Shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays suspended only 3 games for wearing eye blacks with "maricon" written on it. Apparently, it wasn't a day that eye blacks were necessary and a picture of Escobar on that fated day shows he also had sunglasses on the brim of his cap.
I live in Cali and I have heard latinos calling each other "maricon" in jest. I know it's a derogatory term against gays.
What was Escobar thinking? Now Escobar says he has gay friends and a matter of fact, his hairstylist is gay. He said he was joking and among latinos it's generally accepted to use that word. Again, I heard it amongst latinos many times, but to write it on an eye black is fucking stupid!
Latin ballplayers make up a good percentage of major league baseball, but unfortunately they have been caught using performance enhancing drugs and suspended more than american ball players.
Baseball needs to educate these players more about PEDs and the social implications of calling each words that are hurtful to gays.
I'm sure messages written on eye blacks will be banned by MLB, like the NFL since Tebow was writing religious messages on them.
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