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Rockies fan screamed for mascot 'Dinger,' didn't yell racial slur, team confirmed
Fox Sports ^ | 8/9/2021 | Daniel Canova

Posted on 08/09/2021 1:32:55 PM PDT by Mr.Unique

The Colorado Rockies have reportedly determined that a fan did not use a racial slur at Miami Marlins player Lewis Brinson during Sunday’s game. The man was attempting to get the attention of the team’s mascot, "Dinger."

The fan was accused of saying the n-word during the Rockies’ game, however, a video later surfaced of him sitting behind home plate and waving and shouting to the mascot to come by him.

The Rockies said that they spoke to the fan, who confirmed that was what happened. The team also reportedly reviewed video footage from the local broadcast. The Rockies confirmed that no one on the field, including Brinson, heard anything offensive.

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KEYWORDS: dinger; hatecrimehoax
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The Rockies put this out before investigating:


1 posted on 08/09/2021 1:32:55 PM PDT by Mr.Unique
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To: Mr.Unique

Did somebody call the black guy a “Coumo”?


2 posted on 08/09/2021 1:35:15 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Mr.Unique

The guy was lucky he was not shot at that stadium.


3 posted on 08/09/2021 1:38:23 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Mr.Unique

Even though the fan did not use a racial slur, he is lucky he was not punished by the Rockies. We have seen occasions where a person has been punished for using words that sound similar to a racial slur, yet have no racial meaning.


4 posted on 08/09/2021 1:38:58 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Mr.Unique

does not matter. if someone was offended, its still racist.

see niggardly affair


5 posted on 08/09/2021 1:39:11 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Mr.Unique

Is he banned from MLB games?


6 posted on 08/09/2021 1:40:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Dan in Wichita

[[where a person has been punished for using words that sound similar to a racial slur, yet have no racial meaning.]]

people get punished for giving an OK sign


7 posted on 08/09/2021 1:40:36 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Mr.Unique

I have to say, reading the headline made me laugh...


8 posted on 08/09/2021 1:40:45 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: Mr.Unique

Good god, why even go out in public anymore?


9 posted on 08/09/2021 1:41:10 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: bagster

Looks like we have a good replacement that flies under the radar.

What are your thoughts, muh dinger?


10 posted on 08/09/2021 1:41:50 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Patriots, stop looking at the politicians as enemies. Look at the complicit Legacy Media.)
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To: Mr.Unique
It is clear that the Rockies are against any kind of racial or derogatory language. It is also clear that the Rockies have been niggardly in their acquisition of new talent.

Just saying...

11 posted on 08/09/2021 1:41:56 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: rlmorel

Me too. This is actually a pretty funny story.


12 posted on 08/09/2021 1:42:32 PM PDT by JennysCool ('It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain)
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To: Mr.Unique

“The fan was accused ...”

By whom?


13 posted on 08/09/2021 1:43:00 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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The Rockies confirmed that no one on the field, including Brinson, heard anything offensive.

How can they possibly justify tweeting that they are "disgusted by the racial slur" directed at Brinson, then release this? How can something that didn't happen disgust them?

14 posted on 08/09/2021 1:43:11 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: nascarnation

Somebody got triggered! Whoops, that sound too much like another word.

Chigger!
Bigger!
Digger!
Rigger!
Jigger!
Tigger! (as in, T-I-double guh-er)

I’m in trouble now.


15 posted on 08/09/2021 1:43:28 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Mr.Unique
Stacey Abrams: Darn! I thought he said "zinger!" and I was hoping I could get a box!


16 posted on 08/09/2021 1:44:12 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Headline: Racism Did Not Occur. Just In Case You Were Worried It Might Have. But It Did Not.


17 posted on 08/09/2021 1:44:36 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Mr.Unique

He said ‘the batter is near!’


18 posted on 08/09/2021 1:45:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Mr.Unique

This whole thing about people yelling ‘racial slurs’ and people losing their s**t is fricken absurd. We are ruled by the mob and the mob is full of children.


19 posted on 08/09/2021 1:46:23 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3928396/posts


20 posted on 08/09/2021 1:49:36 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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