THE CUBAN HOUSTON ASTRO BASEBALL PLAYER YULI GURRIEL TO BE SUSPENDED 5 GAMES IN 2018 WORTH $320,855 FOR MAKING A RACIAL ASIAN GESTURE WITH THE STRENCHING OF THE EYES WITH HIS FINGERS MIMICKING ASIAN EYES DURING THE ATROS DODGER WORLD SERIES GAME 3 AGAINST THE DODGER JAPANESE PICTHER YU DARVISH

Yuli Gurriel, the Houston Astros first baseman who was seen making a racist gesture in the dugout during Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night, has been given a five-game suspension without pay that will begin at the start of the 2018 season.

The suspension, which was handed down by Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, is the largest levied against a player for a public act of intolerance during a baseball game, exceeding by two games the suspension of Yunel Escobar, who was penalized for gay slurs written on his eye black strips in 2012.

Manfred’s decision, which he announced in a Saturday afternoon news conference, means that Gurriel will not have to sit out any of the remaining games of the World Series. The Los Angeles Dodgers tied the Series at two games apiece with a 6-2 victory on Saturday night.

Gurriel is scheduled to earn $12 million in 2018 and will lose roughly $320,855 because of the suspension. He will also have to undergo sensitivity training.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/28/sports/baseball/yuli-gurriel-apologizes-racist-yu-darvish.html