Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts kept his emotions in check after being grabbed by New York Yankee fans during Game 4 of the World Series. After the Dodgers clinched the series in Game 5, however, Betts became a bit more honest about the moment that captivated the baseball world.

Long story short, Betts started seeing red as soon as he was grabbed by the two New York fans along the right field wall.

“That was wild, man. That was really wild. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Betts told Fox after the Dodgers’ comeback win in the Bronx. “I told my wife it was the second time in my life I ever wanted to fight someone. I get it, man. I get it. I don’t know if he tried to get the ball, I don’t know what he really tried to do, but he had to do what he had to do and that’s what it is.”

You’ve got to love Betts going from “I wanted to fight the boys” to “they had to do what they had to do” as he walked back the comments in real time, but you certainly can’t blame him for being incredibly angry in the moment .

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We’re talking about an 8-time All-Star who went up to catch a ball and suddenly got one of his wrists grabbed by a fan and another fan ripped the baseball out of his glove. In the World Series!

“When it comes to the person in the game, it doesn’t matter,” Betts said after Los Angeles’ Game 4 loss, in which he was grabbed by the two fans. “We lost. It doesn’t matter. I’m fine. He’s fine. Everything’s fine. We lost the game and I’m kind of focused on that. We have to turn the page and get ready for tomorrow.”

The two fans who grabbed Betts were not allowed into Yankee Stadium for Wednesday night’s Game 5. However, the Yankees didn’t waste the seats and made the wonderful gesture of giving the tickets to a young fan named Calvin Young, who is battling childhood cancer.