Overview
- A fan filming outside Madison Square Garden captured Schlittler echoing an expletive about Boston while signing an autograph, and the clip spread widely on social media.
- Newsweek reported the video shows Derek Jeter in the passenger seat during the exchange, with the Yankees legend smiling but not speaking.
- The moment follows footage from the Wild Card round two weeks earlier that showed Schlittler mouthing the same phrase as he left the mound against the Red Sox.
- Schlittler, who grew up in Walpole, Massachusetts, told the New York Post that 'unhinged' Red Sox fans taunted his mother and family online, which he said fueled his response.
- In his breakout postseason, the 24-year-old threw eight innings with 12 strikeouts in the Red Sox clincher, and he later pitched well in the ALDS loss to the Blue Jays.