Boston Red Sox reliever Richard Bleier lashed out at his former fan base on Wednesday after revealing that some fans threw beer at players in the visitor bullpen and even spit on a staff member during Tuesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles.
The Red Sox wrapped up a three-game series at Camden Yards on Wednesday with a 6-2 loss to the Orioles, but the issue arose the previous night when Bleier said fans exhibited “completely inappropriate” behavior in two separate incidents.
The Baltimore Orioles fans do the wave in the seventh inning of the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 6, 2022, in Baltimore, Maryland. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
“I played here, and that’s not the fan base I remember. It was something I’ve never seen before,” Bleier, who played for the Orioles from 2017 to 2020, told the Boston Globe.
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“Hopefully, they’re doing things that prevent this from happening again. It’s definitely not acceptable.”
Bleier told the outlet that one fan threw a beer, while another person spit on a staff member. He said both ran off, adding that there was little that security could do to curtail the hecklers.
Richard Bleier of the Boston Red Sox delivers a pitch during a game against the Los Angeles Angels on April 15, 2023, at Fenway Park in Boston. (Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
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“I’ve been in some rough areas in terms of bullpens where we’re, like, right in the middle of it, and I’ve never had that happen before.”
According to the Baltimore Sun, the Orioles ejected two spectators for violating the team’s code of conduct for fans.
Richard Bleier of the Boston Red Sox reacts following the fifth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on April 13, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
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Bleier later told the Sun that the beer was thrown at him around the sixth or seventh inning and that a bullpen catcher was spat on.
“It would be one thing if it were an isolated incident,” he said. “But to happen twice in one game by two different groups of people or whatever is definitely not what I would expect from here, especially from my time here.”
