Rockies: Fan yelled “Dinger,” not racial slur at Coors Field game vs. Miami

The Rockies confirmed Monday greeting that a instrumentality did not outcry radical slurs astatine Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson during the ninth inning of Sunday’s crippled astatine Coors Field.

After reviewing video, talking to the instrumentality successful question, arsenic good arsenic respective fans seated successful the area, the Rockies determined the instrumentality was loudly yelling “Dinger,” and trying to get the attraction of the Rockies’ dinosaur mascot who was successful the country down location plate.

Neither Brinson, who is Black, nor immoderate of the different Marlins players heard what was shouted.

The incidental became a blistery contented connected societal media — peculiarly connected Twitter — aft the misconstrued words were picked up by microphones down location sheet and heard connected the Marlins’ Bally Sports tv broadcast.

Paul Severino, Miami’s tv play-by-play announcer, said, via Twitter: “I’m perfectly disgusted astatine the connection that was picked up by the mics precocious successful the crippled today. The level of hatred that was displayed has nary spot successful this world. Unfortunately, it’s inactive acold excessively prevalent. We request to beryllium better. And soon. Awful.”

I’m perfectly disgusted astatine the connection that was picked up by the mics precocious successful the crippled today.

The level of hatred that was displayed has nary spot successful this world. Unfortunately it’s inactive acold excessively prevalent. We request to beryllium better. And soon.

Awful.

— Paul Severino (@SeverinoMLB) August 8, 2021

The Rockies said successful a connection Sunday nighttime that they were investigating the incident.

“The Colorado Rockies are disgusted astatine the radical slur by a instrumentality directed astatine the Marlins’ Lewis Brinson during the ninth inning of today’s game. Although the taxable was not identified anterior to the extremity of the game, the Rockies are inactive investigating this incident,” the connection read. “The Rockies person zero tolerance for immoderate signifier of racism oregon discrimination, and immoderate instrumentality utilizing derogatory connection of immoderate benignant volition beryllium ejected and banned from Coors Field.”

A connection from the Colorado Rockies regarding the radical slur incidental astatine the extremity of today's game: pic.twitter.com/85uN3f1pFZ

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) August 9, 2021

Marlins spokesperson Jason Latimer told The Associated Press that the squad was alert of the incident.

“Neither Lewis, nor immoderate different Marlins connected the tract oregon successful the dugout, heard what was shouted,” helium said successful a substance message. “We brought the substance to the attraction of the Rockies. How the substance is being handled, I would person to defer to them.”

Sunday night, earlier the contented was clarified, Tony Clark, enforcement manager of the MLB Players Association, reacted.

Clark, who is Black and a erstwhile all-star archetypal baseman, said successful a statement: “It is simply a achy world that advancement continues to beryllium elusive successful a satellite wherever ignorance and bigotry stay each excessively commonplace.

“While galore are genuinely committed to respect and equality for all, the abhorrent radical animus displayed contiguous successful 1 of our ballparks highlights that determination is inactive overmuch enactment to beryllium done. We person to proceed to enactment unneurotic to guarantee that racism is ne'er tolerated connected oregon disconnected the field.”