What began as banter between fans during a contentious playoff game took a darker turn when a woman threatened to call ICE on a Southern California man during Tuesday’s National League Championship game between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers.
The exchange began when Dodgers fan Ricardo Fosado trash-talked nearby Brewers fans moments after third baseman Max Muncy clobbered a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning to give visiting Los Angeles a 3-1 lead.
Fosado repeatedly asked, “Why is everybody quiet?” to distraught Milwaukee fans in a social media clip that has since gone viral.
One fan, identified by Milwaukee media as an attorney named Shannon Kobylarczyk, responded by threatening to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Fosado.
“You know what?” she asked a nearby fan. “Let’s call ICE.”
Fosado, a former Bellflower City Council candidate, told Kobylarczyk to “call ICE.”
“ICE is not going to do anything to me,” said Fosado, who noted he was a war veteran and a U.S. citizen. “Good luck.”
On the video, the woman then uses a derogatory term to question Fosado’s masculinity, remarking, “real men drink beer.” Fosado was instead enjoying a fruity alcoholic beverage.
Fosado then told Kobylarczyk one last time to call ICE before calling her an idiot, punctuating the remark with an expletive.
An email to Fosado was not immediately returned Thursday.
Fosado told Milwaukee television station WISN 12 News that the incident “just shows the level where a person’s heart is and how she really feels as a human being.”
The station also confirmed that Kobylarczyk’s employment with the Milwaukee-based staffing firm Manpower had ended.
Kobylarczyk also reportedly stepped down from the board of Wisconsin’s Make-a-Wish chapter.
Fosado did not escape unscathed, however. He said he and a friend were ejected from the game shortly after the exchange.
The Dodgers ended up winning the game 5-1 and led the best-of-seven series, 2-0. The series now shifts to Dodger Stadium, with the first pitch of Game 3 is scheduled for 3:08 p.m. Thursday.
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