The beer showers at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night weren’t reserved to the New York Yankees’ clubhouse, it appears.
Moments after the Yankees secured a 7-2 win over the Oakland Athletics in the American League wild-card game, a fan in the right-field bleachers was caught on camera dousing a nearby A’s fan with beer before throwing the empty cup at him.
Here’s a video of the incident, courtesy of Bleacher Report:
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1047898815066324992
Yeesh.
Props to the Oakland fan for not completely freaking out over this classless move.
There may be a silver lining for the beer-soaked fan, though: The A’s official Twitter account offered to provide him with some new green and gold swag.
Do you know this A’s fan? We’d like to find him, hook him up with some new Oakland A’s gear that doesn’t smell like beer.
Much love from Hero-Town, buddy.
(H/T to @Jared_Carrabis) pic.twitter.com/ltthrqCc7z— Oakland A's (@Athletics) October 4, 2018
Thanks to the powers of Twitter, it appears we have a match:
That's me!! Never been more proud to be an A's fan. Born and raised in Oakland but living in Brooklyn now. Sad my chavez jersey got covered in beer but it was so worth it! Y'all are the best!
— John Spencer (@johnnyplaydrums) October 4, 2018
Nice work all around.
Yankees fans won’t have the chance to chuck any beers Friday night, as the Bronx Bombers will travel to Fenway Park to take on the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Division Series.
UPDATE (3:30 p.m. ET): We have a happy ending! (Well, except for the A’s losing.)
UPDATE: We found him! Now dry, the Oakland native and current NY resident is John Spencer. We’ll be sending John a care package and we’ll host him at a game next season. Thanks for representing the A’s in New York, John! #RootedInOakland #HeroTown pic.twitter.com/jBnlzqXOGX
— Oakland A's (@Athletics) October 4, 2018
