Houston – shortly after Lance McCulles JuniorFamily received. On the Internet, death threats after a difficult start before Astros Al -Bara, his 5 -year -old daughter, AFA, Kara’s wife talking on the phone on this topic.
Following this was a painful conversation between McCols and his little girl.
She asked me when I went home: “Dad, like, what are the threats? Who wants to harm us? Who wants to harm me? “So it is difficult to deal with these talks.”
MCCULLERS is one of two MLB jugs whose families have received online death threats this month as abuse of the Internet for players and their families are high. Boston Red Sox residence Liam Hindrix He moved to social media shortly after the accident with McCulrs to summon people who were threatening the life of Hindorx’s wife and directing “sordid” comments on him.
Contact Astros with MLB security and Houston Police Department after McCullers threats. A police spokesman said on Thursday that he was still a continuous investigation.
McCulrs, who has two young daughters, took an immediate action after threats and continued with the team to inquire about what could be done to protect his family. The owner of Astros Jim Crane intervened and rented security 24 hours a day.
It was a move that was a member of McClers necessary after what happened.
“You have at this stage,” he said.
Players around the league agree that online abuse has worsened gradually in recent years. Miluki‘s Christian YelicA 13 -year -old veterans and MVP in the 2018 National League said that receiving online abuse is a “night something” for most players.
“I think it was certainly increased,” he said. “It has increased to the point that you just:” Well, here we go. “It is not so on your radar.
Many players believe that it is directly linked to the rise in complex sports betting.
“You can get a lot of DM or such things about destroying a person’s bet or something that is like this.” Justin Wilson He said. “I think they should make better bets.”
Hindrix, a 36 -year -old residence, who had previously undergone a non -Hodgkin lymphoma treatment, said that he and his wife have received death threats after a loss in front of New York Mets. He added that people left comments saying they wish to die from cancer, among other offensive comments.
“It is enough enough,” he said. “As at some point, everyone loves to absorb it and deal with it does not accomplish anything. We move to safety. We move on to whom we need, but nothing ends. This happens again in the next night.
“Thus, at some point, someone must take a position. It is one of those things where the greater the number of eyes we face, the more voices we are talking about, we hope you can push them in the right direction.”
Astros and Red Sox works with MLB Security to take measures against social media users who are threatening the players and their families. Red Suxi Abe Murphy spokesman said they have taken steps in recent years to ensure that the families of the players are safe during the games. This includes security staff and the Boston police stationed in the family department at home and a dedicated security party to monitor the family department on the road.
“I think that during the past few years, it has certainly increased. It has increased to the point that you only have:” Well, here we go. “It is no longer on your radar.
Christian Yelic, the players who receive threat messages
Murphy said that identifying those who make unknown threats on the Internet is difficult, but “Red Sox and MLB have internet programs and analysts devoted to identifying and removing these accounts.”
Astros has police officers wearing uniforms stationed in the family department, a practice that was implemented before MCCULLERS threats and his family.
For some players, online abuse has become so bad that they have abandoned social media. Detroit Tigerers All stars Riley Green He said that he left social media because he received a lot of messages from people who blame him for the failed bets.
He said about Instagram: “I deleted it.” “I am outside it. It is absorbed, but this is the world in which we live, and we cannot do anything about it. People were sitting for me and saying bad things, tell me how bad the player I am and say bad things we do not want to hear.”
The 31 -year -old McCuller, who returned this year after losing two full seasons due to injuries, said that dealing with this was the worst thing in his career. He understands the passion of the fans and knows that exposure to criticism because of a weak performance is part of the game. But he believes that there is a “moral line” that fans should not cross.
“We must want people to succeed,” he said. “We want to succeed, but it should not come at a cost to our families and children in our lives, and they must feel that they are not safe where they live or where they sit in games.”
Joe Evada, Astros manager, was angry when he learned of the threats facing McCols and his family and was clearly upset when he addressed what happened with the reporters.
Evada said that the team has mental health specialists available to players to talk about the outcome that such an abuse takes and any other issues they may deal with.
“We realize that when we go in the field, fans expect and expect the best of ourselves,” said Esbada this week. “But when we try to do our best and things are not going on our way while trying to give you everything we got, and now you threaten our families and our children – now I have a big problem with that, right? I just don’t like it.”
Kansas‘s Salvador PerezAnd he is an old MLB warrior for 14 years, who has not suffered from online abuse, but he was horrific to what happened to McLrars. He said that if something like this happens to him, then this will change the way he interacts with fans.
“Now some fans, the real fans, will pay the price for that as well,” he said. “Because if I am, I will not take a picture or sign anything for anyone because of it one day.”
McCulrs did not go to this extent, but he admitted that he was not his mentality.
“It makes you a little anxiety,” he said. “This makes you somewhat don’t want to go to places. I think this may be the most likely human reaction.”
While most players dealt with a level of online abuse in their career, no one has a good idea of how to stop it.
“I am grateful because I am not in a position to find a solution for this,” the tigers jug Tyler Holton He said. “But as a person participating in this, I hope this is the topic of conversation.”
Chicago White Sox Football player Mike Touchman Frozen of the misuse of players. Although mostly connected to the Internet, he had teammates with racist and gay people shouted at them during games.
“Outside the absence of social media, I do not really see the improvement before it continues to get worse,” he said. “I mean, I think it is a kind of way in which things are now. Like people, people just feel that they have the right to say what they want who they want while he is behind a keyboard and there is no repercussions, right?”
