Watch an extended cut of the fan interference call

Jose Altuve hits a potential home run, but a fan interferes with Jackie Bradley Jr. as he was attempting to make the catch

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[jtgoheels]

How about MLB just implement that stadiums have all fan seating 5 feet behind the wall, that would eliminate any interference issues easily and we wouldn't have to worry about this debacle.

[TheRealGamebreakaDroid]

I love how later in the series he eliminates any doubt of whether he could make that catch.

[ZaneFilms]

Hey, MLB description department, that's not Jackie Bradley Jr.

[jimdavis]

Looks like the Astro fans interfered with his glove. I'm confident the ball would have been caught had fans not tried to get it.

[joevignoloru]

When the ball came down and got to Betts' glove he hadn't even contacted the wall yet. You can tell when he finally hit the wall by looking at when the padding wrinkles. He was clearly still in the field of play by a foot or more and so was his glove when the ball came down. The fans reached out and interfered.

[jimtrack]

Freeze it @:57 seconds and study the distance from the outfielder's body to the wall. Look at the ball in relation to the wall. Notice the glove is already forcibly closed by the fans hands. This ball was in the field of play. Correct call.

[Frankincensedjb]

Look at Mookie’s body. He appears to be a foot or two from the wall when the fan touches his glove. After the touch, he then glides those few feet into the wall. Also, the left arm of the guy in the white shirt is at the wall, use that as a gauge, You then see his right hand reaching out beyond it. Looks like interference to me.

[hackattack]

You would think that in this day and age with replay review, they would have a side angle shot of it.

[jasonleetaiwan]

It's difficult to see if the glove clearly went over the fence. I thought it did at the time, but am not sure. It looks very close, and the camera angles do not show it definitively. Perhaps the outfield walls should not be that close to the fans in the bleacher seats. What a way to make an out.

[metabones]

I'm just a baseball fan, obviously the commentator at the end of the video doesn't get it, and says...(two run home run taking away, the astros dude, you are wrong!!!!....one of the best, most wonderful catches taking away!!!!.

[AlanFernandoGamino]

To me: It was an great call, without grabbed by the fans after they touched the ball.

It was called an out, all thanks to Joe West!!

[MapleTreeatdawn]

The key to watching this play is the guy in the white shirt. Starting at second 56. His left hand is planted on the wall the next few seconds reveal that his body is pitched forward. Considering his hand is on the wall and he is leaning forward --- his right hand is in FRONT of the wall. The guy in the blue shirt and the orange shirt - there hands are in front of white guys shirt. They impacted Mookies' glove in the field of play.

[dclark]

If it was interference (and being a Yankee fan, I thought it was interference), why wasn’t the fan(s) ejected? That’s the MLB rule.

[billbird]

Joe West got this one right. As Bauer said, look at when Betts’ glove is contacted by the fans he hasn’t even touched the wall, his glove is more vertical than reaching back. There were at least 2 perhaps 3 fans that interfere with Betts arm and glove. West immediately turned and gave the interference and out call, there was no hesitation

[jimtrack]

Also at 5:41 the offending fan has that dread look on his face. Is he remembering Steve Bartman? The woman to his left...his wife? She seems to be getting an earful from someone.
Cardinal rule for fans should be....don't go for the ball at the wall. This guy will pay the price for years to come for what? It's not worth it.

[joevignoloru]

AJ Hinch was right that this has happened before at Minute Maid Park. The right field wall is only about 7 feet high and fans can easily reach over. Making physical changes to the ballpark to prevent it would be difficult and expensive. The best solution is to add cameras to look straight down the wall to see if the fans reached out or if the fielder reached in.

[ismaeljoaquin]

Had no dog in the fight for this series, but if there is no interference Bett's makes that catch. Either way, it's an out.

[matthewnickerson]

0:56 shows it all. The fan reached over the line to grab the ball.

[rrh]

the call is out and those fans should have been ejected from the stadium.

[baseballfan_]

Obvious interference he was not touching the wall but the hands where there which means the fans were reaching.