The guy deserves lifetime tickets for being put through this.

When the demand for racial bigotry exceeds the supply.....

It doesn’t even remotely sound like he was saying the N word. People are crazy

Sue the absolute soul out of any of these pathetic news stations and Rockies who ran with the first story

Clearly as day, the fan said Dinger! End of story

They asked people to dox him, that is evil. They asked people to harass him, that is evil.

What a load of BS. Shame on everyone for condemning this man.

Kyle it was a lie. We live in a place of guilty until proven innocent these days and people will look for racism anywhere. The media ran with it and didn’t even use the word allegedly to describe this event. It was 100% he said the word, and if you hear dinger not the other word, well then you’re just defending a racist. To me that’s more than a misunderstanding. It’s a lie to prove a narrative. I’m happy this guys life isn’t ruined and that he can move on with his life.

*This is the **_real_** world we live in* . There are no people in this world shouting (you know what) openly and with malice. We are under assault at all times. And, there are mobs of people, both black and white, anxiously waiting every day of their lives to accuse someone of this for no other reason than they are vile themselves and want to harm others.

Alot of people were hoping he actually used the n-word so they could smear the fan and get clout for it.

I hope fans continue to yell Dinger at every one of their games.

Looks like we need to cancel “Dinger” to avoid future confusion. Gotta love identity politics…

Good thing the team publicly doxxed him before getting the story straight.

I think I saw this guy once. A few years back in January, in downtown Chicago it was about 3 am near a subway. He was holding a noose and bottle of bleach

If I was him I would sue for defamation

the only way you could confuse Dinger with N..... is if you are racist to begin with. they sound nothing alike.

Another "Bubba Wallace" incident

Uhh it was a lie. Intentional or not, it’s a lie

Oh if I have a story for everyone, my uncle just told me this story. The man shouting is my great uncle, Ronnie J Roybal, a veteran from the Vietnam war. He always had a great heart and spirit, every party we had, he was the heart of it, he passed a year ago and we all miss him.

I could see why he thought he said the n word could mix up

This elderly man needs an apology!!!! It’s the mascots name !!!! DINGER-DINGER!! People need to calm down and just stop reading into stuff !!!

It's obvious the guy was trying to get the mascots attention.

I hear pizza

This is what Dinger will be remembered for. Weird.

This guy is gonna end up rich and deservedly so!! This was the biggest defamation of character and the media and the organization and everybody else just looking to find racism in pure innocence to suit the agenda of the country. This man’s reputation is now tarnished and he could potentially have lost his job because companies now are firing people for potentially being racist. I hope he sues every media outlet that publicized this and the organization for millions each!!

The mascot is going to have to change his name.

I keep listening and I don't think he said " dinger". I think he didn't really know the mascot name and said " digger". I'm a black man, but I didn't hear a " ding".

You are able to hear both depending on which one you want to hear. But I highly doubt that someone would buy a ticket to the game and then just start saying a slur out of nowhere; especially after burning half their wallet on a medium sized pepsi and a hot dog.

Dinger!!!

Guilty until proven innocent, and even then still Guilty forever. modern day witch hunts.

A statement to our fans from your Colorado Rockies PR: We apologize for the recent "mondegreen" moment, involving our current mascot, Dinger. As a result, we are currently open to renaming/rebranding our mascot to something that can be less misconstrued. We thank you for both accepting our apologies, and for your mascot proposals to date, including but not limited to: "Cheer Slugger", a simple baseball bat shaped mascot, with the classic, Rockies Are #1 foam hand. "Beer Chugger", close in sound to Cheer Slugger, this alternative mascot replaces the, we're #1 foam hand, with a frothy pint of Coors Light brew! Mmmmm, that beer looks cold enough to quench a Saharan thirst! Hey, Beer Chugger! I'll take one of those! "Hopper The Crow". This bird is pure baseball, all the way down to the fundamentals! When vying for its attention, feel free to shorten the moniker to its last name only, and scream away! That's right, might as well get right to it and be sure it hears you. And finally, "Torch Skunky", a loveable skunk who is so fast (representing your team’s SPEED around the bases) that her recognizable, fluffy black and white tail is replaced by brightly visible, fuzzy flames. She's so fast, you'll be inclined to yell out, Go Torch Skunky, Go! Please be sure to submit any additional suggestions before the voting deadline, and we'll get back to you once our final decision has been made. Thanking you in advance, your Colorado Rockies. Please note, "Bloke Vulture" is currently in use by our Australian affiliate, and therefore cannot be submitted for this contest.

The player who got his panties in a bunch is still claiming that he heard something else not finger.

What a bunch of BS. The Rockies need to apologize and mend the relationship. How bad can you treat a fan that they don't come back and buy tickets? Without doing research. It should be said vile language will get you kicked out. I disagree with the broadcaster, violence is not okay, I'd like some evidence for open racism claims and how many teeth they deserve. I'm saddened to hear the field's management re-iterate what should be an obvious fact without apologizing or making amends with a fan that they jumped to conclusions with.

