A person at a baseball game who ridiculed the dead mother of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte has been banned by the White Sox and Major League Baseball indefinitely, the league confirmed Wednesday.
Marte was in tears on the field after the person attending the White Sox home game in Chicago Tuesday made the remark, and Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo comforted him.
Marte’s mother died in a 2017 car accident.
The fan, who was not identified by MLB, made a derogatory remark about Marte’s late mother, MLB.com reported.
The 22-year-old man who made the comment was ejected by the White Sox, and a team spokesperson said that the man was “very apologetic and remorseful” and admitted it was inappropriate, MLB.com reported.
The league said that the White Sox and MLB jointly agreed to ban the person from all MLB ballparks indefinitely.
The White Sox showed their support for Marte during Wednesday’s second-of-three series, displaying on boards “Baseball is family” and “the White Sox community supports Ketel Marte.”