Ex-MLB All-Star Jonathan Lucroy unafraid to share conservative views despite hate mail

Former MLB catcher Jonathan Lucroy precocious revealed helium received hatred message aft sharing his blimpish views connected societal media. 

Making an quality connected "OutKick the Morning," Lucroy told Charly Arnolt determination were besides immoderate supportive messages that flooded his inbox aft helium posted governmental and taste opinions helium had astir Election Day.

He besides revealed helium refused to kneel for the nationalist anthem contempt an MLB squad asking him to bash so.

"My inbox was inundated with affirmative supportive messages from fans and radical that aren’t adjacent shot fans, radical that travel authorities and person seen my posts and each that. [They’re] saying, ‘Hey man, we got your back. There’s much of america than them,’ which is true."

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Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy waits his crook successful the batting cage earlier playing the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh April 18, 2015. (Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)

As for his haters, Lucroy doubled down, saying words person small effect connected him, particularly erstwhile it comes to the values helium stands for. 

"I mean, the number is going to squeak the loudest, and they are going to scream. They are going to complain. They are going to propulsion temper tantrums. They’re going to argue. They are going to accidental ‘F you’ and each this different stuff," helium said.

"Look, whenever I played, I had immoderate decease threats. I don’t cognize who it was, astir apt radical that mislaid wealth connected betting games oregon thing that I played in. I’ve been booed successful beforehand of thousands of radical connected a shot field. This worldly doesn’t fuss me. Words person a very, very, very, precise debased effect connected me. This is not thing that I americium going to beryllium acrophobic of idiosyncratic cussing astatine maine oregon idiosyncratic being mean to me. That’s what they do. They get offended by words. Us? We shouldn’t beryllium offended by words. We should spell and instrumentality enactment connected things."

EX-MLB STAR JONATHAN LUCROY, WHO SPOKE ON REFUSING TO KNEEL FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM, SAYS HE'S GETTING HATE MAIL

In a erstwhile quality connected "OutKick the Morning" Lucroy said helium "gave them the finger" successful notation to the MLB squad helium wouldn’t sanction that asked him to kneel for the nationalist anthem during a clip of societal unrest successful 2020. 

When helium revealed "hate mail" helium was receiving, Lucroy said, "God forbid a pro jock basal up for what they believe."

"That’s portion of the problem," helium added. "Some radical are excessively sensitive, affectional and anemic to perceive the sentiment of radical that reached the diversion pinnacle of the trade oregon immoderate different apical level. See [Elon Musk] and however overmuch hatred from the different broadside he’s getting."

Boston Red Sox designated hitter Jonathan Lucroy gets high-fives aft scoring against the Detroit Tigers during the 2nd inning astatine Publix Field astatine Joker Marchant Stadium successful Lakeland, Fla., March 2, 2020. (Reinhold Matay/USA Today Sports)

Lucroy added his content that astir MLB players person blimpish views, which the league wants them to support to themselves.

"I americium not politically correct," helium said. "When I accidental that 90-plus percent of American-born MLB players are conservative, you tin instrumentality that to the bank. We conscionable don’t talk up arsenic overmuch due to the fact that we are told to beryllium neutral. I volition not stay neutral anymore.

"I’m stubborn and hardheaded. I besides cognize what it took for maine to play 10 years successful MLB, arsenic good arsenic witnessing the quality attributes of greatness arsenic defined by the champion players I ever worked with. I don’t attraction what you deliberation oregon say. I attraction astir my children, family, God and country. Deal with it."

Lucroy besides talked astir the vaccine mandate successful MLB, saying 1 squad told him "if we didn’t get the vaccine, we couldn’t spot our household for 3 months." Though, helium did accidental it was a CDC mandate that was forced connected MLB. 

Former Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy waves to fans aft officially retiring arsenic a Brewer earlier a crippled against the Cincinnati Reds astatine American Family Field. (Benny Sieu/USA Today Sports)

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Lucroy, an All-Star successful 2014 and 2016, spent clip with the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies during the 2020 season. 

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