The Cubs stated they’re investigating an incident by which a fan sitting behind NBC Sports Chicago reporter Doug Glanville appeared to make use of a racist gesture on air Tuesday evening.
The fan used the gesture whereas Glanville, who’s black, was making an on-air report through the Cubs’ win over the Marlins. It’s been related to white nationalists and right-wing trolls lately.
Team president of baseball operations Crane Kenney stated in an electronic mail assertion a number of hours after the Cubs’ 5-2 victory had been conscious of the gesture and looking out into it.
“An particular person seated behind Mr. Glanville used what seems to be an offensive hand gesture that’s related to racism, Kenney stated. “Such ignorant and repulsive conduct shouldn’t be tolerated at Wrigley Field. We are reviewing the incident totally as a result of nobody needs to be subjected to the sort of offensive conduct.
“Any derogatory conduct needs to be reported instantly to our ballpark workers. Any particular person behaving on this method is not going to solely be faraway from the ballpark, however might be completely banned from Wrigley Field.”
During a third-inning report, Glanville, who was standing beside the Cubs’ dugout, was speaking to play-by-play announce Len Kasper when a fan within the background began making a number of gestures. The bearded fan, who was carrying a gray Cubs sweatshirt and blue pants, held an upside-down “OK” signal, which has been appropriated by white supremacists, subsequent to Glanville’s head earlier than the published minimize to a graphic.
This comes lower than a month after Major League Baseball launched an investigation into racist messages despatched to Cubs reduction pitcher Carl Edwards Jr. on social media.
This is a growing story, verify again for updates.