Arizona Diamondback’s Second Honkman Ketel Marte is publishing for the first time because the remark of a fan about his deceased mother brought him into tears, so that the fan was banned from all MLB ball parks for an indefinite period of time.
Marte – In one interview With Yancen Pujols Translated from Spanish into a message from Instagram’s @DannyBeisbol – said the fan shouted about his mother Elpidia Valdez, who died in a car accident in 2017 in the Dominican Republic, while in the seventh inning of Tuesday’s match in Chicago he went against the White Sox.
“He said,” I sent your mother an SMS last night, “said 31-year-old MLB All-Star, and noted that he had also been to Chicago at the time of the crash.
Marte shook his head full of disgust during the battle and he looked out the ball to the stands while he walked to the dugout.
Later, in the lower half of the inning, he broke off and wiped the tears on the field when Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo comforted him and Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo put his arm around him.
Lovullo told reporters after the game that he heard the remarks of the fan, but chose not to repeat them, and emphasized that fans can be “filthy” and “sometimes go too far”, so he has to protect his players.
The emotional moment initially led to the massive indignation of the baseball world, many said that the fan crossed the border. The size of the knowledge of the fan about Marte or his family is unclear.
The fan, a 22-year-old who was Reportedly apologetic and repentant After making his comments, the competition was ejected at the request of members of the coaching staff of Arizona.
Marte told Pujols that “something needs to be done” about the behavior of fans because it “gets out of hand” and those comments about his mother cross the border.
He said that people “always shout things against him,” but never about his mother, and said people know she died in an accident.
Still, he said, he sends prayers to both the fan and his family.
“May God protect them and help him heal His heart,” he said.
The incident led people to earn more than $ 11,000 in donations in the name of Marte’s mother, per mlb.comWhile the white Sox showed the Diamondbacks star with A message on the team’s video board During Wednesday’s game. It said: “Baseball is family. The White Sox community supports Ketel Marte.”
