Ketel Marte in tears after being heckled about late mother
Arizona’s second goal player Ketel Marte was in tears after a heckling made comments on his late mother in the diamondback match against the White Sox in Chicago on Tuesday evening in Rate Field.
This fan was banished indefinitely from all MLB parks, the Times learned on Wednesday morning.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo put his arm around Marte during a change of pitch at the bottom of the seventh round in order to comfort the double star. According to Diamondbacks Broadcast, Marte had also cried while he knelt behind the second goal.
Lovullo later said on the Diamondbacks show he had said to Marte at that time: “I love you and I am with you, and we are all together, and you are not alone. And whatever happens, no matter what has been said or what you heard, this guy is an idiot and should not have an impact on you.”
According to the Republic of Arizona, Lovullo said that he had heard the comments made towards Marte during the player’s battle at the top of the seventh round and that the coach and coach of Bench Jeff Banister asked for the abolition of the responsible fan.
MLB confirmed that the heckling had been ejected from the stadium.
“We congratulate the White Sox for having taken immediate measures to withdraw the fan,” the league said in a statement sent by email to Times.
Diamondbacks and White Sox immediately responded to requests for comments from the time.
Marte is his 11th MLB season. He played the first two years with the Seattle Mariners and is with the Diamondbacks since 2017. His mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic the same year.
Marte did not speak to journalists after the 4-1 victory of the Diamondbacks, during which he went two for four with a solo home run during the first round.
“I have known Ketel for nine years, and he has had incredibly and incredibly great moments, and difficulties too, and really difficult moments in his life, and I know them,” said Lovullo, who has been the director of diamonds since 2017. “And the end of the day, we are human goods.
