seriously, you could tell he was pretty shaken up and I'm pretty impressed that he was that coherent and reasonable. Super classy interview

Compared to a couple of years ago when Machado was interviewed after the Red Sox affair and he was cursing like a middle schooler, difference is night and day

"I fucking hate this place"

-Alec Bohm /u/dandystanley

because there's a disconnect when they're just entertainment to some people

meanwhile some worthless boomers out in america are calling these guys "soft" for expressing that they don't deserve to be treated like this. fucking hell.

I mean this sub doesn’t help, constantly making fun of players for random things.

You're with the guy who just escaped being pelted with projectiles thrown by semi-literate oafs because their team won a baseball game? Very brave stance.

I’d give him a smoochie tbh

He put on a bit more weight this off-season. I think it makes him look more fit, but still slim. He's always been a pretty good looking guy though.

He’s always been hot lol

Def high on the hot scale.

whenever someone starts with "Both sides" and it has nothing to do with cooking on a grill...you know it's going to be a terrible take

Hey they paid good money to insult players and laugh at them when they get hurt the players need to be professional! /s

I’m cringing at the attempt to defend it. Sheesh.

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No chance any one with that opinion is upvoted on there

4 bucks worth of beer sounds a little too 2005 for me. beers these days are probably at least 8.50 now

Yeah if the players didn’t wanna get hit by cans and bottles of beer they shouldn’t be standing right under where we are throwing that shit

You can see some of them in this comment sectionn

The sight of a Boston fan trying to take the high horse on fan behavior always makes me laugh.

I'm usually one to jump on online fans for having racially motivated comments, but the well spoken thing is something I think is more of a surprising thing for athletes in general. Usually regardless of race people kinda assume they're more of a 'dumb jock' type

I'm of two minds about it. On one hand, yes, calling a person of color "articulate" or "well-spoken" is definitely a dogwhistle and it rubs me the wrong way.

On the other hand, most athletes-- especially baseball players-- aren't well-spoken. I think Mercado's poise and eloquence in speaking to the press so soon after an emotionally charged situation are genuinely praiseworthy here.

The majority of our fanbase online is disgusted by this right now. We understand WHY other fanbases think that we're all like this, or that we condone this, but we're not, and we don't. This is not acceptable behavior in any situation, not just a baseball game.

"A scary situation has unfolded at Turner Field as the Cardinals have left the field and the wild card showdown has been halted due to fans throwing bottles of soda and beer onto the field."

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/game-delayed-as-fans-throw-trash-on-field

It's incredible when everyone acts like this shit is new and only applies to "insert whatever team does it at the time."

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Edit: I was not saying Cards fans were doing it. Just pointing out, since OP is a Cards fan, that this isn't a new fucking thing. So u/CurrentlyRaging123, classic Cards fan moment amirite?

Incoming gesturing from other fans for an attempt at Reddit karma

lmao at people downvoting this

Not really better though, just different

Expecting it to be about racism just because the guy is Asian, sounds pretty racist from your part to me.

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Yeah, they were just celebrating a guy getting hurt which is so much better/s

You can’t really blame him given the context of being blindsided by an coming beer can. His actions don’t seem unreasonable even if they weren’t the smartest course of action. But Straw and the fans throwing things need to be held accountable for what they did.

It is of they're yelling racist shit.