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He has written for publications such as Bleacher Report, I4U News, BuySideSports, Swimsuits &amp; Sports Magazine, The Cold Wire, Pro Football History, and Defiant Takes Football since 2011. Whenever he's not writing about sports, he loves spending time with his wife and son, watching sports events, reading sports biographies and autobiographies, collecting sports apparel and memorabilia, working out, and playing the piano.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Major League Baseball is investigating a shouting match between Houston Astros reliever Hector Neris and Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez. A bench-clearing incident involving Neris and Rodriguez ensued in the Astros’ 8-3 win on Wednesday. Hector Neris allegedly used a homophobic slur when he confronted Julio Rodriguez.</p><p>Neris <a href="https://theathletic.com/4911175/2023/09/28/hector-neris-julio-rodriguez-mlb-slur/">denied the allegations</a>, per <i>The Athletic’s</i> Chandler Rome and Ken Rosenthal.</p><p>“That did not happen and any suggestion to the contrary is wrong. My mother raised me to love and respect people for who they are and that is how I live my life,” Neris said.</p><p>For his part, Julio Rodriguez didn’t delve into specifics.</p><p>“I’m going to keep the comments (private). But I feel like you’ve always got to give respect. He’s someone I had a lot of respect for. I’ve known him for a long time, dating back to 2020, during the pandemic. I just feel like I deserved a little more respect,” Rodriguez said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hector Neris goes straight at Julio Rodríguez to chirp him after striking him out and the benches clear <a href="https://t.co/yQDwhCcUDc">pic.twitter.com/yQDwhCcUDc</a></p><p>— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1707241079643271371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Hector Neris confronted Julio Rodriguez after the former struck out the Mariners’ All-Star outfielder in the sixth inning. Mariners third baseman Eugenio Suarez was in the on-deck circle when the confrontation took place. Suarez said he heard Neris utter a slur at Rodriguez.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-hector-neris-downplays-julio-rodriguez-incident-after-benches-clear-in-houston-mariners">Hector Neris insisted</a> he acted on impulse in the heat of the battle between the two AL West protagonists.</p><p>“It’s part of the game, emotional, like this situation today. But it’s nothing personal. It’s only trying to (wake) up my team,” Hector Neris said.</p><p>This isn’t the first time Hector Neris riled up the Mariners. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-dusty-baker-hector-neris-hit-with-suspensions-after-benches-clearing-fracas-with-mariners">MLB suspended Neris</a> and Astros manager Dusty Baker after the former hit Mariners infielder Ty France with a wayward pitch last year.</p><p>Expect more fireworks between the Astros and Mariners should they square off in the postseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB looking into Astros’ Hector Neris allegedly using homophobic slur in Julio Rodriguez shouting match

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are in the thick of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-houston-seeding-scenario-2023-mlb-playoffs" rel="noopener">super tight playoff race</a> as the 2023 season comes down to the wire. The tensions got really hot in their latest game as the benches emptied following a kerfuffle between Hector Neris and Julio Rodriguez.</p><p>In the bottom of the sixth inning, Neris struck out Rodriguez on three pitches and got fired up, shouting at the Mariners star and igniting a heated confrontation that caused dugouts and bullpens to empty. Rodriguez was visibly frustrated at Neris, who walked right away and didn’t turn around to look at Rodriguez until later.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hector Neris struck out Julio Rodriguez and benches cleared in Seattle immediately afterwards</p><p>🎥: <a href="https://twitter.com/ROOTSPORTS_NW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ROOTSPORTS_NW</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hsfh30VNtD">pic.twitter.com/Hsfh30VNtD</a></p><p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1707244257021399367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Mariners third baseman Eugenio Suarez was on the on-deck circle as Neris chirped Rodriguez. He told Adam Jude of the Seattle Times that Neris <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/benches-clear-after-astros-pitcher-taunts-mariners-julio-rodriguez/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1695874994" rel="noopener">shouted a homophobic slur</a> in Spanish at Rodriguez. Although there has been <a href="https://x.com/OrtizKicks/status/1707401953997726193?s=20" rel="noopener">some dispute</a> about what the specific word Neris used, it’s clear based on Rodriguez’s body language that Neris was out of line.</p><p>After the game, which the Astros won by a score of 8-3, Neris said that there was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/astros-mariners-neris-rodriguez-14ea5bc6d2eb1c9df811dfbfa7d5eccc" rel="noopener">nothing personal</a> between him and Rodriguez, according to Shane Lantz of the Associated Press.</p><p>“It’s part of the game, emotional, like this situation today,” Neris said, via AP. “But it’s nothing personal. It’s only trying to (wake) up my team.”</p><p>Rodriguez was unavailable for questions after the game. According to Lantz, a Mariners spokesperson said that Rodriguez was shocked at Neris’ behavior but said that he doesn’t believe he had any prior issues with the Astros pitcher.</p><p>The Astros won the series against the Mariners as both teams head into their final series of the regular season. Buckle up for what will be a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mariners-mlb-playoffs-nightmare-seeding-scenario-matchup" rel="noopener">crazy ride to the finish line</a>.</p><p>The Astros, Mariners and Texas Rangers are fighting down to the wire for the AL West title. Texas owns the top spot and leads Houston by 2.5 games and Seattle is 1.5 games back of the Astros. The Mariners will host the Rangers for a four-game series to end the regular season while the Astros close it out with a road matchup against the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are fighting for their own playoff lives in the NL Wild Card race.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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