* please notice how some headlines stress that Adam "CLAIMED" he was taunted...
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Orioles' Adam Jones wants stiffer repercussions for racial taunts
Bob Nightengale , USA TODAY SportsPublished 7:56 a.m. ET May 2, 2017 | Updated 0 minutes ago
After being the target of racial slurs at Fenway Park on Monday night, Baltimore Orioles outfielder called it one of the worst experiences of his career. USA TODAY Sports
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BOSTON -- Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones kept looking back behind him Monday night, glaring into the Fenway Park stands, seeing if anyone would be bold enough to utter the racial slur to his face.
“Cowards,’’ he said. “It’s pathetic.’’
Jones has played as a visiting player for 12 years at Fenway Park, spanning 77 games, and has been subjected to racial epithets in the past.
Yet, this night, was like few others, calling it one of the worst experiences he’s ever endured. He listened to racial taunts in the outfield while also having a bag of peanuts thrown at him in the dugout.
“I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight,’’ Jones said disgustedly. “It was pretty awesome out there. Thanks. Pretty awesome.
“Just part of the job right?’’
Jones has listened to vulgarities and racial taunts before in Boston, just like he has at several other ballparks in his career, but this night was more painful.
“Tonight was one of the worst,’’ Jones said, slowly exhaling, “it’s different. Very unfortunate. It is what it is, right. I just go out and play baseball.
“But it’s unfortunate that people need to resort to those type of epithets to degrade another human being. I’m out there trying to make a living for myself and for my family.
“The best thing about myself is that I know how to continue to move on, and still play the game hard. Let people be who they are. Let them show their true colors.’’
Jones, one of just 62 African-Americans on opening-day rosters, also had a bag of peanuts thrown at him in the dugout. He immediately informed security, and the person was caught, and ejected from the ballpark, Red Sox officials confirmed.
“I guess that he was a little disappointed he didn’t get a ball,’’ Jones said. “It’s called a coward.’’
Jones was told there were 59 or 60 people arrested or ejected from Fenway Park for various incidents Monday, Red Sox officials believe it was closer to half that total, while awaiting final reports from ballpark security.
“What they need to do is that instead of kicking them out of the stadium,’’ Jones said, “they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand. Something that really hurts somebody. Make them pay in full. And if they don’t, take it out of their check.
“That’s how you hurt somebody. You suspend them from the stadium, what does that mean? It’s a slap on the wrist. That guy needs to be confronted, and he needs to pay for what he’s done.
“At the end of the day, when you throw an object onto the field of play, the player has no idea what it is. What if something hit me right in the eye, and I can’t play baseball anymore. Then what? I just wear it? No.
“Things like that need to be handled a little more properly, in my opinion.’’
The verbal assault towards Jones’ certainly wound up overshadowing the Orioles’ 5-2 victory over the Red Sox in their first game against one another since their ugly incident 10 days ago. The last time they played against each other, April 21 in Baltimore, Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes threw a pitch behind the head of Orioles third baseman Manny Machado. Barnes was trying to retaliate for Machado’s hard slide two nights earlier that injured second baseman Dustin Pedroia, igniting a firestorm in each city.
Bob Nightengale , USA TODAY SportsPublished 7:56 a.m. ET May 2, 2017 | Updated 0 minutes ago
After being the target of racial slurs at Fenway Park on Monday night, Baltimore Orioles outfielder called it one of the worst experiences of his career. USA TODAY Sports
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BOSTON -- Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones kept looking back behind him Monday night, glaring into the Fenway Park stands, seeing if anyone would be bold enough to utter the racial slur to his face.
“Cowards,’’ he said. “It’s pathetic.’’
Jones has played as a visiting player for 12 years at Fenway Park, spanning 77 games, and has been subjected to racial epithets in the past.
Yet, this night, was like few others, calling it one of the worst experiences he’s ever endured. He listened to racial taunts in the outfield while also having a bag of peanuts thrown at him in the dugout.
“I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight,’’ Jones said disgustedly. “It was pretty awesome out there. Thanks. Pretty awesome.
