October 05, 2016 - 10:09 PM
HOUSTON - The Astros say they "do not condone" a tweet posted by one of their minor league infielders criticizing broadcaster Jessica Mendoza during ESPN's NL wild-card broadcast.
Screen grabs of the tweet Wednesday night showed second baseman Brooks Marlow wrote "no lady needs to be on espn talking during a baseball game specially Mendoza sorry." The tweet was deleted from Marlow's account.
The Astros said in a statement that they have spoken with Marlow and he "agreed that his tweet was inappropriate and insensitive and has apologized." The team also apologized to Mendoza, calling her "an outstanding broadcaster that we have had the pleasure of working with this season."
Mendoza, a former professional softball player, began broadcasting games for ESPN last year. She's a member of ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast team and the most prominent woman calling national games in a male sport.
Marlow was a 29th-round pick in 2015 after playing at Texas. He split this season between Class A affiliates Quad Cities and Lancaster.
News from © The Associated Press, 2016