The Yankees had the best response after the banned fan complained about losing his World Series tickets - Yahoo Sports
By: andrew josephWed, Oct 30, 2024, 6:57 PM·2 min read (Yahoo Sports)
The Yankees had the best response after the banned fan complained about losing his World Series tickets
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29: Fans interfere with Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers as he attempts to catch a fly ball in foul territory during the first inning of Game Four of the 2024 World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on October 29, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The play resulted in an out. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)More
Everything we have learned about 38-year-old Yankees fan Austin Capobianco these past 24 hours has been against our will. But that should be expected when a fan aggressively tries to pry a ball away from Mookie Betts during the World Series.
Yet, the Yankees deserve some credit here. For how unlikeable Capobianco appears to be, the team certainly knew how to win a PR battle.
As Capobianco -- who was banned from attending Wednesday's Game 5 of the World Series -- made his media rounds to soak up his 15 minutes, he complained to Newsday about how the Yankees not only banned him from the game but also confiscated his tickets. He would have liked to give the tickets to his brother and friends. Instead, he was forced to settle for a refund.
Capobianco deserved zero sympathy even before those comments, and the Yankees couldn't have responded better. The team decided to redistribute those tickets to a pediatric cancer patient and his family.
Well done, Yankees.
And that's one way to get Capobianco out of the spotlight -- that time can't come soon enough.
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Everything we have learned about 38-year-old Yankees fan Austin Capobianco these past 24 hours has been against our will. But that should be expected when a fan aggressively tries to pry a ball away from Mookie Betts during the World Series.
Yet, the Yankees deserve some credit here. For how unlikeable Capobianco appears to be, the team certainly knew how to win a PR battle.
As Capobianco -- who was banned from attending Wednesday's Game 5 of the World Series -- made his media rounds to soak up his 15 minutes, he complained to Newsday about how the Yankees not only banned him from the game but also confiscated his tickets. He would have liked to give the tickets to his brother and friends. Instead, he was forced to settle for a refund.
Yankees fan Austin Capobianco tells Newsday via text: "The banning to tonight's game was kind of expected, but the fact my little brother and his friends can't use our season tickets tonight has really pissed me off. It's not like they can go to the next game."
— Anthony Rieber (@AnthonyRieber) October 30, 2024
Capobianco deserved zero sympathy even before those comments, and the Yankees couldn't have responded better. The team decided to redistribute those tickets to a pediatric cancer patient and his family.
From the Yankees, about the fan who will sit in the seats left behind by the two fans kicked out of Game 4: Calvin Young was one of approximately 80 children from families battling pediatric cancer invited to a "Kids Only" Press Conference at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 13, in which…
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) October 30, 2024
Well done, Yankees.
And that's one way to get Capobianco out of the spotlight -- that time can't come soon enough.
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I'm not a sports fan but this really bothered me. These guys assaulted this player. What assholes.
People are getting worse. I do love that the Yankees gave the tickets to a kid with cancer
maga ...
A jock friend of his recognized him from college and defended the asshole. I think the defenders of the indefensible are assholes too.
They look like they're trying to rip his arm off.
That's what I was thinking.. Jesus Christ - they should have been arrested for assault. Fucking assholes..
handcuffed by the NYPD to something immovable in the dodgers locker room would've been more fun ...
... post game batting practice! oops, sorry, no protective gear available ...
Good for the Yankees, and I hope the kid and his family have a wonderful time at the expense of an asshole.
a great gesture by the home team for that kid ...