After investigating reports that a fan had yelled a racial slur during a game at Coors Field in Denver on Sunday, the Colorado Rockies determined the fan was actually yelling for the team mascot, Dinger, the team said in a statement on Monday. The incident happened in the ninth inning of Sunday’s game against the Miami Marlins, with Miami outfielder Lewis Brinson, who is Black, at the plate. The yelling man’s words were picked up by television microphones, and many people thought he had used a racial slur. A Marlins television broadcaster made a statement on his Twitter account after the game, saying he was disgusted by the language. Tony Clark, the head of the players’ union, also issued a statement Sunday night deploring the incident as he thought it had occurred.

Source: New York Times August 09, 2021 18:42 UTC