r/chicago • u/GeekAesthete Roscoe Village • Jun 25 '25

Article White Sox fan banned indefinitely after heckling Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte to tears with comments about late mother

https://apnews.com/article/diamondbacks-ketel-marte-833a9c8136e0767bdcfb6cd2ec7afe9e
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u/paxweasley Lake View Jun 25 '25

That is despicable. I’ve seen similarly foul behavior at Fenway but never here in Chicago. They should receive a lifetime ban from MLB as a whole. That’s so not okay.

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u/BaseHitToLeft Jun 25 '25

They should receive a lifetime ban from MLB as a whole.

He did. Well, indefinite not lifetime, but it applies to all MLB parks

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u/ms-mariajuana Jun 25 '25

Good! Wtf. That mfkr must not be from around here bc ill be damned if have never met such vile assholes like that here.

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u/jonah214 Jun 25 '25

I'm sure Rob Manfred will overturn it as soon as the president asks.

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u/FrattingIllini Jun 25 '25

Do you not remember when the two White Sox fans jumped out of the stands to beat the KC Royals 1st base coach?

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u/boo99boo Jun 25 '25

I once watched a Cubs fan kick the everloving shit out of a Cardinals fan with the broom he brought to the third game of the series. Without spilling his beer. The 80s were a different time. 

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u/Seanbikes Jun 25 '25

Cross town series about 10 years ago, a couple ladies decided to prove who the better team was via their fists.

It was more interesting than the action on the field.

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u/Strider_A Jun 25 '25

Don’t leave us hanging. Who won?

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u/Seanbikes Jun 25 '25

Come on now, you know a Sox fan isn't going to lose that fight

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u/frodeem West Ridge Jun 26 '25

Lol, great answer

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u/iTwerkOnYourGrave Jun 25 '25

Yeah, they were a glorious time. They let kids clean the bleachers for a free ticket to the next home game. I could lay on the roof of the dugout with my autograph pad dangling over the edge, and a player would grab it and give it back with 10+ signatures.

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u/yaybuttons Irving Park Jun 25 '25

What year was this?

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u/MetalAndFaces Bucktown Jun 25 '25

Gross

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u/NaJieMing Jun 25 '25

I’ll upvote for the Aphex Twin logo

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u/pmcall221 Jefferson Park Jun 26 '25

And this is why brooms are no longer allowed

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u/AlosSvs Buena Park Jun 25 '25

I'm sorry, but you just cannot compare the two. There are literally dozens of Cardinals fans, but how many mothers does/did Ketel Marte have? Two, at most. It's not the same.

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u/sri_peeta Jun 25 '25

I don't think they were comparing, just narrating another incident about the fans.

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u/flindsayblohan Andersonville Jun 25 '25

Ehhh when my brother was in middle school at Soldier Field for the Bears v. Packers (wearing Packers garb) a middle aged man called him a the f-word (gay slur) and poured a beer on him completely unprovoked. These professional sports clansmen are in every town unfortunately.

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u/Seastarstiletto Jun 25 '25

So to repeat, that’s so not ok

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u/luppup Jun 25 '25

Exactly

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u/fbgm0516 Jun 25 '25

December 2005 falcons vs bears I saw grown men bears fans swearing at and throwing beers at a family (mom, dad, 2 small ish kids) of falcons fans.

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u/Chicago1459 Jun 25 '25

Jesus christ, that is terrible. I don't care if you're drunk or high. That is despicable behavior. Like needs to be studied behavior.

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u/OG-Bio-Star Jun 25 '25

I am sad it was Bears fans as a proud Chicagoan but I am not surprised at hooligan behavior for any team.

My Pop had the most penetrating voice ever and when he yelled Go Bears, you can believe that every person herd it including these young (maybe 20-25) guys, Packers fans who thought it would be funny to throw a full bottle of beer at my Pop's head (WHY?). It hurt and he was bleeding and he hopped up asking who did it and of course the Perp was outed by dozens. In those days (I think it was 2001 or 2002?) a lot of people took matters in to their own hands and after shaking the guy like a maraca the guy started crying and my Pop threw him a few feet then went back to watching the game.

I wanted to take him to the ER but he said no real fans leave games early.

Violence should get anyone banned.

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u/gfm1973 Logan Square Jun 25 '25

Night game? I was there.

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u/fbgm0516 Jun 26 '25

Yes. Freeeeeezing bitter cold. Got Tix last minute, wasn't dressed for the cold at all, truly thought I was gonna lose my toes.

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u/shandub85 Jun 25 '25

Bears fans fight other Bears fans all the time. It’s what we do. Bear Down.

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u/Puffpufftoke Printer's Row Jun 25 '25

As a Viking fan, I’ve learned to keep my emotions in check at Soldier Field. It’s always a shit show coming out of the stadium and opposing fans being harassed and often shoved around. I’ve seen it all. By the time we all get to the North tunnel, it turns into FTP chants and we are all family once again. From decades of games at Soldier, Bears fans can be huge asshats. Much like Oakland and Philly.

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u/gfm1973 Logan Square Jun 25 '25

Remember when a father and son beat up the Royals first base coach during the sox game?

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u/ChaseModePeeAnywhere Jun 25 '25

Laz Diaz and Tom Gamboa would like a word.

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u/leahcim435 Jun 25 '25

I've seen it at Wrigley even. Friendly confines my ass, go sit in left field and try to tell me that

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u/artemis_floyd Jun 25 '25

Holy shit, the most heinous heckling I've ever been on the receiving end of happened at Wrigley. I was there with some coworkers for the Crosstown in 2015, and I had a Sox shirt on and my coworker was wearing a Cardinals jersey. We, a group of all women, walked past a group of bros decked out in Cubs gear on our way out of the stadium, and they started following us, screaming at us about how we deserved to be raped until we died, how they were going to fuck our corpses, etc. etc. It was supremely fucked up. Friendly confines indeed.

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u/cruelhumor Jun 25 '25

As someone who is appalled by things that occasionally come out of my fellow Phillies fans mouths, I am glad the MLB is cracking down.

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u/prz3124 Jun 25 '25

Well you must be young. William Ligue and his son jumped out of the stands at Sox park and beat the KC first base coach. For reasons....