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The second base of the Diamondbacks of the Arizona, Ketel Mars, was crying during a launch change in the seventh input of the team by 4-1 of the team over the Chicago White Sox In the field of the rate on Tuesday after a fan made a comment about his late mother.
The mother of Mars, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in 2017.
The incident turned out that the fan made the comment be expelled indefinitely from the MLB stadiums, and a large amount of support for Mars.
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Miguel Vargas by Chicago White Sox, on the left, hugs Ketel Mars (4) by Arizona Diamondbacks (4) before a baseball game on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in Chicago. (Photo AP/ERIN HOOOY)
The 31 -year -old star revealed what the fan said about his mother during an interview about “Danny Baseball” on Thursday.
Marte said the fan shouted: “Last night I sent a text message to your mother.” Mars made the statements in Spanish, but was translated through subtitles in the podcast.
“What happened was in the seventh entrance, I came to hit. I’m ready on the plate and listen to this fan screaming. I was at the top of the bench,” Marte said. “He shouted me, saying things about my mother. He said: ‘I sent a text message to your mother last night.’ When everything happened with my mother, I was here in Chicago.
He added that the fans’ behavior is “leaving control.”
The Diamondback Star, Ketel Mars, cries in the field after the cruel comments of fans about the deceased mother
The Arizona Diamondback Campocorto, Geraldo Perdomo (left) and the second base Ketel Mars (right) celebrate after defeating Chicago’s white socks in the field of the rate on June 24, 2025 in Chicago Illinois. (Images Patrick Gorski-Imagn)
MLB provided a statement that addressed the incident.
“We praise the White Sox for taking immediate measures to eliminate the fanatic,” MLB said in a statement to Pak Gazette Digital.
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.
Diamondback Manager Torey Lovullo consoled the crying Mars on the mound and put her arm around her during a launch change in the seventh inning.
“It was a terrible moment. Fans are unpleasant. Fans go too far,” said a lovullo to journalists after the game.
Lovullo added that he told Mars that he was not alone, and that the Heckler was “an idiot.”
Fans show support for Ketel Marte (4) by Arizona Diamondbacks during the third entry of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Chicago. (Photo AP/ERIN HOOOY)
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“
In 52 games, the two-time two times has an .316 batting average with 14 homers and 31 ranges.