“Just part of the job right?’’
Jones has listened to vulgarities and racial taunts before in Boston, just like he has at several other ballparks in his career, but this night was more painful.
“Tonight was one of the worst,’’ Jones said, slowly exhaling, “it’s different. Very unfortunate. It is what it is, right. I just go out and play baseball.
“But it’s unfortunate that people need to resort to those type of epithets to degrade another human being. I’m out there trying to make a living for myself and for my family.
“The best thing about myself is that I know how to continue to move on, and still play the game hard. Let people be who they are. Let them show their true colors.’’
Jones, one of just 62 African-Americans on opening-day rosters, also had a bag of peanuts thrown at him in the dugout. He immediately informed security, and the person was caught, and ejected from the ballpark, Red Sox officials confirmed.
“I guess that he was a little disappointed he didn’t get a ball,’’ Jones said. “It’s called a coward.’’
Jones was told there were 59 or 60 people arrested or ejected from Fenway Park for various incidents Monday, Red Sox officials believe it was closer to half that total, while awaiting final reports from ballpark security.
“What they need to do is that instead of kicking them out of the stadium,’’ Jones said, “they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand. Something that really hurts somebody. Make them pay in full. And if they don’t, take it out of their check.
“That’s how you hurt somebody. You suspend them from the stadium, what does that mean? It’s a slap on the wrist. That guy needs to be confronted, and he needs to pay for what he’s done.
“At the end of the day, when you throw an object onto the field of play, the player has no idea what it is. What if something hit me right in the eye, and I can’t play baseball anymore. Then what? I just wear it? No.
“Things like that need to be handled a little more properly, in my opinion.’’
The verbal assault towards Jones’ certainly wound up overshadowing the Orioles’ 5-2 victory over the Red Sox in their first game against one another since their ugly incident 10 days ago. The last time they played against each other, April 21 in Baltimore, Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes threw a pitch behind the head of Orioles third baseman Manny Machado. Barnes was trying to retaliate for Machado’s hard slide two nights earlier that injured second baseman Dustin Pedroia, igniting a firestorm in each city.
* I'm SURE this is connected....
Adam Jones on MLB's lack of Kaepernick protest: 'Baseball is a white man's sport'
Bob Nightengale , USA TODAY SportsPublished 11:47 a.m. ET Sept. 12, 2016 | Updated 2:07 a.m. ET Sept. 13, 2016
Adam Jones on MLB's lack of anthem protest...
And he has a point.
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DETROIT - We see the silent, powerful and contentious protests now almost every time we turn on the TV and watch an NFL game.
It started with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sitting, and later kneeling, during the national anthem during the NFL exhibition season. He was soon joined by teammate Eric Reid. It extended to Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall before Thursday’s NFL season opener.
By Sunday, there were four NFL teams with players expressing silent protests, including Martellus Bennett and Devin McCourty of the New England Patriots, who stood with raised fists following the anthem.
Yet, since that Aug. 26 day when Kaepernick gained attention for his protest against racial inequality in this country - with his season opener scheduled Monday night against the Los Angeles Rams - there have been nearly 250 Major League Baseball games played, and not a single player has taken a stand.
Or, in this case, a knee.
This is the sport that launched the civil rights movement when Jackie Robinson integrated the game of baseball on April 15, 1947, finally breaking the color barrier.
Now, at a time when even entire high school football teams and soccer players are waging silent protests by sitting or kneeling during the national anthem, there hasn’t been a single protest in baseball.
Perhaps someone is quietly sitting on the dugout bench, or even lingering in the clubhouse until the national anthem is over, but no one has publicly made their intentions known.
Why?
“We already have two strikes against us already,’’ Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones told USA TODAY Sports, “so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can’t kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they don’t need us.
“Baseball is a white man’s sport.’’
Indeed, African Americans comprise 68% of the player population in the NFL, and 74% in the NBA. That number is just 8% in baseball, with only 69 African-Americans on the opening-day rosters and disabled lists this season.
