Astros fan rips foul ball out of Angels star Mike Trout's glove in bizarre scene

Another fan-player contention involving a foul shot recovered its mode to the MLB signifier connected Saturday night, this clip involving Los Angeles Angels prima Mike Trout and a Houston Astros patron. 

Yanier Diaz of Houston skied a shot down the close tract line, and Trout began tracking it each the mode toward the borderline of the seats. 

That’s erstwhile helium jumped to drawback the shot lone to person it ripped retired by Astros instrumentality Jared Whalen retired of his glove. 

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Los Angeles Angels close fielder Mike Trout walks connected the tract earlier the crippled against the Houston Astros astatine Daikin Park. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

MLB fans connected societal media instantly compared the concern to the 2024 World Series erstwhile New York Yankees fans took the ball, and glove, disconnected Los Angeles Dodgers prima Mookie Betts’ hand, causing their ejection. Those fans besides got an indefinite prohibition from each 30 large league ballparks. 

However, there’s a cardinal quality successful this concern due to the fact that Whalen was successful his close to drawback the shot owed to it being successful foul territory. He ne'er reached implicit the borderline to marque the drawback a la Steve Bartman connected that fateful time astatine Wrigley Field.

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Whalen spoke to The Athletic aft the game, saying helium was simply defending his lad arsenic the shot was headed successful his direction. 

"I conscionable didn’t cognize what was going on," helium said. "I didn’t recognize it was a play. It was coming astatine my son’s face. I conscionable reached out."

Los Angeles Angels close fielder Mike Trout (27) greets Houston Astros 2nd baseman Jose Altuve earlier the crippled astatine Daikin Park. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

Trout appeared similar helium was going to marque a tremendous foul-ground play, and helium was heated erstwhile an umpire simply called it a foul ball. 

Security came down to code Whalen, but helium wasn’t ejected from the game. Instead, helium and his lad were moved to antithetic seats. 

Then, aft the Angels’ 4-1 triumph implicit the Astros, Trout met with Whalen and his lad successful the Daikin Park tunnel. Trout was heard telling Whalen that helium appreciated his reaction, and Whalen said helium meant nary sick volition toward the Angels outfielder. He adjacent offered the shot backmost to Trout.

Trout, giving Whalen’s lad a signed bat, signed the foul shot his begetter caught.

Los Angeles Angels close fielder Mike Trout walks successful the dugout earlier the crippled against the Houston Astros astatine Daikin Park. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

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Trout went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI successful the win, portion chap outfielder Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 with a homer. Nolan Schanuel besides enactment 1 retired successful the victory.

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