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Frenzied Mets, Yankees Subway Series Fan Brawl Goes Viral

A brawl between the New York Mets and Yankees' fanbases attracted much social media attention Wednesday.

Grant Young

Jul 23, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Mets right fielder Tyrone Taylor (15) leaps but cannot catch a solo home run by New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres (not pictured) during the second inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 23, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Mets right fielder Tyrone Taylor (15) leaps but cannot catch a solo home run by New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres (not pictured) during the second inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports / Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
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The New York Mets completed a four-game 2024 Subway Series sweep over the Yankees on Wednesday after a dominant 12-3 win. 

And a brawl between the two teams’ fanbases that took place on Tuesday night also caught a lot of attention. 

The altercation occurred on one of Yankee Stadium’s concourses at one point during Tuesday’s game, which the Mets won 3-2. 

Footage of the brawl shows what appears to be two women (both of which are wearing Yankees jerseys) grappling on the ground. A man wearing a Yankees jersey tried to intervene by pushing away one of the women, which prompted a man in a Mets jersey to push him back.

Then chaos ensued.

While most of the back and forth was relegated to pushing and shoving, the brawl’s most notable moment came when a Yankees fan took off his pinstripe jersey before socking a Mets fan in the face with his right hand, sending the latter to the ground. 

The shirtless fan then celebrated by screaming and flexing right in front of the camera for a few moments. 

Aside from some other haphazard wrestling, the brawl was more or less over at that point because security guards began to intervene. 

An initial video of the brawl was circulating wildly around social media on Wednesday before being deleted. But multiple other accounts have since reposted it across various social media platforms.

None of the assailants included in the video have yet to be identified, and it’s unknown whether law enforcement will look to prosecute those involved. 

Regardless of whether anything else comes from this Subway Series brawl, it isn’t a good look for both Mets and Yankees fans.  

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Grant Young

GRANT YOUNG

Grant Young covers the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, and Women’s Basketball for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco, where he also played Division 1 baseball for five years. He believes Mark Teixeira should have been a first ballot MLB Hall of Fame inductee.

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