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A beautiful day for baseball didn’t stop some friendly fire in the South Bronx on Thursday.
In a 20-second clip posted online, it appears at least five people were involved in the mayhem.
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Fans gather outside Yankee Stadium before the home opener between the New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins on Friday, April 3, 2026. (Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Someone in a Gerrit Cole jersey threw a nasty right hook after grabbing one from behind. Another in an Aaron Judge shirt also appeared to throw a jab.
Radiator heads prevailed relatively quickly, but the damage had already been done.
Maybe the fans were just recreating what had happened on the field: a beatdown.
Fans rushed to grab the $10.99 mini dessert “chicken” bucket before it sold out at the first round last weekend. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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The loss for the Yankees extended their winless streak to three as they have now lost eight of their last 11 games.
Trout and Judge went blow-by-blow, but not in the same way as the fans. Both three-time AL MVPs combined for nine home runs, with Trout cutting the clock back to five. He became the only player in baseball history to hit a home run in four consecutive games at Yankee Stadium as a visitor.
Temperatures reached about 90 degrees in New York on Thursday, so perhaps patience was running out on E. 161st Street.
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