MLB fans react as Isiah Kiner-Falefa gets heckled on his way home

The New York Yankees are the most popular and successful franchise in the MLB. Playing for the league's most popular team always puts players on a pedestal. Yankees fans always expect their roster to perform at the highest level. Unfortunately for them, Isiah Kiner-Falefa hasn't met those expectations this year, at least in the eyes of a part of the Yankees fanbase.

After Game 5 of the ALDS was postponed, some New York Yankees fans were spotted heckling Kiner-Falefa while he was in his car and waiting for people to cross the road.

MLB fans on Twitter didn't hold back in their criticism of New York Yankees fans.

However, Yankees fans on social media absolved and distanced themselves from the group of hecklers and claimed that those who shouted at IKF weren't true supporters of the New York franchise.

Whatever the case may be, hostile jeers towards Isiah Kiner-Falefa were totally uncalled for.

New York Yankees coaching staff bench Isiah Kiner-Falefa

The Yankees coaching staff finally pulled the plug on Isiah Kiner-Falefa. The 2020 Gold Glover has been benched for Game 4 and Game 5 (if it were to proceed) with rookie Oswaldo Cabrera now manning the shortstop position.

It has been a nightmare few days for the former Gold Glove winner as he committed an error in Game 1 of the ALDS and fumbled during crucial plays in the Yankees' 6-5 loss to the Cleveland Guardians in Game 3.

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Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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