Mookie Betts reveals classy way he handled World Series Yankees fan incident

Game 5 of the 2024 World Series, the worst home moment in the history of Yankee Stadium (at least, in the new building), was equal parts cathartic for Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts. After all, as silly as it is to think about nearly 11 months removed from what went down, there was a moment in time when the two New York Yankees fans who grabbed his wrist and twisted in foul territory during Game 4 were hailed as momentum-turning heroes.

That obnoxious drumbeat only got louder as the Yankees parlayed their Game 4 victory into a five-run advantage the next night? Who were these guys? What were their stories? Were they actually sympathetic characters? Inquiring minds absolutely did not want to know, but inquiring minds were told anyway, against their will. "I patrol that wall, and they know that," said the offending fan, raising the question of ... who are they?

Betts, who sent the Yankees packing en route to a Boston championship in 2018, then vanquished them again last October, had every right to privately gloat, even if his public persona was to remain grateful.

But, as he told FanSided in an exclusive interview this week — on behalf of Corona and the Playa Sounds Playlist — he did not have an NSFW message locked and loaded for those fans in the postgame victory scrum. Instead, he handled the never-before-seen-and-ideally-never-to-be-seen-again moment with charm and class (or, at least, that's how he feels now).

Dodgers' Mookie Betts reveals how he handled World Series locker room message after Yankees fans messed with his wrist

"Nah, man, you know ... it is what it is. We all kind of make decisions that we like or don't like, especially in the heat of the moment like that," Betts told FanSided this week. "They did what they had to do, what they felt they had to do. It didn't turn out great. We ended up winning and whatnot. I just kind of roll with it. It is what it is."

Regardless of boisterousness or chosen silence, Betts still does hold the trump card: a World Series victory. And no Yankee fan, regardless of grip strength, can wrest that away from him. That onus falls on the rosters in 2025 and beyond, who have plenty to avenge — as long as we don't give these two front-row bozos the time of day ever again.