This doesn’t mean that anyone who protests racial inequality or police brutality will be released from their teams, or banished from baseball, never to wear a uniform again. Still, in the conservative world of baseball, whose players stand 162 times for the national anthem, playing in front of more fans than any sport in the country, they could face much more ridicule and ostracization.
Jones, 31, one of the most outspoken and passionate African-American players in baseball, certainly empathizes with the injustices that minorities face every day in this country. He sees and hears too many incidents of police brutality in his own city that have unfairly targeted minorities, and was an important voice in the aftermath of protests that followed the death in police custody of Freddie Gray, a series of events that compelled the Orioles to play a 2015 game in front of an empty stadium.
Jones would like to see change, too, but Sunday, just like every other day, he stood at attention during the national anthem before their game against the Detroit Tigers, with his right hand over his heart.
“He believes in what he believes in,’’ Jones says of Kaepernick, “and as a man of faith, as an American who has rights, who am I to say he’s wrong?
“Kaepernick is not disrespecting the military. He’s not disrespecting people who they’re fighting. What he’s doing is showing that he doesn’t like the social injustice that the flag represents.
“Look, I know a lot of people who don’t even know the words to the national anthem. You know how many times I see people stand up for the national anthem and not pay attention. They stand because they’re told to stand.
“That’s the problem. Just don’t do something because you’re told to do something. Do it because you understand the meaning behind it and the sacrifice behind it.’’
Whether you agree or disagree with Kaepernick’s method to draw attention to the inequalities in this country, Jones is dismayed how the public views Kaepernick compared to 49er teammates. Go ahead, check out the difference in coverage since Kapernick sat during the national anthem compared to his teammate, Bruce Miller. Miller was arrested last week and charged with aggravated assault, elder abuse, threats and battery against 70-year-old man and his 29-year-old son. The 49ers later released him.
“Here’s my thing,’’ Jones says, “there’s somebody on the 49ers’ team that commits an act like that, accosts a 70-year-old man and his kid, and nobody’s talking about that. But they talk about Kaepernick doing something that he believes in, as his right as an American citizen. People need to talk more about that guy than Kaepernick.
“He’s not receiving the ridicule and public torture that Kaepernick is facing. Is Kaepernick hurting me? No. Is he hurting random people out there? No. I support his decision.
“At the end of the day, if you don’t respect his freedoms, then why the hell are we Americans? It’s supposed to be the Land of the Free, right?’’
Jones, who was honored last week by receiving the Orioles’ nomination for the prestigious Roberto Clemente award for his community involvement, philanthropy and contributions, may have chosen a different way to express his views about racial inequality in this country. Yet, his heart aches over the public outrage and abuse Kaepernick has received.
“I’ve seen Kaepernick called the N-word,’’ Jones said, “just because he’s being sensitive to what has happened to African-Americans in this country. It’s crazy how when people of color speak up, we’re always ridiculed. But when people that are not of color speak up, it’s their right.
“The First Amendment says we have freedom of expression. We’re supposed to be so free, so free. But any time anybody of color speaks up in the United States, for some odd reason, they always get the raw end of the deal. It sucks.
“At the end of the day, black men have fought for this right. Indians have fought for this right. White people fought for this right. Mexicans have fought for this right. Japanese have fought this for this right. The United States was not just made up of one race.
“So let’s just not say that in America, only one person can say something. We all have input because America has always been a country that has united everybody.’’
The problem, Jones says, is that most fans don’t want to hear their athletes share their opinions outside the sports world. They’re not supposed to talk about race, religion, political views, or anything that could create ill will, or discomfort among the fan base. You know, stick to sports.
“The outside world doesn’t really respect athletes,’’ Jones says, “unless they talk about what they want them to talk about. Society doesn’t think we deserve the right to have an opinion on social issues.
“We make a lot of money, so we just have to talk baseball, talk football. But most athletes, especially if you’re tenured in your sport, you’re educated on life, and on more things than most people on the outside. But because Donald Trump is a billionaire, he can say whatever he wants, because he’s older and has more money?
