Gurriel had just hit a home run off of Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitcher Yu Darvish, who is Japanese-Iranian and was born in Japan. Cameras caught Gurriel stretching the corners of his eyes with his fingers, a racist gesture against people of Asian descent. Houston Astros’ first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been banned from five games next season for making a racist gesture in the dugout during Friday night’s Game 3 of the World Series. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday that Gurriel would be barred from five games in 2018, the Associated Press reports. “I just feel bad,” Gurriel, who is from Cuba, told the Times through a translator.

Source: Huffington Post October 28, 2017 19:59 UTC