Best fan reaction and crowd moments of 2021, a breakdown compilation
What Happened
Aaron Judge steps into the batter's box in the bottom of the ninth, the New York Yankees trailing by one run. On the second pitch, Judge hits a dribbler down the first base line. As the fielder tries to throw home for the out, the ball skids away and the runner slides in safely. Zack Greinke, the Houston Astros pitcher, is visibly upset, arguing with the umpire that the runner was out of the baseline. In the stands, a fan is seen taking a selfie, while another waves a "magical cane" in celebration. Later, Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez steps up to the plate, and after a strikeout, he appears to get sick on the mound, much to the amusement of Yankees catcher DJ LeMahieu. In another sequence, a foul ball hits a fan directly in the beer he is holding, causing it to spray everywhere. The fan is unharmed, and another fan nearby hands him the ball as the crowd cheers. Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto is ejected from the game after arguing with the home plate umpire. The incident upsets a young fan named Abigail, who is attending her first MLB game and is wearing Votto's jersey. Votto later apologizes to Abigail, signs a baseball for her, and arranges for her to attend the next game, where he personally greets her. In a separate fan interaction, a battle over a foul ball results in some playful shoving between two fans, before one graciously gives the ball to a young fan nearby. Throughout the video, there are several instances of fielders dropping routine fly balls, much to the amusement of the crowd. Yankees outfielder Joey Gallo and catcher Kyle Higashioka both have embarrassing moments where they fail to make easy catches, drawing laughter and jeers from the fans. The compilation showcases the unpredictable and often entertaining nature of baseball, with fans and players alike providing memorable moments that capture the passion and excitement of the sport.
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world wide here we go pitch number two
dribbler down the first base line
they're gonna come home to get the out
and the ball skids away where'd it go
what happened
confusion
it hit grand all who was running in the
grass it gets away from the catcher the
runner slides in he's safe he picks up
the umpire
just tabletops from tom hallian just
going for an absolute ride right here
zach grinky's upset he's that's not even
close i'm just like what he's like he's
out of the baseline okay all right all
right all right i'll calm down that
guy's taking a selfie this guy's holding
up the magical cane in celebration if
you don't know about the magical cane
here you go
gonna put the spell on alvarez another
3-2
he stuck him out
his hat is dripping like crazy and he
steps up he looks into the box he sees
dj staring right back at him
no way i don't want to do this at all
and now he pukes a little bit and then
he pukes a little bit more and then he
and then dj's like okay i guess we're
not gonna do this and then he pukes a
whole bunch more and dj's like oh man
okay cool that's gross like that's
disgusting
then the trainer comes out and he says
hey uh hey dylan what's the problem is
it is it that mound of puke right in
front of you is that what we're dealing
with right here and he's like yeah yeah
i puked a lot in k.d he's kind of into
it and he's like whoa i came for
baseball but i like the puke very next
pitch deep foul ball we can't really see
it but you can see all these people
react like whoa whoa what happened well
hit this dude right in the beer and the
beer is just spraying everywhere just a
beer found never seen just such a
prolonged spray from his can of beer
probably paid good money for it this
lady very nice of her says are you all
right
and he says yeah i'm good just got beer
all over me and then this guy says here
man you deserve this ball and just you
know humans they clap for him just
humans being awesome this dude claps for
and then says you know what i had to
have this dude up great job getting hit
by that ball in the beer who knows i'm
going to make his call and everyone's
going to agree or disagree i think he
went
but it's pretty close ump says no he
went vado says i didn't go
i didn't go on that one
that's not even that brutal or harsh or
anything i don't think that's
worthy of anyone being upset with votto
about but the home plate um says
something he says huh
the what the [ __ ] are you and then it
cut to replay so he told vato to shut up
or something and vato said don't talk to
me i wasn't talking to you
and then the home platinum says don't
have to say anything to him like you
don't have to say anything to third base
ump and vada says i'll say stuff to you
then he says okay you're out of here now
the bad news is this girl abigail came
to her first mlb game and her favorite
player of all time got thrown out in the
first inning she's all sad she's crying