“And when Kaepernick does something, or says something, he’s ridiculed. Why is that? ’’
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, Olympians John Carlos and Tommie Smith and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar all spoke out about racial inequalities. All survived the public storm of criticism, though some paid a heavier price.
Even Jackie Robinson, the man who Martin Luther King even credited for starting the civil rights movement, became a strong advocate for racial equality during his career and afterwards, and even voiced his opinion about the national anthem in his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had it Made.
“As I write this …I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.’’
Once again, Robinson was ahead of his time, opening plenty of doors, but nearly 70 years later, so many are still closed. It provoked Kaepernick to publicly display his discontent, with the movement spreading, and causing everyone to take notice. Due to love or loathing, Kaepernick’s social media presence has increased 35,000% since he spoke up.
In these final three weeks of the regular season, during the postseason, or perhaps even on the national stage of the World Series, we’ll see if any baseball player now dares to take a stand.
“No one has done it, yet,’’ Jones says. “But that’s the key word here: Yet.
“We will see.’’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...s-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/
Adam Jones on MLB's lack of Kaepernick protest: 'Baseball is a white man's sport'
Bob Nightengale , USA TODAY SportsPublished 11:47 a.m. ET Sept. 12, 2016 | Updated 2:07 a.m. ET Sept. 13, 2016
Adam Jones on MLB's lack of anthem protest...
And he has a point.
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DETROIT - We see the silent, powerful and contentious protests now almost every time we turn on the TV and watch an NFL game.
It started with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sitting, and later kneeling, during the national anthem during the NFL exhibition season. He was soon joined by teammate Eric Reid. It extended to Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall before Thursday’s NFL season opener.
By Sunday, there were four NFL teams with players expressing silent protests, including Martellus Bennett and Devin McCourty of the New England Patriots, who stood with raised fists following the anthem.
Yet, since that Aug. 26 day when Kaepernick gained attention for his protest against racial inequality in this country - with his season opener scheduled Monday night against the Los Angeles Rams - there have been nearly 250 Major League Baseball games played, and not a single player has taken a stand.
Or, in this case, a knee.
This is the sport that launched the civil rights movement when Jackie Robinson integrated the game of baseball on April 15, 1947, finally breaking the color barrier.
Now, at a time when even entire high school football teams and soccer players are waging silent protests by sitting or kneeling during the national anthem, there hasn’t been a single protest in baseball.
Perhaps someone is quietly sitting on the dugout bench, or even lingering in the clubhouse until the national anthem is over, but no one has publicly made their intentions known.
Why?
“We already have two strikes against us already,’’ Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones told USA TODAY Sports, “so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can’t kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they don’t need us.
“Baseball is a white man’s sport.’’
Indeed, African Americans comprise 68% of the player population in the NFL, and 74% in the NBA. That number is just 8% in baseball, with only 69 African-Americans on the opening-day rosters and disabled lists this season.
This doesn’t mean that anyone who protests racial inequality or police brutality will be released from their teams, or banished from baseball, never to wear a uniform again. Still, in the conservative world of baseball, whose players stand 162 times for the national anthem, playing in front of more fans than any sport in the country, they could face much more ridicule and ostracization.
Jones, 31, one of the most outspoken and passionate African-American players in baseball, certainly empathizes with the injustices that minorities face every day in this country. He sees and hears too many incidents of police brutality in his own city that have unfairly targeted minorities, and was an important voice in the aftermath of protests that followed the death in police custody of Freddie Gray, a series of events that compelled the Orioles to play a 2015 game in front of an empty stadium.
Jones would like to see change, too, but Sunday, just like every other day, he stood at attention during the national anthem before their game against the Detroit Tigers, with his right hand over his heart.
“He believes in what he believes in,’’ Jones says of Kaepernick, “and as a man of faith, as an American who has rights, who am I to say he’s wrong?
“Kaepernick is not disrespecting the military. He’s not disrespecting people who they’re fighting. What he’s doing is showing that he doesn’t like the social injustice that the flag represents.
