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The fan who shouted derogatory comments about the late mother of the star of the Diamondbacks of Arizona, Ketel Marte, during the 4-1 victory of the team over the Chicago White Sox in the Rate field on Tuesday is indefinitely prohibited from all MLB stages, a source confirmed to Pak Gazette Digital.
The 22 -year -old fan admitted that he made fun of Mars and was repentant, according to ESPN.
Mars, 31, let himself be cry after the fan shouted derogatory comments about his late mother, Elpidia Valdez, who died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in 2017.
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Miguel Vargas of the Chicago White Sox, on the left, hugs Ketel Marte de los Diamondbacks in Arizona before a game on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in Chicago. (Photo AP/ERIN HOOOY)
“We praise the White Sox for taking immediate measures to eliminate the fanatic,” MLB said in a statement to Pak Gazette Digital. MLB did not comment on what the fan told Mars when Pak Gazette Digital asked.
The Diamondbacks played the white socks again on Wednesday, and the white socks showed a message on their score in support of Mars in the first entry.
“Baseball is a family: the community of the White Sox supports Ketel Marte,” the message said.
The manager of the Diamondbacks, Torey Lovullo, consolidated random Mars on the mound and surrounded his arm during a launch change in the seventh inning.
The Diamondback Star, Ketel Mars, cries in the field after the cruel comments of fans about the deceased mother
Chicago’s white averages show a sign on the big screen in support of the Ketel Mars of the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first game of a game on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in Chicago. (Photo AP/ERIN HOOOY)
“It was a terrible moment. Fans are unpleasant. Fans go too far,” said a lovullo to journalists after the game.
“I simply reacted when I was a father when I went out to change the pitchers,” Lovullo said, according to the Republic of Arizona. “I could see that I was sobbing. It hurt.”
Lovullo added that he told Mars that he was not alone, and that the Heckler was “an idiot.”
The Diamondback Campocorto, Geraldo Perdomo, asked that the fan was banned after the game ended on Tuesday.
“That can’t happen,” Perdomo said. “We can’t keep doing that … here in MLB.”
Fans show support for Ketel Mars of the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third entry against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in Chicago. (Photo AP/ERIN HOOOY)
Mars declined to comment on the incident through a team official.
Mars was 2-4 in the victory with a first-entry solitary home run that gave the diamondbacks a 1-0 advantage.
In 52 games, the two-time two times has an .316 batting average with 14 homers and 31 ranges.
