Arozarena’s message – A fan’s heckling at Comerica Park turned into a hand-written message on a baseball when Mariners left fielder Randy Arozarena tossed the ball back with a note saying he doesn’t speak English—then adding a heart and “I love you.” The Mariners later confirmed th
Comerica Park didn’t just echo with a Tigers–Mariners walk-off on Sunday—it also carried a message from a player who didn’t need to understand every word to respond.
In the second inning of the game on Sunday, the left-field seats heard some choice heckling aimed at Mariners left fielder Randy Arozarena. Arozarena, for his part, had his own reply.
He handed the fan a baseball with a handwritten note that read: “I don’t speak English!. Yell what you want!. I don’t understand you!. I don’t care!. (Heart) I love you.” The traveling fan posted a picture of that baseball on his X and Instagram accounts under the handle “TrevsChirps. ” saying the ball was delivered to him in the second inning. Arozarena threw him the baseball.
The moment traveled fast. “What a Stud,” TrevsChirps posted.
The Mariners confirmed the baseball’s authenticity on Monday after a question was raised by The News. They said Danny Farquhar, the club’s assistant pitching coach and pitching strategist, wrote the message on the baseball at Arozarena’s request. Farquhar speaks English and Spanish.
The fan at the center of the exchange—Trevor Gilmore—has described himself as a “professional heckler.” A 2025 profile by the New York Post identifies TrevsChirps as Gilmore. a San Francisco Giants fan. Gilmore also says on his X account that he is on a ballpark tour. moving from Rogers Centre in Toronto on Friday to Comerica Park in Detroit on Sunday.
At Comerica Park, Gilmore said he was in Section 149, Row D, out in left field, watching the Tigers’ 5-4 walk-off win over the Mariners.
His schedule stretches across multiple cities. Gilmore said he’s planning to be at Tuesday’s Mud Hens game in Toledo, Wednesday’s Guardians game in Cleveland, Friday’s Pirates game in Pittsburgh, and the June 17 Reds game in Cincinnati.
And while the heckling may have started the story, the baseball message is what stayed—part language barrier, part playfulness, and a blunt, affectionate reminder that even when you don’t understand the words, the response can still land.
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