Guardians’ Myles Straw says Yankees have the ‘worst fan base on the planet’ after ugly incident

Cleveland Guardians outfielder Myles Straw blasted New York Yankees followers Saturday after an unsightly incident at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx. 

Followers within the notoriously rowdy proper discipline bleachers on the stadium pelted Cleveland outfielders with high-priced concessions in a chaotic scene moments after New York rallied for a 6-5 win.

The chaos began with one out within the ninth inning when Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored a game-tying double that went over the pinnacle of Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan, who crashed into the left discipline fence. 

Yankees followers then began hurling insults on the injured participant, stated Guardians outfielder Oscar Mercado. These insults prompted fellow outfielder Myles Straw to scale the left discipline wall to confront a fan.

“When somebody goes headfirst right into a wall … simply take a breath and let him get his toes beneath [him],” Straw stated, through The Athletic. “His chin was tousled. His brow was tousled. Simply give him a breather. … When somebody’s harm, that’s not one thing to joke about.”

Straw could not recall his precise phrases when he approached the followers.

“If I have been to do it once more, I most likely would have stated the identical factor,” he stated. 

The Cleveland Guardians’ Myles Straw (7) climbs the left discipline wall to speak with a fan throughout the ninth inning of a recreation towards the New York Yankees Saturday, April 23, 2022, in New York. The Yankees received 5-4. 
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“I used to be simply scorching at that time,” he added. “Simply mainly telling them, ‘Be quiet. Shut up. There’s no enterprise, what you’re saying to this man proper now.’”

After the preliminary incident, play resumed and Yankees pinch hitter Gleyber Torres lined a single to right-center for the game-winner. 

As Mercado and Straw chased the ball within the hole, a number of followers started throwing objects at them, which Straw described as a “beer parade.”

Members of the Cleveland Guardians react after followers throw particles on the sector following Yankee Gleyber Torres’ walk-off RBI single within the backside of the ninth inning at Yankee Stadium Saturday, April 23, 2022, in New York.
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“You might see [the debris] coming from a mile away,” Straw stated, through the outlet. “So simply making an attempt to keep away from the beer cans. And our bullpen was getting hit with them, too. It doesn’t shock me.”

After the sport, Straw stated the Yankees followers have been “classless,” and referred to as them the “worst fan base on the planet.”

Mercado famous a beer can practically hit him within the face, however he caught it. 

“They should be held accountable, and I believe there needs to be guidelines arrange for that as a result of that’s ridiculous and that ought to not occur,” Mercado stated of the followers. “Say no matter you need to say and do no matter you need to do. However, on the finish of the day, there’s received to be penalties for conduct like that.”

Fox Information’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report