Houston Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. had a bad start on Saturday. He did not deserve what happened next.
After allowing seven earned runs in eight batters faced against the Cincinnati Reds, an emotional McCullers told reporters in his postgame conference that he received death threats on social media aimed specifically at his two children.
McCullers' comment:
"It's been a tough evening. I understand people are very passionate and people love the Astros and love sports, but threatening to find my kids and murder them is a little bit tough to deal with.
"So just as a father I think there have been many, many threats over the years aimed at me mostly, and I think actually one or two people from other issues around baseball actually had to go to jail for things like that.