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Cleveland Indians’ Yu Chang Shares Anti-Asian Sent To Him On Social Media

Chang has been put on first base for the first time this season.

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After a costly bad throw on Monday night against the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians first baseman Yu Chang has shared some of the anti-Asian messages that were sent to him on social media.

Chang is Taiwanese, and one of the messages he posted on Twitter on Tuesday accused his “slanty eyes” causing a problem with his throwing skills, whilst another made reference to the coronavirus. Chang’s response was to say: “Exercise your freedom of speech in the right way, I accept all comments, positive or negative but DEFINITELY NOT RACIST ONES. Thank you all and love you all.”

Soon after Chang posted the tweet, he received a flood of positive messages from Cleveland fans and others. The kind of racist rhetoric Chang received has experienced by other Asian sports stars in the United States, including former NBA player Jeremy Lin.

The comments were sent to Chang after he was put on first base for the first time this season. The 23-year old, who was originally a middle infielder, fielded a ground ball in the ninth inning of Monday’s game and attempted to knock out the runner at second base, but accidentally hit White Sox’s Yasmani Grandal on the helmet, sending the ball flying and allowing Nick Madrigal to score the winning run for Chicago.

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