Ex-MLB All-Star Jonathan Lucroy unafraid to share conservative views despite hate mail

Former MLB catcher Jonathan Lucroy appears on ‘OutKick the Morning’ and talks about the reception he's received for his public political stance.

Former MLB catcher Jonathan Lucroy recently revealed he received hate mail after sharing his conservative views on social media. 

Making an appearance on "OutKick the Morning," Lucroy told Charly Arnolt there were also some supportive messages that flooded his inbox after he posted political and cultural opinions he had around Election Day.

He also revealed he refused to kneel for the national anthem despite an MLB team asking him to do so.

"My inbox was inundated with positive supportive messages from fans and people that aren’t even baseball fans, people that follow politics and have seen my posts and all that. [They’re] saying, ‘Hey man, we got your back. There’s more of us than them,’ which is true."

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Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy waits his turn in the batting cage before playing the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh April 18, 2015. (Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)

As for his haters, Lucroy doubled down, saying words have little effect on him, especially when it comes to the values he stands for. 

"I mean, the minority is going to squeak the loudest, and they are going to scream. They are going to complain. They are going to throw temper tantrums. They’re going to argue. They are going to say ‘F you’ and all this other stuff," he said.

"Look, whenever I played, I had some death threats. I don’t know who it was, probably people that lost money on betting games or something that I played in. I’ve been booed in front of thousands of people on a baseball field. This stuff doesn’t bother me. Words have