Chicago (AP) A 22-year-old fan has been permanently barred from the South Side ballpark for heckling Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte during Tuesday night’s game against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field.
During a seventh-inning at-bat in Arizona’s 4-1 victory over Chicago, a spectator made a disparaging remark about Marte’s late mother, causing Marte to cry on the field.
The fan was really sorry and regretful after the occurrence, and he acknowledged that his remarks were extremely improper and foolish, according to a White Sox media representative.
The supporter was asked to leave the game by Arizona bench coach Jeff Banister and manager Torey Lovullo. Lovullo claimed to have had a brief encounter with the fan while he was yelling at Marte prior to Wednesday’s series finale.
“I didn’t like that he was so conceited and didn’t understand,” Lovullo remarked. It was simply an offensive remark that you wouldn’t make about anyone, much less someone who had lost their mother.
Better baseball fans are needed. Better is because to baseball.
In 2017, Elpidia Valdez, Marte’s mother, lost her life in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. During a pitching change in the bottom of the seventh inning, Marte, who blasted a single home run in the first inning Tuesday night, was observed to be clearly distraught as Lovullo wrapped his arm around his player and comforted him.
Lovullo told the Arizona Republic, “I just reacted as a dad would when I went out to change pitchers.” He was crying, and I could see it. It was painful.
I’m with you, I love you, we’re all together, and you’re not alone, I reassured him. That man is a moron regardless of what transpires, what was said, or what you heard. You shouldn’t be affected by it.
Through a team representative, Marte declined to comment on the event. Geraldo Perdomo, the shortstop for the Diamondbacks, stated that the fan should definitely be suspended and urged Major League Baseball to step in.
“That is not possible,” Perdomo stated. Here in MLB, we can’t keep doing that.
