Some Yankees fans astatine a Bronx sports barroom reacted pinch glee aft seeing Shohei Ohtani get injured during Game 2 of nan World Series Saturday nighttime astatine Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers superstar suffered a near enarthrosis subluxation — a partial dislocation — sliding into 2nd guidelines while he was caught stealing to extremity nan seventh inning of Los Angeles’ Game 2 triumph that put nan Yankees successful a 2-0 hole arsenic nan bid shifts to Yankee Stadium.
Ohtani, 30, was writhing successful symptom and was tended to by nan training staff.
This seemed to delight Yankees fans who were watching nan crippled astatine Billy’s Sports Bar adjacent Yankee Stadium, arsenic video posted connected X shows immoderate fans cheering, clapping, jumping up and down and raising their arms.
One instrumentality tin beryllium seen flipping nan mediate digit astatine nan ample projector surface showing Ohtani successful pain.
The video drew outrage.
“This is disgusting. arsenic a yankees fan, we do not declare these fans,” 1 personification wrote successful response.
“Garbage,” different wrote, while 1 commenter called nan Yankees fans “weirdos.”
“Stay prestigious you losers!” different instrumentality wrote.
The video, posted astatine 10:35 p.m. ET Saturday night, had much than 715,000 views astir 14 hours later.
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Ohtani was expected to get an MRI connected Sunday, though Dodgers head Dave Roberts seemed optimistic aft nan game.
“The spot was great,’’ Roberts said Saturday night. “The scope of mobility [was] good. So we’re encouraged. But, obviously, I can’t estimate because we don’t get nan scans yet.”
Roberts besides said he felt “much better” astir Ohtani’s position for nan remainder of nan World Series aft initially being concerned.
Ohtani went 0-for-3 pinch a locomotion successful Game 2 aft finishing 1-for-5 pinch a double and a tally successful Game 1.