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    NEW YORK – No matter how expensive World Series tickets are, it doesn't give fans the right to encroach on the field.

    Also not taking the ball away from Mookie Betts.

    Two New York Yankees fans were ejected after one was charged with fan interference for a foul pop fly down the right field line off the bat of New York Yankees leadoff batter Gleyber Torres in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night was called.

    Right field umpire Mark Carlson immediately signaled fan interference. But that wasn't the end.

    A fan sitting next to the one who called for the interference tried to pull the ball out of Betts' glove with a sheepish grin on his face. The other fan seemed to complain that the ball was inside the seating area, making it a fair game.

    He neither got a baseball nor won the argument. They were quickly escorted from their seats by stadium security and a Major League Baseball spokesman confirmed that the fans were ejected.

    After the Dodgers' 11-4 loss, Betts declined to elaborate on the incident.

    “It's irrelevant, we lost,” Betts said. “I'm fine, he's fine. Everything is cool. We lost the game and that’s what I’m focused on.”

    The Dodgers were perplexed by this sequence, which was particularly jarring since it only occurred on the second pitch of the game.

    “I’ve never seen anything like that,” Dodgers starting pitcher Ben Casparius said. “It's pretty interesting. And it’s obviously very early in the game and kind of sets the tone.”

    Casparius is from Westport, Connecticut, about 45 miles northeast of Yankee Stadium. Sure, he'd never seen anything like it – but he wasn't shocked that something could go wrong at the Ballyard in the Bronx.

    “No. Not surprised at all,” he says. “The fans are excited, it was just one of those things where they got tangled up.”

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