The Boston Pink Sox’s Australian pitcher Liam Hendriks has taken to social media to precise disgust about loss of life threats he claims to have obtained following his facet’s most up-to-date loss to the New York Mets.
In a submit on Instagram, Hendriks — a 36-year-old reliever who beforehand battled non-Hodgkin lymphoma — mentioned feedback had been directed at each him and his household.
“Simply as an FYI: threats in opposition to me and my spouse’s life are horrible and merciless. You need assistance,” Hendriks wrote within the submit.
“Leaving feedback and telling me to commit suicide and the way you want I died from most cancers is disgusting and vile.”
Hendriks has appeared in 11 MLB video games this season.
He relieved starter Garrett Crochet with one out within the sixth inning of the Pink Sox’s 5-1 loss to the Mets on Thursday (AEST) at Fenway Park in Boston.
Hendriks completed the inning however gave up three straight singles to begin the seventh, together with an infield hit by Luisangel Acuña that was initially dominated an out earlier than replays confirmed he beat the throw to first.
“Perhaps it’s best to step again and re-evaluate your life’s objective earlier than hiding behind a display and attacking gamers and their households,” Hendriks added in his submit.
“Whether or not you do it out of your faux accounts or are dumb sufficient to do it out of your actual account.
“I believe I converse for all gamers who’ve needed to cope with this of their profession once I say sufficient is sufficient.”
The incident comes lower than a month after Pink Sox All-Star left fielder Jarren Duran mentioned a fan close to the dugout in Cleveland mentioned “one thing inappropriate” to him throughout a 13-3 victory over the Guardians.
That got here days after the debut of a Netflix documentary that included Duran opening up about his psychological well being.
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