about a role player, maybe?
I won’t complain too much, though. These players are all super interesting in their own ways. This should be a fun watch.
A New York Yankees fan was seemingly ejected from Wednesday night’s 2024 World Series Game 4 for trying to rip Los Angeles Yankees superstar Mookie Betts’ glove off during an out.
While we’re not even going to pretend why this person thought this was a good idea, the bizarre World Series moment did inspire some fantastic memes.
People seemed to connect this Yankees fan to sketch comedy genius Tim Robinson, so you should expect some I Think You Should Leave memes in here by default.
We’re sure this New York fan won’t be back at an MLB game anytime soon, but we can enjoy these memes while we shake our heads at how stupid this was.
One of the dumbest fan encounters of all-time went down during Tuesday night’s Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.
As Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts leaped up in the air to snag a ball going toward the stands, a Yankees fan quite literally grabbed Betts’ glove and tried to rip it off his hand.
Yes, the fan tried to take Betts’ glove off his hand and then settled for taking the ball out of his glove and throw it out. Another New York fan grabbed Betts’ hand during the ordeal and seemed to unnecessarily involve himself.
"Well, A for effort."
Fan interference was called on this play where a Yankee fan tried to take the ball out of Mookie Betts' glove after an out. pic.twitter.com/iZ6taImncd
Of course, this did not go over well with the umpires, nor should it have. Both fans in question were seemingly ejected and New York was assessed an out for the fan interference.
Why this person decided to do this is beyond us, but this is the stuff that takes away from the magic of live sports.
When you make yourself part of the game for the wrong reason, you’re more a loser than either of the competitors.
The two Yankee fans involved in the fan interference with Mookie Betts were walked out to the concourse. (Video via a fan on the concourse.) pic.twitter.com/dJzopMRSMe
Update:The Athletic confirmed that the two fans were ejected from the ballpark and included some quotes about the incident:
Capobianco’s brother, Darren, 29, said he saw Betts’ glove go over the concrete wall as he tried to make a catch on Torres’ hit.
“I just see the ball kind of — I don’t want to say (go) up for grabs, if that makes sense,” Darren Capobianco said. “And then Mookie was swearing at us. Not good.”
Here are the umpires for Game 4 of the Dodgers-Yankees World Series.
Happy World Series, baseball fans! The Los Angeles Dodgers are dominating the series between two blue-blood franchises with the New York Yankees. And the Dodgers could clinch the Commissioner’s Trophy in Game 4 on Tuesday.
Now, we hope it doesn’t come to this, but sometimes, umpires make mistakes or create controversies over certain calls. And sometimes, those calls alter the direction of the game or series, and if that happens, you’ll probably want to know who to be mad at. We’ve got you covered.
For the 2024 World Series, the nine-person umpire crew includes crew chief Mark Carlson, Doug Eddings, Chad Fairchild, Andy Fletcher, Mark Ripperger, Todd Tichenor and Carlos Torres. Additionally, Cory Blaser and James Hoye are the umpires on replay duty.
As USA TODAY noted, the seven-umpire crew means each game is expected to have a different ump behind home plate.
For Game 4 of the 2024 World Series — set for Tuesday, October 29 at Yankee Stadium in New York — here’s where each ump is scheduled to be working.
Rob Manfred has been a part of the Major League Baseball world in different capacities for over three decades.
He started as outside counsel for the league in 1987 and eventually worked up to chief negotiation in collective bargaining talks. He took over for former commissioner Bud Selig as the league’s commissioner in 2015.
In a few years, however, Manfred’s time as commissioner will come to a close.
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Manfred told reporters in February that, when his current term as the league’s commissioner is up in January 2029, he’ll be retiring, according to ESPN.
“You can only have so much fun in one lifetime,” Manfred said to reporters at the press conference. “I have been open with [owners] about the fact that this is going to be my last term.”
It’s rare that a commissioner finds themselves in the good graces of their sport’s fans, but Manfred’s tenure will likely be as polarizing as they come.
But advancements like implementing a pitch clock and initiatives like finally including Negro League statistics into MLB records might stand out as highlights on an otherwise tenuous resume.
Giancarlo Stanton couldn’t have run this play any slower for the Yankees.
It probably wasn’t the best idea for the New York Yankees to send Giancarlo Stanton home to try to score a run here.
On Monday, the Yankees hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the 2024 World Series, looking to cut the series to a 2-1 deficit after two losses in California. However, the Yankees found themselves down 3-0 early after a first inning Freddie Freeman home run and a Mookie Betts sacrifice fly in the third put the Dodgers ahead.
The Yankees were putting guys on base, but were continuing to leave them stranded throughout the middle innings. In the fourth inning, with Stanton on second and two outs, Anthony Volpe hooked a ball into left field. It wasn’t a deep ball, but the Yankees sent Stanton towards home regardless, hoping to get on the board for the first time.
Instead, however, Stanton was thrown out on a gorgeous play by Teoscar Hernández, helped along by the fact that the Yankees’ designated hitter was so slow getting home.
BANG!!
Teoscar Hernández throws out Stanton at home plate!
Stanton definitely shouldn’t have run there and the Yankees’ third base coach absolutely should have stopped him. While Stanton is an absolute monster in the batter’s box, he’s not exactly know for his speed. At all.
Baseball fans on Twitter, however, couldn’t help but make memes at Stanton’s expense for his slow run around the bases during Game 3.
