# @arizsports on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLVHqGYRwjk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31778020-arizsports-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-25T16:11:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Arizona Sports (@arizsports) — https://gondola.cc/arizsports

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The fan who heckled Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte about his late mother has been banned from Chicago’s Rate Field, according to the White Sox.

Additionally, the 22-year-old fan admitted to being very inappropriate and was remorseful after the fact.

The ban comes after Marte was visibly shaken up midway through Tuesday’s 4-1 win over the White Sox.

During a pitching change in the seventh inning, Marte was in tears and being consoled by manager Torey Lovullo and shortstop Geraldo Perdomo.

It was later discovered that a fan had yelled something at the second baseman regarding his late mother, Elpidia Valdez, who died in a car accident in 2017. Marte, fresh into his D-backs stint, was just 23 at the time of her death.

The fan was later ejected from the game.

-- Tyler Drake, ArizonaSports.com editor

(John Fisher/Getty Images)

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Arizona Sports | @arizsports | https://gondola.cc/arizsports | Radio Station |
| Felisa Cárdenas | @FelisDeportes | https://gondola.cc/FelisDeportes | Graphic Designer |

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