Pure class!! This is what fans will remember about this ridiculous gesture.. Darvish’s amazing composure and forgiveness when most would retaliate. What a guy. This alone makes me admire him immensely. Simply wonderful.
So take note. Darvish didn't go nuts, call a lawyer, protest or use media help by calling of the injustices of the world. He acknowledged it and hoped there's a lesson learned in all this..he didn't use this as an excuse for blatant racism and the cause of the downfall of a race. That's a civilized way to handle the issue.
did you also take note gurriel apologized from his heart and is sorry? because i hope you did; clearly no one else did i cant even read this comment section
HenryFails4 ..gimme a break...he's sorry he got caught. Then all he gets is some meaningless suspension for a few games next year? How about suspend him for the rest of the WS? or how about him proactively working on sensitivity work?
memo frausto “I’m desperate for validation and attention.” Just shut the fuck up and stop lusting after people that don’t even know of or care about your existence
Kelly L “I’m desperate for validation and attention.” Just shut the fuck up and stop lusting after people that don’t even know of or care about your existence
Dustin Heath racist? Are we racist? No kidding. I admit that Some Japanese 's easy to distinguish. However all Japanese doesn't. Moreover If your citizens are distinguished, do you keep silence? You also have bias against Japanese. You should change the mind too.
+Dustin Heath I don't know what's happened to you. But I think it's same reason Asian got discrimination. American kids grow up with few Asian, so they don't know about Asian. Japanese kids grow up with few non-Japanese, so they don't know about non-Japanese. That's it. Japanese should know the world more and be international tho
Bob Bender WHAT HE DIT ITS NOT CONSIDERED RACISM IN CUBA IN THIS COUNTRY EVERYTHING IS RACISM YOU CAN EVEN LOOK TO A WOMAN BECOUSE IS SEXUAL HARASMENT IDIOT
Jorge Ugarte ....... I didn’t say it was racism. My message was that he had no class. It doesn’t matter what is accepted in other countries. This is the United States. My family is from Guatemala, but I know what is appropriate in the United States.
He's saying personally, it didn't bother him. He says that several times. But when pressed, he said it probably will reflect poorly for the team, but no one is perfect, and in the end, it would be a good learning opportunity. He's VERY chill.
Can somebody respond to this. I searched up yu darvish and there was an interview and he was speaking English. I’m very confused because he has an interpreter in this
Im Glad Yu Darvish has so much class and self discipline. It's just sad that Gurriel made such a disrespectful gesture. Honestly, I live in Houston and am an Astros fan BUT I feel they should have imposed some kind of immediate punishment for his actions. I mean DAMN...Can't we all just get along?? Darvish is half Iranian/Japanese and Gurriel is Cuban...Everyone is a minority. Don't we have enough damn problems going against us as PEOPLE in general!! GET IT TOGETHER!! #JustSad 😢😢😢😢
I hate how people say how it was not racist and nothing. MLB had bad history with racism with Jackie Robinson. Every player wears (42) on Jackie Robinson Day as a symbol, even gurriel himself. He should know doing anything close to that crap is not acceptable at all and just wrong
According to couple of Hispanic friends of mine, Cubans think they are lot more superior than other Hispanics. With Gurriel's immatureness at age of 33 and complete disrespect to Asian despite played in Japan, and being ignorant, I don't think so! If Astros lose, ( series is going back to LA anyway) he may be the primarily target for the blame!
The truth is, society thinks its okay to be openly racist towards Asians and this case is no different. He got suspended 5 games out of 162. That is absolutely nothing. If he was mocking a Black person, he probably would have gotten much more. You would think a Cuban like Yuli, would be a bit more sensitive to racism, but I guess you can't expect much from a Mexican.
If you’ve seen what dervish wrote, it’s a positive one, he doesn’t seem angry and that’s good. I would take offense to it because it was stupid what gurriel did. Gurriel just needs to understand at a time like this for all the racism rants it was not ok
Congratulations Darvish, way to be a profesional player, and I agree with you people like him shouldn't have a job in mlb, to me it's a sport and a role model for many kids, and I definelity don't want to see a guy like him representing baseball and my kids watch him it's embarrassing for baseball players and fans, what he did.
I will say though, at least hurried admitted it, 90% of other athletes would have made an excuse and denied it. He owned up to it and apologiZed and hopefully has learned from it.
There are many racists writing comments, we must know the culture of each country to be able to judge gestures, things that are admitted in some countries, are offensive in others.
Vera Samantha “I’m desperate for validation and attention.” Just shut the fuck up and stop lusting after people that don’t even know of or care about your existence
Really? Use the effort and accept his appology and offer up that forgiveness. Just like Yu Darvish did. It's still a cool thing to do. Forgive someone.
Gurriel is just jealous of Darvish because he was born in a dump and poor country of Cuba while Darvish was born in a very disciplined and wealthy country of Japan.
No doubt, Gurriel should be suspended. This crap is ridiculous in 2017. Also, ACT AS IF. But Houston Astros been around since 1962 and have never won a World Series sooooo
Thing that bothered me was that Gurriel didn’t COMMIT... He kinda did two little “check swings”, but never took a full chop at it. It’s kinda messed up but you know you’d be laughing if he just full-on pulled em all the way back and did a buck face...
In Houston? It certainly wouldn't be by a reliever that the Dodgers couldn't afford to lose. The series would be over for them. They've lost two in a row now. And that bullpen has been bounced.
I like guirrel and all but not the racist mock that he put on last game anyway Yu darvish is a good pitcher and I hope that mock does not get in the way of him.
It actually doesn't. If someone wrongs you in error, and then say's I'm sorry in earnest, they should be forgiven. It may develop into a friendship. Who knows. Yuli used to play ball in Japan.
People have to understand that Gurriel just got here not too long ago and in other countries "political correctness" just does not exist. I am Cuban and in Cuba everybody mocks everybody else and nobody cares. It is no big deal, nobody gets mad.
