BASEBALL PLAYER CLIAMS HIS A TARGET FOR RACIST ABUSE

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Apologizes After Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones Says He

Was Target of Racist Abuse in Boston By Stephanie Petit

“A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me,” the athlete said, according to USA Today. “I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight. Thanks. Pretty awesome.”Jones, one of just 62 African-American players on the Opening Day rosters this year, added that this wasn’t the first time he was on the receiving end of racist hecklers at Fenway but that this was among the worst nights in his 12 years in Major League Baseball.
“Very unfortunate,” Jones said. “I heard there was 59 or 60 ejections tonight in the ballpark. It is what it is, right. I just go out and play baseball. It’s unfortunate that people need to resort to those type of epithets to degrade another human being. I’m trying to make a living for myself and for my family.”
Baker denounced the fans’ actions in a tweet on Tuesday morning.