Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar took the field on Saturday with "You are a faggot" written in Spanish
in his eye black.
Several
messages seeking comment from Blue Jays general manager Alex
Anthopoulos were not immediately returned. The Jays are expected to hold
a news conference Tuesday afternoon in New York, before their game
against the Yankees. Escobar, 29, was originally in Sunday’s starting
lineup, but was scratched before game-time. A club spokesman said he had
the flu. The photo generated a flurry of responses on Twitter, mostly
critical of Escobar, some urging that he be suspended for the rest of
the season, some urging fans to reserve judgment until “context” became
available. Others speculated that he had been pulled from Sunday’s
lineup as a disciplinary measure.
Escobar was drafted
into the Major League by Atlanta in 2005 and was traded to Toronto in
2010. Last year he signed a two-year contract extension worth $10M.
Last year a Change.org petition
was launched asking the Blue Jays to join
the eight other MLB teams to make an
It Gets Better video, but that has not yet happened.
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Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar took the field on Saturday with "You are a faggot" written in Spanish in his eye black.
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