“Look, I know a lot of people who don’t even know the words to the national anthem. You know how many times I see people stand up for the national anthem and not pay attention. They stand because they’re told to stand.
“That’s the problem. Just don’t do something because you’re told to do something. Do it because you understand the meaning behind it and the sacrifice behind it.’’
Whether you agree or disagree with Kaepernick’s method to draw attention to the inequalities in this country, Jones is dismayed how the public views Kaepernick compared to 49er teammates. Go ahead, check out the difference in coverage since Kapernick sat during the national anthem compared to his teammate, Bruce Miller. Miller was arrested last week and charged with aggravated assault, elder abuse, threats and battery against 70-year-old man and his 29-year-old son. The 49ers later released him.
“Here’s my thing,’’ Jones says, “there’s somebody on the 49ers’ team that commits an act like that, accosts a 70-year-old man and his kid, and nobody’s talking about that. But they talk about Kaepernick doing something that he believes in, as his right as an American citizen. People need to talk more about that guy than Kaepernick.
“He’s not receiving the ridicule and public torture that Kaepernick is facing. Is Kaepernick hurting me? No. Is he hurting random people out there? No. I support his decision.
“At the end of the day, if you don’t respect his freedoms, then why the hell are we Americans? It’s supposed to be the Land of the Free, right?’’
Jones, who was honored last week by receiving the Orioles’ nomination for the prestigious Roberto Clemente award for his community involvement, philanthropy and contributions, may have chosen a different way to express his views about racial inequality in this country. Yet, his heart aches over the public outrage and abuse Kaepernick has received.
“I’ve seen Kaepernick called the N-word,’’ Jones said, “just because he’s being sensitive to what has happened to African-Americans in this country. It’s crazy how when people of color speak up, we’re always ridiculed. But when people that are not of color speak up, it’s their right.
“The First Amendment says we have freedom of expression. We’re supposed to be so free, so free. But any time anybody of color speaks up in the United States, for some odd reason, they always get the raw end of the deal. It sucks.
“At the end of the day, black men have fought for this right. Indians have fought for this right. White people fought for this right. Mexicans have fought for this right. Japanese have fought this for this right. The United States was not just made up of one race.
“So let’s just not say that in America, only one person can say something. We all have input because America has always been a country that has united everybody.’’
The problem, Jones says, is that most fans don’t want to hear their athletes share their opinions outside the sports world. They’re not supposed to talk about race, religion, political views, or anything that could create ill will, or discomfort among the fan base. You know, stick to sports.
“The outside world doesn’t really respect athletes,’’ Jones says, “unless they talk about what they want them to talk about. Society doesn’t think we deserve the right to have an opinion on social issues.
“We make a lot of money, so we just have to talk baseball, talk football. But most athletes, especially if you’re tenured in your sport, you’re educated on life, and on more things than most people on the outside. But because Donald Trump is a billionaire, he can say whatever he wants, because he’s older and has more money?
“And when Kaepernick does something, or says something, he’s ridiculed. Why is that? ’’
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, Olympians John Carlos and Tommie Smith and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar all spoke out about racial inequalities. All survived the public storm of criticism, though some paid a heavier price.
Even Jackie Robinson, the man who Martin Luther King even credited for starting the civil rights movement, became a strong advocate for racial equality during his career and afterwards, and even voiced his opinion about the national anthem in his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had it Made.
“As I write this …I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.’’
Once again, Robinson was ahead of his time, opening plenty of doors, but nearly 70 years later, so many are still closed. It provoked Kaepernick to publicly display his discontent, with the movement spreading, and causing everyone to take notice. Due to love or loathing, Kaepernick’s social media presence has increased 35,000% since he spoke up.
In these final three weeks of the regular season, during the postseason, or perhaps even on the national stage of the World Series, we’ll see if any baseball player now dares to take a stand.
“No one has done it, yet,’’ Jones says. “But that’s the key word here: Yet.
“We will see.’’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...s-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/
Adam Jones Subjected to Racist Insults, Peanuts Thrown at Him at Fenway Park
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Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones was the target of racism from the Fenway Park crowd during his team's 5-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday.
