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Dodgers fans embarrass LA with Jurickson Profar incident in NLDS Game 2 vs Padres

Eric Cole
Eric Cole

Friars On Base

Division Series - San Diego Padres v Los Angeles Dodgers - Game 2 / Harry How/GettyImages

Tensions were already beginning to boil over between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers before the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NLDS. Jurickson Profar jawed with Dodgers fans after he went up and robbed Mookie Betts of a home run.

Then Manny Machado and Jack Flaherty had words after Flaherty walked off the mound and took exception to something. However, things took a dangerous turn after that.

When the Padres took the field for the seventh inning, things got legitimately scary when a pair of baseballs were thrown on to the field in Profar's direction.

Understandably, Profar not only tried to point out at least one perpetrator to security, but he also flipped out and got the umpiring crew involved, leading to a lengthy delay (and even more objects being thrown).

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In a scene that was reminiscent of the infamous "Infield Fly Rule" game, LA fans lost their minds. Their team was down by three runs at home and, after multiple skirmishes with fans and players, something collectively broke in their minds and the outfield fans decided to take matters into their own hands. Not only were balls thrown at Profar, but fans also started throwing things in the direction of Fernando Tatis Jr. during the delay.

This was a genuinely sad turn of events during what has been a remarkable 2024 MLB playoffs thus far. This postseason has had so many great games and performances, and seeing fans act this way by putting other fans and players in danger just has no place in sports, period.

Play has since resumed. Yu Darvish pitched a strong seventh inning after the delay and then Jackson Merrill put an exclamation point on the proceedings with a two-run bomb in the eighth. Xander Bogaerts went back-to-back with a solo shot to make it a 7-1 contest.

At this rate, Dodgers fans will probably start throwing hot dogs at anybody wearing yellow and brown.

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Eric Cole

Eric Cole

I started my career writing about baseball covering the Atlanta Braves for SB Nation's Talking Chop back in 2015 which has since been renamed Battery Power. After years of writing for those fine folks, I made the decision to take over as Site Expert at House That Hank Built before becoming a full-time MLB Staff Writer for FanSided in 2023. Along the way, I have been a guest on multiple ESPN radio affiliates as well as 680 The Fan and 92.9 The Game to discuss Braves baseball and especially Braves prospects and was a long-time host on the Battery Power podcast. These days, I continue to write about the Braves as well as covering the Astros, Padres, and Angels with particular expertise with minor league coverage, the MLB Draft, and bashing Anthony Rendon when possible. When I am not writing about or talking about baseball (which is seldom), I am an avid baseball card collector (Maddux and Soroka being my primary personal collections) and I also collect shark teeth. All other sports are mostly dead to me as my Bills have broken my heart too many times.