Morphine Prince 109,653 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 HOUSTON -- Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel faces potential discipline from Major League Baseball for making a racially insensitive gesture Friday night during Game 3 of the World Series. After hitting a home run in the second inning off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish, Gurriel returned to the Astros dugout, where he used his fingers to motion at his own eyes in a mocking gesture and appeared to mouth a derogatory term in Spanish. In a statement, an MLB spokesman said: "We are aware of the situation and the Commissioner intends to speak with the player tomorrow." Speaking through an interpreter after the game, Gurriel said he made the gesture because he hasn't had success in the past against Japanese pitchers. In particular, he was 1-for-7 with one strikeout this season against Darvish. "I did not mean it to be offensive at any point," Gurriel said. "Quite the opposite. I have always had a lot of respect [for Japanese people]. ... I've never had anything against Darvish. For me, he's always been one of the best pitchers. I never had any luck against him. If I offended him, I apologize. It was not my intention." The 33-year-old Gurriel is a native of Cuba who played for the Yokohama DeNA Baystars of the Japanese Central League in 2014. Darvish is of Japanese and Iranian descent. Gurriel said it's common in Cuba to use the word "chinito" to describe someone of Asian heritage, although he admitted he realizes it's considered offensive in Japan. Darvish, also speaking through an interpreter, called the gesture and the word "disrespectful." "I feel like, of course, Houston has Asian fans and Japanese fans, and Asian fans live all over the place," Darvish said. "And acting like that, it's just disrespectful to people around the world, to the Houston organization. It's not OK. "Including him and I, nobody's perfect. Everybody's different. We've just got to learn from it. He made a mistake, and we've just got to learn from it. We are all human beings. It's just learn from it, and we've got to move forward." Source: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21189685/houston-astros-yuli-gurriel-apparently-mocks-los-angeles-dodgers-yu-darvish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
donutellha 13,819 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 that's ****ing disgusting... also "We're all just human beings"???? Are you actually ****ing serious at that statement. I could learn to not make fun of other races the ****ing second i stepped out of the uterus...... and he couldn't???? He's had more time in the world to grow up and respect other people... Walk down the runway but don't puke, it's okay. You just had 10 donuts today. Without frosting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 61,502 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 *facepalm* why not just go with the good old middle finger what an idiot Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 76,610 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 i dont get it chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaJizz 68 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Well, what did he say...? We can't just label a term that's used to describe a group of people as "racist", unless it mocks an attribute those people possess, like skin colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGD 12,098 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 27 minutes ago, GagaJizz said: Well, what did he say...? We can't just label a term that's used to describe a group of people as "racist", unless it mocks an attribute those people possess, like skin colour. From what I’m getting, he called one of the Asian teammates on the other team a chinito followed by some gestures in the eyes. Chinito is a term for someone, usually of Asian descent, with monolids/Asian eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trepadation 5,566 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 26 minutes ago, GagaJizz said: Well, what did he say...? We can't just label a term that's used to describe a group of people as "racist", unless it mocks an attribute those people possess, like skin colour. are you talking about chinito? It means Chinese but is used for all asians because they assume they're (all) chinese. OT: I love the part when he said he never meant to offend. And that he meant it as respect sounds like some people in ggd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaJizz 68 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 1 minute ago, JGD said: From what I’m getting, he called one of the Asian teammates on the other team a chinito followed by some gestures in the eyes. Chinito is a term for someone, usually of Asian descent, with monolids/Asian eyes. If that's true, then I suppose the intention was somewhat racist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaJizz 68 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Trepadation said: are you talking about chinito? It means Chinese but is used for all asians because they assume they're (all) chinese. OT: I love the part when he said he never meant to offend. And that he meant it as respect sounds like some people in ggd Could be considered racist, I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Three strikes he should be outta the World Series Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley 10,236 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I can't stand these kind of empty apologies when people are basically like I'm sorry you're offended but not admitting they're wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
President Trump 3,508 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Gays don’t play or watch sports so I understand how nobody gets what heightened testosterone levels feels like. This was a stupid thing to do but temporary anger is normal in sports. This man is not a racist. He was mad and just did the most offensive thing he could think of. Ma ma pa pa pa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, President Trump said: Gays don’t play or watch sports so I understand how nobody gets what heightened testosterone levels feels like. This was a stupid thing to do but temporary anger is normal in sports. This man is not a racist. He was mad and just did the most offensive thing he could think of. What an idiotic statement to make. Of course gay people play sports... And some great players have been LGBTQ.... However, institutions like the NFL don't like gays so players like Michael Sam were unfortunately not drafted because of that reason. And that doesn't even take into account the players that are gay playing in Major league sports that are too afraid to come out. Gay people don't understand what heightened testosterone is? WTF is that statement? Of course they do. "Gurriel said it's common in Cuba to use the word "chinito" to describe someone of Asian heritage, although he admitted he realizes it's considered offensive in Japan." This player knew exactly what he was doing. Shame on him. And shame on you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Also, once again we have non-Asian people not giving a single damn about racism because it's not about them. I can't imagine the repercussions if this were some minority making bigot actions towards the white players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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