"A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me," Jones said, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. "I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight. Thanks. Pretty awesome."
According to Nightengale, Jones said this wasn't the first time he was on the receiving end of racism in Fenway Park.
Nightengale noted Red Sox officials said the fan who threw the peanuts was ejected, but Jones suggested there should have been a harsher penalty for the culprit.
"What they need to do is that instead of kicking them out of the stadium, they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand," he said. "That's how you hurt somebody. You suspend them from the stadium, what does that mean? It's a slap on the wrist."
Jones didn't tally a hit in four at-bats Monday, but he did score a run in the victory. His Orioles moved to 16-8 and into first place alone in the American League East with the win.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-insults-peanuts-thrown-at-him-at-fenway-park
SCOTT POLACEKMAY 2, 2017
Adam Glanzman/Getty Images
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones was the target of racism from the Fenway Park crowd during his team's 5-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday.
"A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me," Jones said, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. "I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight. Thanks. Pretty awesome."
According to Nightengale, Jones said this wasn't the first time he was on the receiving end of racism in Fenway Park.
Nightengale noted Red Sox officials said the fan who threw the peanuts was ejected, but Jones suggested there should have been a harsher penalty for the culprit.
"What they need to do is that instead of kicking them out of the stadium, they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand," he said. "That's how you hurt somebody. You suspend them from the stadium, what does that mean? It's a slap on the wrist."
Jones didn't tally a hit in four at-bats Monday, but he did score a run in the victory. His Orioles moved to 16-8 and into first place alone in the American League East with the win.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-insults-peanuts-thrown-at-him-at-fenway-park
Orioles’ Adam Jones says he was called N-word multiple times at Fenway Park
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Tuesday May 2nd, 2017
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones was the target of racist taunts Monday night at Fenway Park, he said after the game.
“A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me,” Jones said, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. “I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight. Thanks. Pretty awesome.”
“It’s unfortunate that people need to report to those type of epithets to degrade another human being,” Jones added. “I’m trying to make a living for myself and for my family.”
Jones said it was not the first time hecklers at Fenway Park had targeted him with racist remarks, but that Monday night’s actions were on a different level.
The fan who threw the peanuts was found and ejected from the building, Nightengale reports. Jones called for a stiffer punishment, though, such as a hefty fine or lifetime ban from the park.
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Tuesday May 2nd, 2017
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones was the target of racist taunts Monday night at Fenway Park, he said after the game.
“A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me,” Jones said, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. “I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight. Thanks. Pretty awesome.”
“It’s unfortunate that people need to report to those type of epithets to degrade another human being,” Jones added. “I’m trying to make a living for myself and for my family.”
Jones said it was not the first time hecklers at Fenway Park had targeted him with racist remarks, but that Monday night’s actions were on a different level.
The fan who threw the peanuts was found and ejected from the building, Nightengale reports. Jones called for a stiffer punishment, though, such as a hefty fine or lifetime ban from the park.
Report: Orioles OF Adam Jones claims racist taunts in Boston
APPublished 3:35 a.m. ET May 2, 2017 | Updated 5 hours ago
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BOSTON (AP) — Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said he was taunted with racial slurs at Fenway Park during Baltimore's game against the Boston Red Sox.
Jones, who is black, said someone in the crowd threw a bag of peanuts at him Monday night. He said he has been the subject of racist heckling in Boston's ballpark before, but this was one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his 12-year career, according to USA Today Sports.
The five-time All-Star said he was "called the N-word a handful of times" in quotes reported by USA Today Sports and The Boston Globe.
"It's unfortunate that people need to resort to those type of epithets to degrade another human being," Jones said.
USA Today Sports reported that Red Sox officials confirmed that a fan threw a bag of peanuts at Jones and was ejected from the stadium.
"It's pathetic," Jones said. "It's called a coward. What they need to do is that instead of kicking them out of the stadium, they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand. Something that really hurts somebody."
