Yankees fans throw beer cans at players, a breakdown

Apr 24, 2022 3.4M views 7:34

What Happened

On April 23, 2022, the Yankees rallied past the Guardians at Yankee Stadium. Down one in the bottom of the ninth, Josh Donaldson drew a leadoff walk off Emmanuel Clase, pinch runner Tim Locastro stole second, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa lined a two-out double off a 100 mph pitch to tie it. Steven Kwan crashed face-first into the left field wall chasing the ball, came up bloodied, and at least one Yankees fan in left field appeared to celebrate the injury, setting off a confrontation with Myles Straw and Oscar Mercado. After Gleyber Torres walked it off, fans pelted the field with beer cans and water bottles, several of which actually hit Guardians players and an umpire.

Why This Matters

Throwing objects at players is one of the few fan acts that can draw real consequences, including ejections, bans, and forfeit threats from the umpire crew. What made this ugly wasn't a blown call or a brawl. Yankees fans threw roughly 20 beer cans and full water bottles after their own team won, which is the part that doesn't compute. The Kwan moment matters too: a player went head-first into a hard wall trying to make a game-saving catch, and the response from a section of the crowd was to cheer the blood. Straw climbed the fence over it. MLB and the Yankees took public heat afterward, and the incident became the go-to example whenever fan behavior at the Stadium comes up. Locastro's speed and Kiner-Falefa's two-out double off Clase set the whole thing in motion.

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Players: Josh Donaldson. Teams: Yankees.

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