Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Blue Jays’ Yunel Escobar played game with homophobic slur written across eyeblack


Too soon to comment. Yunel is my favorite shortstop.gifs
Tom Szczerbowski/GETTY IMAGES Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar is pictured here during Saturday's game at Rogers Centre with the words "Tu Ere Maricon" written across his eyeblack.   
Brendan Kennedy
Sports Reporter
Blue Jays’ shortstop Yunel Escobar could face disciplinary action after photographs surfaced showing the 29-year-old Cuban on the field at Rogers Centre with a homophobic slur written under his eyes.
Escobar, who has been with the Jays since 2010, played Saturday’s game against the Boston Red Sox with the Spanish words “TU ERE MARICON” written on an eyeblack sticker, a black patch baseball players wear under their eyes to reduce the sun’s glare.
The phrase’s most common English translation is “You are a faggot.” Other translations are less explicitly homophobic, but more of an emasculating insult.
A league spokesman told the Star via email they are “looking into the matter.”
The Blue Jays released a statement late Monday night saying they do not support discrimination “nor condone the message displayed by Yunel Escobar during Saturday’s game.”
“The club takes this situation seriously and is investigating the matter.”...Continue reading...

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