Ketel Marte recently revealed the details of what happened earlier this week when a White Sox fan shouted to the second second goal player of the Diamondbacks about his deceased mother.
The 22 -year -old fan, who was prohibited indefinitely Of all the MLB ball parks on Wednesday, was ejected during the summit of the seventh round of the 4-1 victory of the Diamondbacks on the White Sox on Tuesday evening while Marte could be seen in tears after the fan heckled him during a change of pitch.
During an interview with “Danny Beisbol” on Thursday, Marte explained in Spanish – but was translated by subtitles – that the fan shouted: “I sent a text to your mom last night.”
The 31 -year -old Dominican mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in 2017.
“What happened was in the seventh round, I came to beat. I am ready on the plate and I hear this fan screaming. He was at the top of the canoe,” said Marte. “He shouted on me, saying things about my mother. He was like “I sent a text to your mother last night. When everything happened with my mother, I was here in Chicago.
Marte said that he had already faced Heckling fans, but that he had not yet met a comment on his mother. He said that the behavior of fans “becomes uncontrollable”.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo quickly consoled Marte, who looked upside down after the incident. He initially heard the comments himself, but did not want to repeat what had been said to the media.
Images were later revealed to Lovullo screaming the explanives at the fanwhich was only seated a few rows behind the canoe.
“Dumb F – K”, appeared Lovullo, pointing to the fan. “His mom is dead, you are stupid F – K. Dumb F – K.”
“We congratulate the White Sox for having taken immediate measures to withdraw the fan,” said MLB in a statement.
The Geraldo Dépomo stop stop, who was also there for the moment, called for a ban after the game.
“It cannot happen,” said Perdomo about the alleged actions of the fan. “Everyone knows how much Ketel is. He’s fun. He plays hard from the game. I feel bad for him. I feel crazy about it.”
Marte is in her ninth season with Arizona and her 11th in the League since its inception in 2015 with the Mariners.
This year, he defeated .313 with a 1,012 Ops to follow his large 2024 campaign when he won his first Silver Slugger prize and the second star of the star.
He also arrived third for the NL MVP behind Francisco Lindor and the winner Shohei Ohtani.
