The Colorado Rockies have identified a fan whom microphones appeared to catch yelling racial slurs at Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson during Sunday's game, an incident the team says left it "disgusted."
The alleged slurs came in the ninth inning at Coors Field with Brinson at the plate and seemed clearly audible on the Bally Sports Florida broadcast, to the point that Marlins play-by-play announcer Paul Severino immediately apologized to viewers for the language.
However, several Rockies beat writers said Monday morning that the team determined, after reviewing video of the incident and speaking with the fan, his wife, and surrounding season ticket holders, that the man had actually been yelling "Dinger," the name of the Rockies' purple dinosaur mascot.