Guardians' Myles Straw engages in trash talk with Yankees' fans before garbage incident, video shows

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Cleveland Guardians outfielder Myles Straw slammed New York Yankees fans as the "worst fan base on the planet" after this weekend’s garbage-pelting incident but a video circulating on social media this week shows Straw seemingly engaging in trash-talking right before the crowd unleashed. 

Video from the perspective of a fan in left field appeared to show fans mocking Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan, who was injured trying to make a catch but collided with the wall. 

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"Stay down, Kwan," one man is heard shouting. 

Cleveland Guardians' Myles Straw climbs the left field wall to talk with a fan during the game in New York against the Yankees on April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

As Straw and the outfielders stare down the chirping fans, someone shouts, "Get mad, get mad!" prompting him to scale the wall and repeatedly shout, "Hit me motherf---er." 

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Closing in on their eventual comeback victory, fans began hurling bottles, cans and debris at the Cleveland outfielders in the ninth inning. Stars Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York players rushed toward the wall to try and control the crowd. 

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After the game, Straw said the Yankees fans were "classless," and called them the "worst fan base on the planet."

Members of the Cleveland Guardians react after fans throw debris on the field at Yankee Stadium on April 23, 2022, in New York.  (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

"They need to be held accountable, and I think there should be rules set up for