Boston Red Sox reliever Liam Hendriks posted on Instagram that he’s received death threats, becoming the latest MLB player to talk publicly about threats from fans this season. "Threats against my life and my wife’s life are horrible and cruel." - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Boston Red Sox reliever Liam Hendriks posted on Instagram that he’s received death threats, becoming the latest MLB player to talk publicly about threats from fans this season.

"Threats against my life and my wife’s life are horrible and cruel."

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turtal.bsky.social•2 days ago

What the hell people? A) it’s May. There are more than 100 games left. 2) Liam has worked his ass off to get back on the mound and we should be cheering him on accordingly. C) It’s baseball… enjoy the ride and don’t let it ruin your life.

jeffster1970.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah, that's pathetic that people do this. Really a bunch of low life's out there.

bhinflorida.bsky.social•1 day ago

People are assholes

corgicafe.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shame on the people who are giving players death threats for having a bad day. It’s awful and I hope he can report the abuse to someone. This is the reason why players are stepping away from their sports. People need to grow tf up.

afflxxxvixlvii.bsky.social•2 days ago

I would never do that to anyone on my team. Booing is as far as I'll go and as an Angels fan, I'd done my share.

Shame on those cucks.

toddsleaving.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hate the Red Sox as much as the next guy, but this shit is so lame…

sp2799.bsky.social•1 day ago

Perhaps the CEO of that company should do something about this…

therealenzooo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Liam is correct to highlight and expose this disgusting behaviour. He had a poor outing and some 🤡 issues a death threat. In a country if not a region were there are so many guns it is even more obscene.

ct3fanatic.bsky.social•2 days ago

This world is out of control.

anyone1234.bsky.social•2 days ago

People suck.
Be an introvert :)

nattieandjer2004.bsky.social•2 days ago

omg, that's disgusting and unacceptable behavior. People need to grow the f--k up and know it's just a game , period

fworsley.bsky.social•2 days ago

Are those related with gambling? MLB encouraging fans to bet on games will create that kind of response.

anticharisma.bsky.social•2 days ago

I've seen a lot of abusive comments directly related to it yeah. Like "you fucked up my parlay".

fworsley.bsky.social•2 days ago

MLB is willing to put it’s product (the players) in danger in order to collect the millions coming from gambling advertisements. Hypocrite and illogical.

ogieogilthorpe.bsky.social•2 days ago

#RedSox fans are keeping it classy.

davidjheslop.bsky.social•15 hours ago

WTF are people threatening ball players for ffs?!

rickeyd.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’d be interested to see if players think there’s a rise in this behavior recently and if they think it has anything to do with the gambling floodgates being opened. A rapidly increasing % of the population is consistently putting their rent and food $ on the line, making things very personal.

comet57.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just remember that most people do not agree with the vile sentiments towards you and your wife. May you both flourish. Best of health to you.

jjl62.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sports gambling at its finest.

swissrammer.bsky.social•2 days ago

F⚾️

redwaveametica.bsky.social•2 days ago

What the hell is wrong with people

josephrobertsonny.bsky.social•2 days ago

Two people I blame 1) Zuckerberg for creating the most widely adopted social media platform and using our worst impulses to sell ads and 2) Trump for normalizing violence and hate.

If we’re not careful, we will tear each other apart.

gabeburgess.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe embracing gambling in professional sports was a horrible idea.

cmpyle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sports leagues and team owners then: “gambling is bad”

Leagues and owners now:

connectedcooking.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sports Betting has ruined sports. It’s not fans that are probably giving death threats, it’s people with gambling addictions.

designerplant.bsky.social•1 day ago

In hindsight maybe the Red Sox fans didn’t deserve to have the curse lifted

gabeburgess.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sad but true

nationalsfan.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder if it’s the same group of 6th graders just making the rounds each time a pro athlete botches something.

vicvinegar2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

They're just being Americans.

pccousins.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is why MLB and other leagues should never have embraced sports gambling

sugarriver.bsky.social•1 day ago

@[email protected]

MLB should get off any social media platform that allows threats to go through.

Come on, MLB, MLB players union. Start posting excl on Bluesky!

adam407.bsky.social•2 days ago

C’mon man, not Hendricks. That’s just so messed up. Honestly wish MLB could find whoever said this stuff and ban them from every stadium for life.

unclejayhawk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Way too many people are fucking degenerates in this country.

macmisanthrop.bsky.social•2 days ago

America is an ugly place.

k10-blue-eyes.bsky.social•2 days ago

If your reaction to this story is WTF is wrong with people, take a close look at what is said and done daily by this administration and family members and it starts to make sense.

puddin73.bsky.social•1 day ago

This should result in arrests!

ewokinsd.bsky.social•2 days ago

MAGA has normalized this.

spraynstarch.bsky.social•2 days ago

Horrible, those should be specifically sent to Bill Buckner. Thank you.

weallhumanbeans.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sport imitating life.

potatoenthusiast.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shit hole countries gonna shit hole

pres2025.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks trump

whomex.bsky.social•1 day ago

Y'all can thank trump.

He created this domestic terrorist environment.

drew651.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s getting to where a fan can’t even threaten the life of his favorite player

momo941.bsky.social•2 days ago

njmommie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Play better

potatoenthusiast.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes! That’s exactly what a fucking loser would say! You nailed it!

roygbev.bsky.social•1 day ago

People who are bad at baseball deserve to die?

eldub73.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is probably 99.9% from gambling.

bostonrob.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unfortunately, there are people out there with no moral compass, and when you combine that with access to individuals through social media, you see the worst type of people. I'm sure a gambling addiction comes into play with these types of unacceptable ramblings as well.

jmilk.bsky.social•2 days ago

We are devolving as a species. The more access we have the more isolated to our own experience we become.

mattdos205.bsky.social•2 days ago

America circa 2025...

timtay.bsky.social•2 days ago

It all starts in the White House and trickles down. People emulate what they see

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