This was a bad look.
Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel homered off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish to put his team ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning of tonight’s World Series Game 3.
But it’s what Gurriel did after the blast that has people talking, and not in a good way.
After Gurriel retreated to the dugout, FOX cameras panned to him and appeared to catch the Cuban slugger mocking Darvish’s Asian heritage with a slanted eyes gesture.
Here’s the video:
Gurriel mocking Darvish?? pic.twitter.com/DsHz12HT3O
— You (@CoIIier) October 28, 2017
According to some on Twitter, Gurriel might have said “chinito” while he was making the gesture, which means “little Chinese boy.”
As a word of caution, this is all coming from lip-reading. You can be the judge yourself.
Did Yuli Gurriel say chinito while he made that gesture? pic.twitter.com/OLy7o3VZPE
— Eric Rosenthal (@ericsports) October 28, 2017
Interestingly, Darvish is Japanese and Gurriel played in Japan in 2014.
The Astros are currently leading this game 5-3, but no matter the outcome, expect Gurriel to be the major story post-game.
