Twins reliever Tyler Duffey never experienced anything like the vitriol he received from Yankees fans during the ALDS.
“Boston’s fun, they’re baseball fans,” Duffey told The Athletic after the Yankees swept the Twins in the ALDS. ”Yankees fans, they just hate people.”
Duffey appeared in both games at Yankee Stadium, striking out the side in one inning of work in Game 1 before surrendering a series-changing grand slam to Didi Gregorius in the third inning of Game 2. Yankees fans were not kind throughout, showering him in beer and “a lot of expletives.