Eyeblack Gate

[ThomasTomasz]

Major League Baseball is investigating reports that Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar wore eye black displaying a gay slur written in Spanish during a recent game.

At least one photo taken by Getty Images shows Escobar wearing the eye black with the slur during Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox.

Getty Images confirmed the photo's authenticity to ESPN.com's Keith Law.

MLB spokesman Pat Courtney confirmed to ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick and The Associated Press that the commissioner's office is looking into the reports.

"The Toronto Blue Jays do not support discrimination of any kind nor condone the message displayed by Yunel Escobar during Saturday's game," the Blue Jays said in a statement Monday night, adding the club "takes this situation seriously and is investigating the matter."

The team said Escobar will be available to the media Tuesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium along with general manager Alex Anthopoulos, manager John Farrell and coach Luis Rivera.

One of Escobar's agents declined to comment when reached by Crasnick on Monday.

Escobar, 29, played the entire game Saturday but was scratched from the lineup Sunday due to flu-like symptoms.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8...lur-toronto-blue-jays-yunel-escobar-eye-black

Can't believe this is a lead story, especially with the interesting WC races going on this year. Does anyone know what was written on the eye black?

 

[killgod]

TU ERE MARICON

Straight translation to

YOU ARE A FAGGOT


What I find rather funny, is that in all the articles it's okay to write it out full in Spanish, but they will "bleep" out faggot.


they have a presser today to apparently explain this. TBH, it could be a terrible prank played on the guy, who knows what they are going to say. This is not the right city for this though, will not go over well.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Yeah.......no way that means anything less. If you aren't familiar with how Hispanics use it, then most are most certainly familiar with how it's used in Scarface.

 

[EmpireWF]

When I first read it, I was thinking how stupid can a capable adult be.

 

[NAHSTE]

As someone who LOVED Yunel and was still bitter about the Braves trading him away, this is hugely disappointing. Now I'm just relieved he was not in a Braves uniform for this debacle.

We all know baseball players aren't exactly the most culturally aware of humans, but he, or whoever put him up to it, should still know better.

 

[Woy]

Maybe his eyeblack next game should say "soy un idiota".

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Got a 3 game suspension.. pretty soft.

 

[Slateman]

Soft indeed.

 

[chicubs2003]

When I first read it, I was thinking how stupid can a capable adult be.

Thought the same thing, cost him $92,000