Bluejays Shortstop Yunel Escobar Writes Spanish Anti-Gay Slur On His Eye Black

Toronto Bluejays shortstop Yunel Escobar took to the field on Saturday with “tu ere maricon” (“you are a faggot”) scrawled on the eye block under his eyes.

Blue Jays management issued a statement about the Escobar situation:

The Toronto Blue Jays do not support discrimination of any kind nor condone the message displayed by Yunel Escobar during Saturday’s game. The club takes this situation seriously and is investigating the matter.

Alex Anthopoulos, Sr. VP Baseball Operations and General Manager will be available to the media tomorrow afternoon at Yankee Stadium and we expect him to be joined by Yunel Escobar, Manager John Farrell and Coach Luis Rivera. Details and location for the media availability will be announced tomorrow.