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Mets outfielder Granderson confronts fan who grabs him

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 2:06 a.m. ET

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James Parziale

Hands off.

That seemed to be what Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson told an overzealous Angels fan who reached out and touched him in the eighth inning on Friday night.

Granderson snagged a fly ball in the right field corner, and as he was about to throw the ball back into the infield, a fan put his hand on Granderson’s back. That didn’t sit well with the first-year Met.

”Say whatever you want to say, boo, cheer, clap, cheer for your team, cheer for the other team, but just don't physically touch the players,” the player told NJ.com.

Here’s the confrontation:

This comes the same week that Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said players should be able to cleat fans that run onto the field.

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