Fan banned from all MLB parks after insulting Ketel Marte’s late mother
On a night that should've been just another midseason game, a single comment from the stands brought an entire stadium to a standstill.Tuesday at Guaranteed Rate Field, during a game between the Chicago White Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks, a 22-year-old fan shouted something personal-and deeply painful-at Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte. The remark referenced Marte's late mother, Elpidia Valdez, who died in a 2017 car accident in the Dominican Republic. Marte, 31, stepped out of the batter's box in the seventh inning visibly shaken and in tears.The comment wasn't just overheard by Marte-it was heard by the Diamondbacks dugout, including manager Torey Lovullo, who immediately alerted stadium security. The fan was ejected on the spot. By Wednesday morning, MLB had confirmed the fan had been banned indefinitely from all 30 league ballparks."There's no place for that in baseball,"MLB said in […]