Former 1st baseman on handling fan interference.
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00:00Of course, he had the Mookie Betts situation.
00:02I thought he did a really good job of keeping his head
00:03when those morons interfered with him
00:05and tried to rip the ball and his glove from him.
00:09And what did you think watching that, Yondra?
00:11And then secondarily, how do you think you yourself
00:13would have reacted if you were in Mookie's place?
00:17You know, a part of me reacted like anybody else did,
00:21like any other player.
00:22What are you doing?
00:24And then another part, it brought me back
00:25to like that 2003 Cubs-Marlins
00:28when the gentleman interfered with the fly ball
00:32and it led to all mayhem, right, for the Marlins and the Cubs.
00:36Luckily, that did not happen.
00:38And I'm really happy for what Major League Baseball did
00:41and for what the Yankees did.
00:42Hey, they're going to nip it in the bud, right?
00:44They're going to cut that.
00:45They're saying, hey, to the fans,
00:46we are not going to tolerate that.
00:48I thought Mookie handled that so great.
00:50But then again, are we surprised by Mookie?
00:53This is Mookie, right?
00:54Mookie does everything perfect.
00:55Mookie wakes up in the morning and says,
00:57yes, I had the perfect sleep that nobody has ever had.