Yankees Fans boo Joey Gallo in Grapefruit League Game
He received the same welcome he was used to at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees played the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers on Monday and lost 1-0. But during this matchup, newest Twin Joey Gallo, and former Yankee, was relentlessly booed by Yankees fans that made the trip.
Per NJ.com:
With little to cheer about in a 1-0 Twins win that was over in 2 hours, 12 minutes, Yankees fans resorted to heckling.
Joey Gallo, now with the Twins, received the same treatment that he had at Yankee Stadium the last two seasons, nothing but loud boos before his three plate appearances, which ended with a wind-blown bloop single, flyout to right and strikeout.
Gallo is a two-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, but his parts of two seasons with the Yankees from July 2021 to August 2022 went horribly. His final numbers for the Yankees were brutal: .159 average with 25 homers, 46 RBI, 194 strikeouts in 421 at-bats, 77 walks and a .660 OPS.
It's no secret that Gallo's time with the Yankees was a nightmare. New York traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the trade deadline last summer for minor league prospect Clayton Beeter, finally ridding themselves of the disappointing outfielder.
Gallo signed a one-year, $11 million deal with the Twins earlier in the winter. He is looking to bounce-back from his past two horrific seasons with the Yankees and Dodgers.
Alas, anytime the Yankees play the Twins this year, it looks like Gallo is guaranteed to hear the boo birds when he steps to the plate.
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