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Wendell Pierce is angry when unruly fans force him to leave the Yankees game early

Fans at Yankee Stadium seem incapable of misbehaving – forcing a well-known actor to leave Game 5 early.

Wendell Pierce, who has appeared in “The Wire” and “Jack Ryan,” told ”

“Unruly, obnoxious people can ruin everything,” Pierce wrote. “Worst experience ever. The game and the experience no longer matter. The spirit of sport ends with the ugliness of humanity.”

Fans in the stands react after a strikeout by Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux during Game 5. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post

Pierce did not specify when he left or whether the fans in question were Yankees fans.

The experience appears to have ruined the entire World Series for the actor, who posted a video before the game of himself sitting behind home plate wearing a Yankees cap as the Bronx Bombers tried for a 5-0 score Not to miss their season-long lead in Game 5.

“The fact that some suburbanites did this [sic] Coming to Yankee Stadium to play ass completely ruins the artistry [Gerrit] Cole throws a no-hitter in the 5th or [Freddie] Freeman with a home run streak of four straight games: both in the World Series,” wrote Pierce, 60, who starred on CBS’ “Elisbeth.” “It won’t mean anything to me because all I remember are the disgusting fans I had to avoid.”

He called it the polar opposite of his experience at the Olympics, where “competition is celebrated based on the level of expertise.”

Actor Wendell Pierce has had a difficult experience
Yankees-Dodgers World Series game on Wednesday night. Getty Images for ReedPop

Pierce then went one step further, claiming the World Series was “over for me.”

“I don’t care about the outcome,” he wrote. “I saw it [Aaron] Judge found his swing for a home run, I saw a walk-off grand slam home run from Freeman. I watched a pitching masterclass from Cole and [Jack] Flaherty. The players I will remember.”


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Pierce's experience comes one night after Yankees fans Austin Capobianco and John Peter were ejected from the stadium after they aggressively grabbed Mookie Betts by the arm and glove when the Dodgers outfielder caught a ball hit by Gleyber Torres in Game 4.

Aaron Judge hits a two-run home run in the first inning of the Yankees' season-ending loss in Game 5. Robert Sabo for NY Post

The couple was banned from Yankees Stadium for Game 5 and the Yankees gave their tickets to a pediatric cancer patient.