Two fans are gone in a flash

HOUSTON» Two women who raised their shirts and flashed their breasts during Fox’s telecast of Game 5 of the World Series Sunday have been “indefinitely” banned by Major League Baseball.

“On October 27, 2019, you attended World Series Game 5 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.,” David Thomas, vice president of security and ballpark operations for MLB, wrote in a letter shared by both of the women on social media. “During the game, you violated the fan code of conduct by exposing yourself during the seventh inning in order to promote a business. You were also part of a scheme in which you induced others to expose themselves to promote the business. You are hereby banned from all Major League Baseball stadiums and facilities, indefinitely.”

The women, who were wearing yellow shirts, were sitting a few rows behind the plate, plainly in the line of sight of Houston Astros star pitcher Gerrit Cole. They stood and raised their shirts, with Cole turning away from the plate and walking around the pitcher’s mound as the batter called for a timeout. It is unclear whether Cole stepped away because he was distracted by the stunt. They were escorted out by security.

One woman, identified on her verified Twitter account as “Julia Rose,” tweeted the letter and retweeted video of the stunt with the words “Guilty as charged.” Her response to the letter was simply “s---” and she later added that “the wind blew up my top.” Lauren Summer, the other woman, tweeted the letter with an even shorter reaction: “Whoops.”