Sean Rodriguez is hitting .214 in 55 games with the Phillies this season and the fans have been getting on his case. On Monday night, Rodriguez hit a walk off HR—his 4th of the season—and then went off on the fans.
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"I'm not the one booing, I'm not the one screaming, I'm not the one saying pretty disgusting things at time," Rodriguez said of the fans after the game. "That seems pretty entitled, you're just making yourself look pretty bad as an individual, as a person, as a fan. You're making guys not want to basically sit there and say, 'Hey they're gonna support you, hey they're gonna do this.' That's tough. There are still a lot of good fans though. Those are the ones I hear, those are the ones I pay attention to.
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— Dave Uram (@MrUram) August 27, 2019Rodriguez, 34, said fans should try to encourage struggling players rather than boo.
"Through the thick and thin, that's when you really get to show your true colors," he continued. "So when you act a certain way toward somebody because you don't feel like they're doing what they need to do, just look at life in general. I mean, we want to win. There's nobody in here that doesn't want to win. You just got to basically sit there and say, 'Let me see if I can help him get out of what he's in. Let me see if I can be encouraging enough to basically help an individual.' That's the harder thing to do, the easier thing is just to scream boo. 'Let me think of something to say that actually might be encouraging.' You know, it takes effort."
