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Afterward, McCullers said he had received the threats on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand people are very passionate and people love the Astros and love sports, but threatening to find my kids and murder them is a little bit tough to deal with,\u201d he said. \u201cSo just as a father I think there have been many, many threats over the years aimed at me mostly, and I think actually one or two people from other issues around baseball actually had to go to jail for things like that. But I think bringing kids into the equation, threatening to find them or next time they see us in public, they\u2019re gonna stab my kids to death, things like that, it\u2019s tough to hear as a dad.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Astros said that the Houston Police Department and MLB security had been alerted to the threats.<\/p>\n
McCullers and his wife Kara have two young daughters.<\/p>\n
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A visibly upset manager Joe Espada addressed the threats at his postgame news conference and added that they were also threatening the pitcher\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are people who are threatening his life and the life of his kids because of his performance,\u201d Espada said. \u201cIt is very unfortunate that we have to deal with this. After all he\u2019s done for this city, for his team, the fact that we have to talk about that in my office \u2014 I got kids too and it really drives me nuts that we have to deal with this. Very sad, very, very sad.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCullers, who has had numerous injuries that have kept him off the field in the last couple of seasons, said it\u2019s difficult to have to deal with threats on top of trying to return to form on the mound.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you fail you fail on a very large stage (with) a lot of eyes and there\u2019s nowhere to hide,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the end of the day, I just want to do my job. I just want to be a good pitcher for the Astros and I believe I\u2019ll get there, but like I said I just think that having to worry about that, worry about leaving town and leaving them and things like that or dropping her off at school, I just think \u2026 there should be some type of decency.\u201d<\/p>\n
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