One New York Yankees heckler on Tuesday chose the most inappropriate time to talk trash at Freddie Freeman.
The FOX broadcast held a moment of silence before Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., in honor of the “Stand Up To Cancer” charity foundation. Every player, fan, and broadcaster was encouraged to write down the name of someone dear to them who had been affected by cancer.
The camera panned slowly across the diamond to honor the names written down by each of the players on their respective placards. One fan decided to break the silence with a three-word message directed at Freeman.
“You suck, Freeman!” the fan was heard saying.
A Yankees fan can be heard yelling "YOU SUCK, FREEMAN!" on the Fox Game 4 broadcast… during the Stand Up to Cancer moment of silence. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/rEMKFSXU2A
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 30, 2024
It’s bad enough that the fan could not wait until after the moment of silence to let his opinion be known. It’s even worse knowing that Freeman has openly shared that his mother had died of melanoma, a form of skin cancer, when he was just 10 years old.
Can not be more excited to represent Canada at the WBC next month! 🇨🇦Here is a just a brief background of my parents. pic.twitter.com/vpkH1UtUfu
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) February 9, 2017
Several fans on X felt that the Yankees heckler went too far.
Special place in somewhere hot for the jerk in the stands who yelled “You suck, Freeman!” during the Stand Up to Cancer moment just after Freddie Freeman — honoring his mom, who died in his youth — was shown on camera. Vile. pic.twitter.com/NFxm6Bb0zv
— Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) October 30, 2024
classless fan yelling you suck freeman during the stand up to cancer moment 😭😭
— 📧 elise 💙 (@eliseryann) October 30, 2024
The guy who screamed “you suck Freeman” during the Stand for Cancer moment of silence should never be allowed to enter a baseball park ever again.
— PlusLineBets (@pluslinebets) October 30, 2024
Freeman may have heard the Yankees fan because he broke a World Series record in his very first at-bat of the night. However, it wasn’t enough to end the series as the Yankees stormed out to an 11-4 win to force a Game 5.
