What was gay slur on eye black

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Escobar banned 3 games for slur on eye black.

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Breaking down MLB offseason pitching landscape. San Francisco Giants. Arizona Diamondbacks. Sep 18, The slur did not appear to be directed at any person in particular. The Cuban-born shortstop's eye black read, "Tu ere. Even with the misspelled middle word the correct form is "eres" , the Spanish-language sentence clearly was an offensive remark. MLB spokesman Pat Courtney confirmed the commissioner's office is looking into the reports. Escobar, who is batting.

The Texas Rangers agreed on a 1-year contract extension with Colby Lewis, the injured righthander who could have been a free agent after this season. Lewis was with a 3. So it would loosely translate to "you are a [derogatory homophobic term]. While Escobar could certainly argue that the term is not associated with such derogatory use where he comes from, it would be extremely naive to think that he did not know the negative connotations it carries. The year-old native of Cuba was courting controversy and punishment when he decided to sport this saying on his person.

It will be interesting to see how the league and commissioner handles this investigation, but in today's landscape of political correctness, it is hard to envision a scenario where Escobar does not receive some sort of punishment for this shocking lack of judgement.

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