Ex-MLB star Jonathan Lucroy, who spoke on refusing to kneel for national anthem, says he’s getting hate mail

Former MLB All-Star Jonathan Lucroy, who has been posting opinions astir authorities and different issues, has revealed helium is receiving hatred mail. 

Lucroy implored Americans to vote, explaining wherefore helium believed it was truthful important to bash so. 

Among his lengthy X posts was him saying helium refused to kneel for the nationalist anthem contempt 1 of the teams helium was playing for instructing him to bash so. 

"I gave them the finger," Lucroy said connected X. 

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

The 12-year MLB catcher said helium has gotten hatred message for "stating my opinion."

"God forbid a pro jock basal up for what they believe," helium wrote. "That’s portion of the problem. Some radical are excessively sensitive, emotional, and anemic to perceive the sentiment of radical that reached the diversion pinnacle of the craft, oregon immoderate different apical level. See [Elon Musk] and however overmuch hatred from the different broadside he’s getting."

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

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"I americium not politically correct," helium said. "When I accidental that 90+% 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 made an quality connected "OutKick the Morning" recently, wherever helium described to Charly Arnolt what happened aft his station connected X astir refusing to kneel gained truthful overmuch traction. 

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)

"I don’t privation to get circumstantial and telephone retired teams oregon thing similar that, that’s not what I’m doing," Lucroy said earlier talking astir the 2020 COVID-shortened season, erstwhile radical tensions were sparked by the execution of George Floyd. 

"But you know, successful general, you cognize these teams they travel down, and they don’t privation you to beryllium politically, they don’t privation you to beryllium politically polarizing. They don’t privation you to thin a definite way. They conscionable privation you to enactment neutral and benignant of support your rima shut.

"But the occupation is I was with a squad that told maine to kneel for the anthem, and I gave them the finger, and I’m like, 'No, I volition ne'er bash that. Never, ever, ever. You’re not going to marque me. There is thing you’re … I’m not doing that. 

"We were told by a squad to get the vaccine. And if we didn’t get the vaccine, we couldn’t spot our household for 3 months. Now that came down from the CDC to MLB, which was past passed on to the teams, truthful that wasn’t the teams’ fault. But the kneeling for the anthem portion was a large contented for me. That was respective years ago, and that truly turned maine connected to the civilization warfare that we fight."

Lucroy spent clip with the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies during the 2020 season. 

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)

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The catcher spent clip with 9 antithetic teams implicit his MLB career, mostly with the Milwaukee Brewers. He was drafted retired of Louisiana-Lafayette successful the 3rd circular successful 2007, hitting .274 with 108 homers. 

Lucroy was named an MLB All-Star successful 2014 and 2016.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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