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Laurence Leavy (aka 'Marlins Man'), who was in town to watch the Cavaliers' Game 6 win in the NBA Finals, decided to take in a Cleveland Indians game tonight, presumably before hopping on a flight to catch Game 7 of the Finals in The Bay Area. It is something he has done for years now, at various big-name sporting events -- always wearing his bright-orange Miami Marlins gear and always without an incident.
While tonight's game apparently started well for well-known sports superfan, other fans around Progressive Field apparently did not make it such a good first experience for him. He immediately took to Twitter to describe abuse that he suffered from fans in the stadium, and lamented the lack of police security anywhere in the stadium.
I am leaving stadium now because of abuse HERE. And know what,THERE ARE NO POLICE ANYPLACE. I walked entire stadium https://t.co/hz01p4EEJd
— Marlins Man (@Marlins_Man) June 18, 2016
Understand. I didn't even see it. I am talking about my abuse. Threats, etc IN STADIUM with exactly zero security https://t.co/Eb2q6RjEIo
— Marlins Man (@Marlins_Man) June 18, 2016
That's anabsolute lie. I showed people no police in ANY DIRECTION from right field to left field. All appologized https://t.co/xLn9NQR9oI
— Marlins Man (@Marlins_Man) June 18, 2016
For the first time ever, unfortunately had to leave work early because of the constant abuse that I received pic.twitter.com/6bxrMVAVEC
— Marlins Man (@Marlins_Man) June 18, 2016
While he does not go into detail about what abuse or insults were hurled at him, he does note that this was the first time he has ever had to leave a venue for such a thing, even after gaining massive popularity following the 2012 NBA Finals.
USED TO IT? never happened to me anyplace in 15 years. U probably think girls wearing a skirt are asking to be raped https://t.co/S55L5Pwfgc
— Marlins Man (@Marlins_Man) June 18, 2016