she's wearing the joey bottle shirt
what's going to happen joey vado says
don't worry
he signs a baseball for says i am sorry
i didn't play the entire game
really nice move of joey votto then they
had her come to the next game vato chats
with her gives her some tickets gives
her the whole treatment
good guy joey votto i mean sure he's got
temper sure he's going to rage out on
you but in the end good guy
grown men arguing over foul balls tucker
barnhart throws this one into the stands
and right away you got red shirt and
blue shirt converging on the ball now
it's gonna come right into red shirts
hands but he botches it now it's up for
grabs and what happens here is that blue
shirt santa glove knocks it away but red
shirt wasn't even going for the ball
he was playing defense and he swiped
santa's hand right there little contact
santa doesn't like that bounces back to
him so if we go back i mean
glove onto chair bounces right back to
him now redshirt's going to use his
right hand to box blue santa out a
little bit as he picks up the ball with
his left hand and blue santa didn't like
that either so he slaps him a little bit
he's going to be like you know what this
might be fun he goes hey i didn't touch
her i said yeah you did you touch me you
touch me
and eventually he's going to he's going
to count out the things he did this
guy's just laughing he says uh you know
one you pushed me two you stole my ball
and i hate you
puts his feet up gets comfortable first
baseman's mitt is is a good way to go
that guy's laughing now this kid who he
has a ball he says hey old man do you
want this one he says yeah thank you
that's really nice of you and then he
turns around to the guy in the red and
says hey [ __ ] for what you did he
gave me the ball and this is where it
gets crazy now it cuts back to red shirt
he's got a ball in his left hand and two
balls
in his right hand so he puts so this
dude already had two balls and that was
his third of the game which makes you
understand why blue shirt is a little
more frustrated i hope you guys are
enjoying these i watched it back i
enjoyed it i forgot half of them existed
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back to the fans
the royals are in pittsburgh and
gonzalez takes that pitch way deep right
into that fan's weight right into that
fan's hands
leg
on the ground doesn't make the catch
scoops it up and gets the ball and for
that we set off fireworks
and also for the home run but now he's
getting laughed at [ __ ]
damn i mean oh what did you want me to
do
hit me right in the hand it kind of hurt
have some sympathy here oh man
hey you guys want to see the ball yeah
do you want to see it
no
no
hey what's going on up there is that is
that lady yelling at me and she's like
damn right i'm yelling at you just
starts giving him the finger and the
doll's looking up like
me
what she's like yeah
you betcha right at you and he can't do
anything but laugh and giggle and then
eventually
the whole crowd starts like come on rafa
come on rafa you can do it and trying to
encourage him since he just got [ __ ]
talked by one person
and the timing on that one's just really
good by this fan and he's like what's
going on up there she's like oh
yeah i'm causing a scene and he's like
yeah good job okay
next pitch to schwarber's popped up dj's
gonna camp under it the third out
escaped the inn and get out of it and oh
my god he drops it and they are laughing
at him
[ __ ]
oh oh
you suck
i did suck in that moment this pitch is
put in play gallow gets under it gets
under it gets under it gets under it he
drops it and this guy said are you
kidding me his friend says what what
happened he says he dropped it and he
says what
i love this baseball sport the yankees
are trying to tie the game on some drops
of their own and let's see if they can
do it it's a one-two count that's in the
air the wrong way bobby dahlbach
underneath it and he drops it so now we
got three
just straight drops by fielders to
prolong at bats or to have run score
just right out of reach one two again
does he strike out oh no does the
catcher drop it did he catch it what
happened he obviously caught that and
dropped it on the transfer but joe west
doesn't i mean he doesn't really have a
great vantage point of that the next
batter is uh giancarlo stan and he's
gonna hit an absolute
moon moonshot over the national sign
bam just the monster of a home run a
home run so monstrous it makes the green
monster look small and i love the
reactions and we got a
really good race on first man up between
these two kids i'm gonna give it to the
kid on the left and i don't know if it's
because he's
taller or maybe he's just standing more
upright but he wins it some other good
reactions from this shot though just so
many mouths open oh
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and then they showed this kid he's just
like what the [ __ ] what did i just watch
what is this game
what was any of that
why did it feel crisp but it was so
sloppy