Rockies Investigating After Fan Screams N-Word At Lewis Brinson During At-Bat

BYCole Blake3.5K Views
Link Copied to Clipboard!
Mark Brown / Getty Images
Rockies, N-Word, Fan
The Rockies are launching an investigation after a fan was picked up screaming the N-word on the televised broadcast during their game against the Marlins.

The Colorado Rockies are investigating after a fan used a racial slur while Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson, a Black player, was at-bat, Sunday night. The microphones for the television broadcast captured the patron shouting the N-word over and over while Brinson was set to hit in the ninth inning.

"The Colorado Rockies are disgusted at the racial slur by a fan directed at the Marlins' Lewis Brinson during the ninth inning of today's game. Although the subject was not identified prior to the end of the game, the Rockies are still investigating this incident," the team said in a statement after the game. "The Rockies have zero tolerance for any form of racism or discrimination, and any fan using derogatory language of any kind will be ejected and banned from Coors Field."

Mark Brown / Getty Images

TMZ noticed that the MLB App is not allowing fans to rewatch the game, likely to censure out the incident.

Marlins play by play announcer Paul Severino said he was "disgusted" by the language after the game on Twitter. 

Brinson finished the game 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs. The Rockies went on to win Rockies' 13-8. 

[Via]


About The Author
Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.
...