Former College Hockey Player banned from World Series after Mookie Betts Incident

The play occurred in the bottom of the first when lead off hitter Gleyber Torres hit the ball towards the right field and Betts was making a routine catch in foul ball territory. A Yankees fan took it upon himself and tried to grab the ball out of his glove to which the ball went astray. Immediately, Betts went straight to the umpire claiming but he was interfered by a fan which was clear on all cameras.

This created a firestorm on all social media platforms including X where everyone
seems to have an opinion on what had happened.

One such person was retired former NFL player Rob Gronkowski who knew the individual an identified him during his opinion of what he watched. He revealed him as Austin Copobianco who was a member of the Arizona hockey team when Gronk was playing for the University.

According to eliteprospects.com, Copobianco is 39 years old and played defense for the University of Arizona back in 2006 through 2010.

There have been incidents from time to time especially during the World Series were fans were involved with interfering with players trying to make catch. Like any championship series, every catch is vital at every play is even more crucial as it could sway a game in numerous directions.

Copobianco was banned for Game 5 to which the series ended as the Los Angeles Dodgers went on to win the World Series by a score of 7-6 and beat the Yankees in five games.