God, I hate dingers so much.

Just another reason we don’t watch sports anymore. Everything has gone political. I hope all the professional athletes like their pay cuts because it is coming with viewership down.

The way they reported this story they still try to make this a story about racism when it was their mistake.

Maybe change the mascots name to something else if it rhymes with the N word and there won’t be any mix up

I believe him! I feel so bad for him.

Leaving with less teeth very professional…

2100 games one incident the name doesn’t need to be changed, Mr Brinson.

Mistakes happen. This is a hilarious story

Lmao with his luck calling to The mascot who name sounds like a racial epithet the one time A black guy is up to bat

Colorado Wokies maybe should change the name of Dinger?

lol he definitely did say Dinger for sure.

On this day Dingers name was changed lol.

This is like the zapruder film

Remember Steve Bartman from the Cubs game?

MLB going to relocate the Rockies to Atlanta?

May Dinger's name should be changed to Guardian. (Or Commander.)

I would sue the Rockies so hard they would have to garnish their turds.

Has the commentator apologised to the man, if not he should be sacked.

Dinger please

This may be the line that y’all crossed that causes the end.

Just stop watching baseball-- go play-- join a local team-- problem solved.

You got to love the Sovjet style execution of the fan. When you are so woke it ruins people's lives.

The sad part about his is that some people want it to be true that he said the N word. Some people just love drama.

LMAO

Sports funniest moments.

This is a great story

As clearly as day, the fan said Dinger! But even for the sake of argument, you haven't cleaned your ears properly that day or the "echo" in an open space somehow distorted the sound, and resembled the wrong word... Looking at the fan's movements you can distinguish that he was pointing at the Mascot. But no, you as organization decided to jump to conclusions, and go for the virtue signaling points, and prefer to destroy one man's reputation just because...Why not right? Scary times we are living, if we can destroy someones character over nothing. And at the end, not even apologized properly to the guy. You just slandered someone thrown is name to the mood, but no problems, who cares.

Nah, people act oppressed when they aren’t, they grew up in the usa and now complain for their bad choices when there are people who come here without any English or money and make a living, it’s not oppression it’s excuses

This man should sue the shit out of the Rockies for defamation. Then, he should sue every fake news agency that reported on this nonsense.

Colorado Rockies LAWYER NOW SAYS .... because of the defamation lawsuit coming ....

SMH !!! 🤔 👊🏾

Oh nooo please don't shatter my worldview where every white baselball fan is muh reeeecist

A lot of fans thought; no no. A select crazed few that spread a rumor like wildfire.

Someone is about to become a millionaire!!!

Some people only hear what they want to hear.

The Rockies organization is trash. I hope he sues them into oblivion.

Lol maybe if we as a society wouldn’t jump to the worst conclusion possible?😂

He clearly said dinger twice

So funny.

Lesson to take from this: People are idiots these days. Just complete idiots. You can say "fuck" as a homonym for every other word in front of any company. Doesn't matter if it's elderly people, young toddlers, religious people. Or call everyone "bitches" wherever and whenever you please but don't dare say the word "dinger" or "singer" or "finger" or "ringer" or "digger" or "fibber" or ""dipper" or "slugger" or "mugger" or anything that sounds remotely close to the n-word unless you're a black rapper. Otherwise, you'll be exiled from the universe for all of eternity.

He is saying the N Word!

Too late. Damage done. Way to go MLB. Maybe investigate and listen before releasing a statement??

hysterical! :-D

I hate dingers!

Poor Dinger will be canceled soon.

The Marlins player thought that he was hearing a racial slur but it was the name of the mascot so obviously they should change the name of the mascot immediately... like yesterday.

hope that man sues the rockies

They should terminate anyone who accused him. Maybe next time they will be more careful.

Has to do with sportscasters not having fans when reporting sports, so when they had fans, fans have a (high pitch or low pitch sound) which cancels out or makes the low tone ding part sound intelligible or hard to hear clearly, causing the mind of persons going through audio deprevation to make sense of the word sub or unconsciously. Still but a lot less because we adapted and learn as a society

They were saying it the whole time. Backtracking media

That's our word!

He who smelt it dealt it. (The sportscaster who was so quick to apologize ;-)

Jumping to conclusions is what the media thrives on.

Glad he has the "rockies" approval that he was saying dinger 🙄

will the MLB commentator be banned.. or even better sued?

What's really sad is there are people who are genuinely disappointed he didn't say the N word because it makes their lives less meaningful without something to bitch about and someone to make an example of.

Renamed Nickle There fixed it my nigga.

IF you say something false, that is a lie (ignorant or otherwise). You're welcome.

Sad commentary on social media-ists…. easily triggered - fact lacking - no spine - basement trolls…. Go out and live life, there is a whole world out there that isn’t as bad as all that hysterical crap you stare at on your phone

That other word that can't be mentioned is clearly sacred. That is their God. The Holy Spirit Church of