A 22-year-old fan who heckled Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte during a game against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field on Tuesday night has been banned indefinitely from the South Side ballpark.
Marte was seen in tears on the field after the spectator yelled a derogatory comment about Marte's late mother during a seventh-inning at-bat in Arizona's 4-1 win over Chicago .
According to a White Sox spokesperson, the security staff at the ballpark relayed that the fan was "very apologetic and remorseful after the fact, and admitted to being very inappropriate and stupid with his comments."
Arizona manager Torey Lovullo and bench coach Jeff Banister asked for the fan to be removed from the game. Before Wednesday's series finale, Lovullo said he "had little bit of an interaction with the fan" as he was yelling at Marte.
"He wasn't getting it and was very pompous, and it didn't sit right with me," Lovullo said. "It was just a gross comment you wouldn't say about anybody, let alone someone who lost their mom.