Cleveland Indians pitcher Nick Wittgren says fans hurled homophobic insults at him and threatened to kill his family after he had poor outing during a game over the weekend.
says fans hurled homophobic insults at him and threatened to kill his family after he had a poor outing during a game over the weekend.
In one of them, Wittgren says a fan wrote to him after Cleveland's 10-5 loss,"I know where you live. I will get you tonight and kill your family." Y’all I get it, my husband had a bad day at work. But sending both of us very explicit death threats aimed at him, me, and our children is absolutely inexcusable."But sending both of us very explicit death threats aimed at him, me, and our children is absolutely inexcusable."
"We continue to work through all available security channels in an ongoing attempt to identify individuals who engage in this type of behavior towards our team members and eliminate future instances," Indians officials said.
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