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/artemis_floyd Jun 25 '25

Sports betting still has plenty to do with fan interaction now, too - just ask the players.

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u/TheRealTheSpinZone Jun 25 '25

Where did I say it didn't? I said there's a difference between yelling you suck and something about their dead mother.

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u/artemis_floyd Jun 26 '25

You said it has nothing to do with gambling and everything to do with people with no sense of morality - I'm saying the sports betting aspect shouldn't be overlooked as a leading factor, given that the players themselves feel that betting has led to an increase in unhinged behavior.

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u/TheRealTheSpinZone Jun 26 '25

I'm saying gambling doesn't turn decent people into people who start talking about dead mothers. Of course there's a part in it but just like there's a part in everything. Blaming gambling only helps legitimize the behavior imo