New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi briefly interrupted his postgame press conference to chase down a heckler at U.S. Cellular Field after Wednesday night's loss to the Chicago White Sox.
Girardi was surrounded by reporters and was being asked to comment on White Sox pitcher Chris Sale's performance (13 strikeouts in over 7 innings pitched). Meanwhile, fans were down the hall in a line heading out of the stadium when one of them shouted towards Girardi: "Yankees swept? Yes!" (The White Sox win completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees).
Girardi initially ignored the fan and started to answer the question, but the fan began to shout something else, prompting Girardi to leave the huddle of reporters and go after the fan: "Hey, hey, hey, hey, shut up! I'm doing an interview." After asking a security guard to do something about the heckling fan, which would have been irrelevant because the fan was on his way out anyway, Girardi headed back to the reporters and continued answering the reporter's question as if nothing had happened.
Video via CSNChicago.
Girardi was surrounded by reporters and was being asked to comment on White Sox pitcher Chris Sale's performance (13 strikeouts in over 7 innings pitched). Meanwhile, fans were down the hall in a line heading out of the stadium when one of them shouted towards Girardi: "Yankees swept? Yes!" (The White Sox win completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees).
Girardi initially ignored the fan and started to answer the question, but the fan began to shout something else, prompting Girardi to leave the huddle of reporters and go after the fan: "Hey, hey, hey, hey, shut up! I'm doing an interview." After asking a security guard to do something about the heckling fan, which would have been irrelevant because the fan was on his way out anyway, Girardi headed back to the reporters and continued answering the reporter's question as if nothing had happened.
Video via CSNChicago.
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