much deeper than just his mental health.
Last year, Duran was suspended last year for inappropriate and derogatory language in response to another heckler at Fenway Park. And that heckler said nothing inappropriate just making a comment about how Duran "needed a f'en tennis racquet" - it was quite funny.
Now, this year the comment directed at Duran was completely inappropriate, but it didn't necessitate Duran's reaction. Duran's reaction was not appropriate of a Major League Baseball player.
Yes, players are all human and they experience the same feelings everyone else does, but they are at the pinnacle of their field in Major League Baseball. They are the best of the best and whether they like or not they are always in the spot light and how they react is always on center stage.To those who are a familiar with Dude Perfect, you know Tyler Toney is known as a the "Face Of Dude Perfect." He's the front man. The guy who's always taking the hard shot and doing the interviews when they need one person to speak, that the rest of the guy's came up with an acronym "S.T.B.T.F" - "Sucks To Be The Face."
When Jackie Robinson broke into the the majors as the first black player, he was given specific directions from Branch Rickey to not react. There were going to be fans that weren't happy about the decision, segregation was still a thing and there were going to be hotel staff and restaurant staff who were going to deny him, but it was on him that he couldn't react. If he reacted it would've made things worse.
It's a similar situation that Duran faces. He was brave enough to put himself out there and admit his mental health struggles publicly, but now the next step is realizing there are going to be jerks out there like the Cleveland fan who are going to say nasty stuff. But Duran can't control that, he can only control his reaction to it and resist the urge to verbally or physically react.
It's not easy, but it's the next hurdle Duran needs to conquer in order to become great. Not letting the critiques of the fans get to him or trigger him. When he does that he will be unbreakable.