Sad Indians fan goes viral for wrong reasons
With the Cleveland Indians trailing the Chicago Cubs 5-1 in the the seventh inning of Game 2 of the World Series, cameras caught one Indians fan - dressed in a Native American headdress and face paint - looking dejected in his seats at Progressive Field.
The Indians nickname and Chief Wahoo logo continues to be the subject of controversy, with many calling for the team to change what they view as racially insensitive. After FOX aired the fan's image, many on Twitter were quick to comment:
Make America Great Again pic.twitter.com/9OYIuQ31yR
— (((Dave Kaufman))) (@TheKaufmanShow) October 27, 2016
tfw yr racist and yr team is losing pic.twitter.com/a8NMsCVCON
— Bill Baer (@Baer_Bill) October 27, 2016
Makes me sick to see an 'Indians' fan don a Native American war bonnet & face paint. #NOTyourMASCOT #WorldSeries @MLBONFOX please! 😞 pic.twitter.com/7i0JSsKucH
— Clarice Lakota (@ThunderBirdEye9) October 27, 2016
If this pathetic fan doesn't motivate the #Indians to change their racist name... nothing will #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/lzXoU0k2iZ
— Andrew Woolley (@AWoolley42) October 27, 2016
Shocked that people are clueless enough to still show up to the ballpark like this pic.twitter.com/pcyrGrQVwW
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 27, 2016
If you wanted an offensive version of Crying Jordan for this #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/66eXQJaH7L
— MLB Memes (@MLBMeme) October 27, 2016
Life choices pic.twitter.com/YpqrrH1utS
— Patrick Daugherty (@RotoPat) October 27, 2016
when your mascot is pretty racist and your baseball squad is not faring well pic.twitter.com/SEAptzZJJo
— ⚰️ Count Derpula™ ⚰️ (@D2_Derpinator) October 27, 2016
With the Indians in the World Series, the controversial logo has come under increased spotlight. Commissioner Rob Manfred stated earlier Wednesday that he and Cleveland owner Larry Dolan will meet after the World Series to discuss the use of the Chief Wahoo logo moving forward.