Mookie Betts says he 'wanted to fight' fans who grabbed him during World Series

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Just a few hours after fans tried to pry a ball out of Mookie Betts' glove Tuesday, the outfielder played it cool, saying the incident was "irrelevant."

But now that his Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions, he's letting his true feelings known.

Betts caught a ball while leaping against the wall and toward the fans, and one fan tried to rip Betts' glove off his hand and took the ball out while another fan held Betts' wrist.

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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts makes a catch in foul territory against the New York Yankees in the first inning during Game 4 of the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium.  (Robert Deutsch/Imagn Images)

The fans were promptly ejected and prohibited from attending Game 5, although a loud minority continued to celebrate them.

Betts didn't speak much about it after Game 4, but after Game 5, he let it all out.

"That was wild, man. That was really wild. I’ve never experienced anything like that. I was telling my wife that was like the second time in my life I’ve ever wanted to fight someone," Betts told FOX after he won his third World Series title. 

"I get it, man. I get it. I don’t know if he was trying to get the ball, I don’t know what he was really trying to do, but he had to do what he had to do, and it is what it is."

Fans interfere with a foul ball caught by Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts during the first inning in Game 4 of the World Series against the New York Yankees Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in New York.  (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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