Alomar Hires His Own Security Guards : Baseball: Woman who threatened to kill Blue Jay second baseman is being held in Toronto jail.

Roberto Alomar took steps to ensure his security Monday, while questioning whether athletes are given enough protection during sporting events.

Alomar hired his own security guards after the arrest Sunday of a woman who, Toronto police said, intended to murder the Toronto Blue Jay second baseman.

Tricia Miller had a loaded pistol when she was arrested at the SkyDome Hotel while the Blue Jays were playing the Baltimore Orioles.

“I’m not going to pay any attention to it,” Alomar said before Monday’s Angel-Blue Jay game.

At the same time, a private security guard hovered near Alomar’s locker at Anaheim Stadium.

“The police have their security and I have my security,” Alomar said. “You never know what’s behind your back.”

Miller, 31, spent Monday night in a Toronto jail awaiting a bail hearing. She was to appear in court Monday but her lawyer, Toomas Ounapuu, asked for a one-day delay. Ounapuu said certain issues at the hearing needed to be decided by a judge, and said Miller won’t enter a plea.

Miller faces charges of threatening death, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon, possession of a restricted weapon and possession of stolen property.

Alomar said he has had previous death threats. He has been sent dead flowers and threatening letters. But this was the most serious incident.

Miller was frustrated in her attempts to develop a relationship with Alomar, Toronto police said. The two had never met.

“It’s weird that’s there’s a person you don’t know who wants to take your life away,” Alomar said. “If they want to do it, they can do it.

“You see things like what happened to Monica Seles and you start thinking that they better start taking care of the sports people. Anyone can bring what they want into a stadium.”

Seles, one of the top women’s tennis players in the world, was stabbed by a fan during a match in Germany in 1993.

Alomar suggested that metal detectors be installed at stadiums as a precaution. He wasn’t the only player concerned with security.

“You start thinking about it,” Blue Jay designated hitter Paul Molitor said. “If it hadn’t been a travel day and if he had gone back to the lobby, who knows what might have happened. It gets your attention.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story.