The Orioles' 5-2 victory marked the latest testy game between the AL East rivals this season, including a dustup in Baltimore just more than a week ago.
In the teams' previous meeting at Camden Yards, Boston reliever Matt Barnes sent a pitch that whizzed behind Manny Machado's head and hit the slugger's bat. Barnes was suspended four games and fined.
Machado had rankled the Red Sox with a late slide into second baseman Dustin Pedroia's left leg two days earlier. Pedroia missed a handful of games.
Orioles pitcher Dylan Bundy hit Mookie Betts near the left hip with a fastball Monday night, prompting loud boos.
APPublished 3:35 a.m. ET May 2, 2017 | Updated 5 hours ago
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BOSTON (AP) — Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said he was taunted with racial slurs at Fenway Park during Baltimore's game against the Boston Red Sox.
Jones, who is black, said someone in the crowd threw a bag of peanuts at him Monday night. He said he has been the subject of racist heckling in Boston's ballpark before, but this was one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his 12-year career, according to USA Today Sports.
The five-time All-Star said he was "called the N-word a handful of times" in quotes reported by USA Today Sports and The Boston Globe.
"It's unfortunate that people need to resort to those type of epithets to degrade another human being," Jones said.
USA Today Sports reported that Red Sox officials confirmed that a fan threw a bag of peanuts at Jones and was ejected from the stadium.
"It's pathetic," Jones said. "It's called a coward. What they need to do is that instead of kicking them out of the stadium, they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand. Something that really hurts somebody."
The Orioles' 5-2 victory marked the latest testy game between the AL East rivals this season, including a dustup in Baltimore just more than a week ago.
In the teams' previous meeting at Camden Yards, Boston reliever Matt Barnes sent a pitch that whizzed behind Manny Machado's head and hit the slugger's bat. Barnes was suspended four games and fined.
Machado had rankled the Red Sox with a late slide into second baseman Dustin Pedroia's left leg two days earlier. Pedroia missed a handful of games.
Orioles pitcher Dylan Bundy hit Mookie Betts near the left hip with a fastball Monday night, prompting loud boos.
Beiii will be here shortly. Really he will.
Beeii was probably one of them throwing and saying shit.
Never been but probably my all time most hated city in America.
Fuck Boston. 
"The Red Sox want to publicly apologize to Adam Jones and the entire Orioles organization for what occurred at Fenway Park Monday night. No player should have an object thrown at him on the playing field, nor be subjected to any kind of racism at Fenway Park. The Red Sox have zero tolerance for such inexcusable behavior, and our entire organization and our fans are sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few. Such conduct should be reported immediately to Red Sox security, and any spectator behaving in this manner forfeits his/her right to remain in the ballpark, and may be subject to further action. Our review of last night's events is ongoing."
Red Sox, Boston mayor apologize to Orioles' Adam Jones after fan incidents
A.J. Perez , USA TODAY SportsPublished 9:40 a.m. ET May 2, 2017 | Updated 51 minutes ago
Adam Jones subjected to racial insults at ...
After being the target of racial slurs at Fenway Park on Monday night, Baltimore Orioles outfielder called it one of the worst experiences of his career. USA TODAY Sports
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The Boston Red Sox said the franchise is "sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few" in an apology to Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones issued on Tuesday, hours after Jones told USA TODAY Sports he was the target of racial slurs as a bag of peanuts was thrown at him.
“The Red Sox want to publicly apologize to Adam Jones and the entire Orioles organization for what occurred at Fenway Park Monday night,” the Red Sox said in a statement released to USA TODAY Sports and other outlets. “No player should have an object thrown at him on the playing field, nor be subjected to any kind of racism at Fenway Park. The Red Sox have zero tolerance for such inexcusable behavior, and our entire organization and our fans are sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few.”
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh also issued a statement:
“This is unacceptable and not who we are as a city. These words and actions have no place in Fenway, Boston, or anywhere. We are better than this."
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker tweeted that fans' behavior was "shameful."
