Angels sent Yankees fans into a spiral as brawl breaks out in stands in NY

There are few things better than completely breaking the psyche of opposing fans, especially when they are Yankees fans, and the Los Angeles Angels appear to have done just that. At first glance, the Angels securing a series split against New York with their 11-4 win wouldn't seem like the setting for a Yankees fan meltdown. Both teams had their moments in the series, and it wasn't like New York was on some crazy losing streak. However, that logic was not present in the stands at Yankee Stadium.

The game itself was pretty straightforward. Mike Trout continued to be on an insane heater, Oswald Peraza and Jo Adell combined to drive in seven runs, and the bullpen game the Angels threw was good enough to hold the lead.

However, something happened to Yankees fans in the stands during this game, and it resulted in quite the brawl.

Angels beat the Yankees so badly that New York fans were brawling with each other in the stands...maybe

Okay, okay...we don't ACTUALLY know what the cause of this fight was. As fun as it is to think about Yankees fans snapping because of the beating the Angels just gave them, baseball fans can find all sorts of ways to get mad at each other. Add in the availability of alcohol, and you have a recipe for fireworks, especially when tensions in the game are high.

This does speak a little bit to the dynamics in play for these two teams right now. No one expected much out of the Angels this year. In some ways, that has helped the team play more loosely without the weight of expectations. It certainly doesn't hurt that Trout is completely healthy, and some players (in particular in the rotation) have exceeded expectations.

That is not the case with the Yankees. Fair or not, New York is "supposed" to be among MLB's elite every single season. If they stumble at all, an entire city is yelling about it and calling for wholesale changes. As successful as they have been, the fact that their last World Series win was "all the way" back in 2009 definitely irks some corners of Yankees fandom.

What does matter, other than the fact that it doesn't look like there were any serious injuries from this skirmish in the stands, is that the Angels held their own against a team that was built to win now. If LA takes anything from this series, it is that they are capable of beating anyone...and potentially causing their opponents' fans to descend into madness.

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