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“I feel bad for her”: Brewers fan fired for threatening to “call ICE” on Dodgers fan during NLCS

The recipient of the racist taunt said her firing was excessive

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Fans are seen waving rally towels during Game Two of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/Getty Images)
Fans are seen waving rally towels during Game Two of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/Getty Images)

A Milwaukee Brewers fan was reportedly let go from her job after a viral video showed her threatening to “call ICE” on a trash-talking Los Angeles Dodgers fan during the Brewers’ home loss on Tuesday.

The Brewers boasted the best regular-season record in baseball in 2025 and have capitalized on that success in the postseason, leading to a showdown with the star-heavy Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. Los Angeles resident Ricardo Fosado told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he was on a business trip to Chicago and decided to travel north to catch his hometown team. Fosado told the paper that he had been engaged in back-and-forth banter with the Brewers faithful all night.

After the Dodgers took a 4-1 lead on a Shohei Ohtani single, Fosado recorded a video of the stunned crowd.

“Why is everyone so quiet?” he asked.

In the clip, a Brewers fan identified as Sharon Kobylarczyk criticizes him for drinking a hard seltzer and calls him an expletive. The ribbing took a dark turn when Kobylarczyk suggested they “call ICE” on the Fosado. When he counters that he’s a U.S. citizen and a veteran, Kobylarczyk takes a swipe at Fosado’s phone.

“Call ICE, call them. You f**king idiot,” he says.

Fosado was later removed from the game by security.

Per the Milwaukee outlet, Kobylarczyk has been let go from her job at the recruitment agency Manpower Group. Fosado told the Journal Sentinel that the dustup didn’t alter his opinion of Brewers fans. He said her outburst was “a mistake” and that he didn’t think the punishment fit the crime.

“I don’t think it was like horrible or something that should get her fired,” he said. “We cannot be judged on one mistake, and a lot of emotions were involved. It was just hurt feelings, nobody physically hurt anybody.”

By Alex Galbraith

Alex Galbraith is Salon's nights and weekends editor, and author of our free daily newsletter, Crash Course. He is based in New Orleans.


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