Reddick: Yankees fans ‘disrespectful’ for throwing debris
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NEW YORK — Houston Astros right fielder Josh Reddick called out Yankees fans for tossing water bottles, baseballs and other objects on the field during New York’s 4-1 loss in the AL Championship Series on Tuesday night.
“You throw a baseball hard enough and hit somebody in the head when they’re not looking, it could do some damage to the player, so it’s definitely disrespectful and at the same time very unsafe,” Reddick said.
Fans erupted after a replay review changed Edwin Encarnación’s infield hit leading off the eighth to a groundout. Houston went on to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
“I don’t think fans realize when they do that that you could hit a player. You hit a baseball player with a baseball from the third deck, it’s got a little bit of movement on it so it can definitely do some damage to you and it’s frustrating to see as a player in the outfield,” Reddick said. “I saw water bottles and like two baseballs. There were two souvenir baseballs thrown in centre and left field. I got all the water bottles in right.”
