It was a regular Tuesday night game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago White Sox on June 24, 2025, when Ketel Marte walked up to the plate during the seventh inning. But within moments,

Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte was seen in tears on the field after a spectator yelled a derogatory comment about his late mother.

A man at a baseball game who ridiculed the dead mother of the Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte has been banned by the White Sox and Major League Baseball indefinitely, the league confirmed Wednesday.