Diamondbacks' Paul Sewald rips 'P.O.S.' Mets fan after confrontation
Sewald played for the Mets to start his MLB career
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald returned to Citi Field on Saturday to pitch against the New York Mets – the team he played for from 2017 to 2020.
He closed out the team’s 10-5 victory over the Mets, but he was only able to savor the victory for a few moments. The New York Post reported after the game that the reliever got into a shouting match with Mets fans in the immediate aftermath of the win.
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Sewald told the newspaper he thought he had "matured a little bit" since he last pitched at Citi Field.
"But I get done with the game, and I got some P.O.S. just out there chirping and swearing, in front of kids, at me, and it just reminds me exactly of what I went through while I was here," he lamented to the New York Post. "So it was just a great reminder of my four years here, unfortunately."
He didn’t divulge what the fan was saying but appeared to be annoyed because it was said in front of children.
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"Can’t print the stuff that [the fan] was saying," Sewald said. "Just disappointing he would do that in front of kids. He embarrassed himself. Just par for the course, I guess.
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"I also said some things that I probably wouldn’t want printed. It’s just one of those things, it was frustrating that in a meaningless game, I didn’t show any emotion, didn’t feel like I took it over the top for him to do that, just disappointing."
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Sewald said that when he returned to Citi Field in 2022, the Mets faithful weren’t big fans of his, adding he had a chip on his shoulder when he was with the Seattle Mariners and he returned to the ballpark.
If the best revenge is pitching well, then Sewald is having a nice start to 2024.
In eight appearances, he has a 1.23 ERA and seven strikeouts. He pitched well in the Diamondbacks’ run to the World Series but allowed six earned runs in two games to the eventual champion Texas Rangers.
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Arizona ended a five-game slide against New York on Saturday. But the team is 26-32 and fourth in the National League West.
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