“Die! Loser!!”

Michael Lorenzen is a major league pitcher, who was on the mound for a couple of back-breaking runs as Italy lost to Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.

A group of people went on the attack, threatening Lorenzen with bodily harm.

Even death!

I happened to look in on the hate as Lorenzen’s brother sent out a post saying that threatening the life of a professional athlete is just ridiculous.

Big mistake!

The brother got tremendous hate for sticking up for his bro.

“You’re soft! Your brother sucks and so do you!” 

Those were the tame responses.

Lorenzen is a decent major league pitcher. He even threw a no-hitter as a member of the Phillies.

He has spent more than 8 years on a major league roster.

He gave up a few runs in a big game!

And people are making threats on his life?

Now, it’s not just Lorenzen.

Any athlete in any sport who has lost has been absolutely destroyed on social media.

Some, if recognizable, face hate and vitriol in their every day lives.

Despicable, but man, some people are only on social media to attack.

Sometimes I will pass time simply by going through the comment section on a tweet.

Pure nastiness for anyone who has a different opinion, or happens to lose a baseball game.

Lorenzen wasn’t trying to lose. He spent decades working on his craft and made it all the way to the Show where he earned a lot of money, threw a no-hitter and continued to battle.

Only to receive death threats by someone who would need to throw a ball 3 times to get it to travel 60’ 6” because the guy spreading the hate probably lost a ten-dollar bet on Fan Duel.

What a time to be alive!

We’re truly going backwards.