Grant Balfour wasn't happy with his home fans after they booed him for blowing a lead in the ninth inning of Thursday's game against the Oakland Athletics.
The Tampa Bay Rays were leading 1-0 when Balfour gave up an RBI double to Yoenis Cespedes that tied the score. The Rays won in 11 innings.
"The fans can boo me and all that [stuff], but that's fine," Balfour said. "It's not going to help me out. It's not going to help the team do anything out there when you do that [stuff]. The feeling is, the team's behind you and everybody's behind you -- the crowd, the whole nine yards. Things are going to go right.
"But when you start pulling that [stuff], it's not a good vibe. The team's pulling for the team, so the fans got to be pulling for the team. Everybody's got to be pulling for the team. You can't be back and forth like that. That [stuff] doesn't work. So I'll just walk away positive from it. It's a good win. A much-needed win."