Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte receives overwhelming support after fan's cruel comments about late mother

The sports assemblage has rallied astir Arizona Diamondbacks prima Ketel Marte aft a instrumentality brought him to tears with derogatory comments astir his precocious parent during the team’s 4-1 triumph implicit the Chicago White Sox astatine Rate Field connected Tuesday.

The instrumentality who made the cruel comments toward Marte was ejected from the crippled and banned indefinitely from attending each MLB ballparks indefinitely, a root acquainted with the concern confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Marte, 31, was near successful tears aft the instrumentality yelled derogatory comments astir his precocious mother, Elpidia Valdez, who died successful a car clang successful the Dominican Republic successful 2017.

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Fans amusement enactment for Arizona Diamondbacks prima Ketel Marte, #4, during the 3rd inning of a shot crippled against the Chicago White Sox connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025 successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

During the Diamondbacks-White Sox crippled connected Wednesday, the White Sox displayed a supportive connection connected their scoreboard during Marte’s at-bat successful the archetypal inning. 

"Baseball is Family: The White Sox assemblage supports Ketel Marte," the connection said.

MLB’s authoritative relationship connected X besides posted connection successful enactment of Marte.

FAN BANNED INDEFINITELY AFTER MAKING DEROGATORY COMMENTS ABOUT DIAMONDBACKS STAR'S LATE MOTHER: SOURCE

The Chicago White Sox show a motion connected the large surface successful enactment of Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte, #4, during the archetypal inning of a shot crippled connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025 successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

New York Knicks prima Karl-Anthony Towns besides took to societal media to explicit his enactment for Marte.

Towns, similar Marte, mislaid his parent and tin sympathize with what Marte went through. Jackie Cruz-Towns died owed to complications from COVID-19 successful April 2020.

MLB fans besides took to societal media to amusement their enactment for Marte. 

The Diamondbacks won the archetypal 2 games of their bid against the White Sox but were incapable to implicit the expanse arsenic the White Sox won 7-3 connected Wednesday.

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Chicago White Sox 3rd baseman Miguel Vargas, #20, hugs Arizona Diamondbacks halfway fielder Ketel Marte, #4, earlier a shot crippled connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025 successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Marte went 0-4 successful the nonaccomplishment but is successful the midst of different outstanding play for the Diamondbacks. The two-time All-Star, successful 54 games, has a .313 batting mean with 15 location runs and 32 RBI.

The Diamondbacks (41-39) person an disconnected time connected Thursday and statesman a three-game bid with the Miami Marlins (33-45) astatine location connected Friday, with the archetypal transportation coming astatine 9:40 p.m. ET. 

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