The World Series may be over, but there’s one moment from Game 4 that everyone is still talking about. These are both New York Yankees fans, Austin Capobianco and John Peter, who tried to force a foul ball which Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts tore his hand off in the bottom of the first.

Both fans were cheered by fellow Yankee fans as they escorted them out of the arena. A season ticket holder, Capobianco was initially expected to be allowed to return to Yankee Stadium for Game 5. This decision was reversed after MLB got involved and contacted the Yankees.

Ultimately, in a late but elegant gesture on the part of the Yankees organization, the tickets were given to a 15-year-old cancer fighter who had missed a previous event with the Yankees due to his illness.

Is everything okay, does it end well? Not really. Even though Betts was fine physically, what the fans did was extremely dangerous and many, including Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, believe the fans should be punished more.

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The incident was reported to two-time World Series champion Muncy on the “Fetid territory” podcast and he had a lot to say about the incident and how he thinks MLB should have handled it.

“First of all, luckily Mookie wasn’t hurt. You know, you’re talking about your arm hanging off the wall like that. It’s very easy to hyperextend, break something,” Muncy said .

The interference could have easily injured his shoulder or wrist. They’re very lucky they didn’t hurt the former MVP because, if they did, they could have gotten hurt. faces assault charges. As for the ramifications mandated by MLB, Muncy wants the league to be proactive in preventing similar behavior in the future.

“This should have been an instant lifetime ban from all MLB stadiums,” he said. “If you say ‘you’ll never be able to go to another baseball game,’ that’s going to plant serious doubt in people’s heads about whether or not they want to do something like that.”

Just because this instance ended without anyone being seriously injured does not mean that all instances will yield the same relatively positive outcome. The fact is that Muncy is right. Fans need to understand that this behavior will never be tolerated and the only way to do that is to set an example for anyone who engages in it.

There is no space in the game to risk someone getting hurt because a fan thinks they can impact the outcome of a game by catching a player.