MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran directed an obscene gesture toward a fan at Target Field as he returned to the dugout after a fifth-inning groundout in to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
Duran, who has spoken about his past struggles with mental health, said a fan made a personal comment that crossed the line.
鈥淪omebody just told me to kill myself,鈥� Duran said. 鈥淚鈥檓 used to it at this point, you know? I mean, (expletive) happens. I mean, I鈥檓 gonna flip somebody off if they say something to me, but it is what it is. I shouldn鈥檛 react like that, but that kind of stuff is still kind of triggering.鈥�
Duran in a Netflix series that debuted last year.
鈥淗onestly, it鈥檚 my fault for talking about my mental health because I kind of brought in the haters. So I’ve just got to get used to it,鈥� Duran said. 鈥淚 was just trying to hold it in and not really bring that up to the team. I mean, we鈥檙e trying to win a game. I shouldn鈥檛 even bring that up to anybody. … It just happens.鈥�
Boston manager Alex Cora said he didn’t witness the incident and hadn’t reviewed video of it.
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