World Series: Fan interference rule at Dodger Stadium keeps Yankees scoreless in crucial game

The New York Yankees returned to the World Series on Friday and brought with them the ghost of Jeffrey Mayer. This time it was a little different for them.

With two outs, none on and the game tied 2-2 in the top of the ninth, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres hit a fly ball to deep left field that, for a second, looked like the go-ahead homer. Then the umpires call fan interference and America meets its new controversial ballhawk.

A fan in Dodgers gear apparently reached over the outfield wall to catch the ball, so the umpires removed Torres' homer and put him on second base. The call was confirmed via replay.

The drama echoed the controversy when, 26 years ago, a 12-year-old named Jeffrey Meyer reached over the wall at Yankee Stadium and pulled in a game-tying home run for Derek Jeter against the Baltimore Orioles. In that case, it was a Yankees fan catching, and the umpires making the wrong call.

The ruling loomed large when the Dodgers intentionally walked Juan Soto, pulled reliever Michael Kopech and sent Blake Treinen to face Aaron Judge with the game on the line. Judge popped out to end the inning.

The Dodgers went down in order in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings, which LA eventually won, 6–3, with two outs on Freddie Freeman's 10th inning grand slam.