Jones also called the fans "cowards" for their actions and called for stiffer penalties for fans guilty of racist taunts to players.
Boston police spokesperson Rachel McGuire told USA TODAY Sports that there were no arrests made at Fenway Park during the Orioles’ 5-2 victory over the Red Sox on Monday.
“The rules of the ballpark are more strict than the laws of the commonwealth,” McGuire said. “Just because somebody is yelling racial epithets at a player or using other offensive language, that may not rise to the level of probable cause for an arrest.”
McGuire said she had no information as to whether police were looking into who threw the bag of peanuts toward Jones.
The Red Sox said in their statement that a “review of last night's events is ongoing.”
A.J. Perez , USA TODAY SportsPublished 9:40 a.m. ET May 2, 2017 | Updated 51 minutes ago
Adam Jones subjected to racial insults at ...
After being the target of racial slurs at Fenway Park on Monday night, Baltimore Orioles outfielder called it one of the worst experiences of his career. USA TODAY Sports
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The Boston Red Sox said the franchise is "sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few" in an apology to Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones issued on Tuesday, hours after Jones told USA TODAY Sports he was the target of racial slurs as a bag of peanuts was thrown at him.
“The Red Sox want to publicly apologize to Adam Jones and the entire Orioles organization for what occurred at Fenway Park Monday night,” the Red Sox said in a statement released to USA TODAY Sports and other outlets. “No player should have an object thrown at him on the playing field, nor be subjected to any kind of racism at Fenway Park. The Red Sox have zero tolerance for such inexcusable behavior, and our entire organization and our fans are sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few.”
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh also issued a statement:
“This is unacceptable and not who we are as a city. These words and actions have no place in Fenway, Boston, or anywhere. We are better than this."
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker tweeted that fans' behavior was "shameful."
Jones also called the fans "cowards" for their actions and called for stiffer penalties for fans guilty of racist taunts to players.
Boston police spokesperson Rachel McGuire told USA TODAY Sports that there were no arrests made at Fenway Park during the Orioles’ 5-2 victory over the Red Sox on Monday.
“The rules of the ballpark are more strict than the laws of the commonwealth,” McGuire said. “Just because somebody is yelling racial epithets at a player or using other offensive language, that may not rise to the level of probable cause for an arrest.”
McGuire said she had no information as to whether police were looking into who threw the bag of peanuts toward Jones.
The Red Sox said in their statement that a “review of last night's events is ongoing.”
yup
and why aren't we criticizing ALL of the fans who did NOTHING while this happened?
they got a LONG storied history to support that feeling
Yeah like he would lie about some shit like that Smh fuckin crackas* please notice how some headlines stress that Adam "CLAIMED" he was taunted...
MLB has been facilitating this racist mentality for years, kicking into high drive with their blatant attacks on Barry Bonds, since then their numbers have suffered and yet they refuse to let it go..
Goes to show how mental racism is with them where they would go as far to cut off their nose to spite their face...
Goes to show how mental racism is with them where they would go as far to cut off their nose to spite their face...
Big papi is Latin
Mookie betts and that other dude should sacrifice and sit out the rest of the season as a protest
How u gonna call aj a N but you have EXCELLENT AND YOUR BEST PLAYERS ARE BLACK
I woulda Ron Artest some crackas
So supposedly Boston fans are going to give Jones a standing ovation.
First...there will be boos.
But the real Boston Strong is NOT sitting right there
saying nothing
while this was happening in the first place.
First...there will be boos.
But the real Boston Strong is NOT sitting right there
saying nothing
while this was happening in the first place.
http://deadspin.com/cc-sabathia-says-every-black-player-expects-racist-taun-1794851777
CC Sabathia Says Every Black Player Expects Racist Taunts At Fenway
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Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says Red Sox fans shouted racist insults at him in Fenway Park last night, and some of the dumbest people in sports media have spent the day wondering not only if Jones is telling the truth, but why Boston fans have a reputation for being racist in the first place. Those skeptics should take a look at these quotes from Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia:
Whether Boston is more racist than other big cities is up for debate; whether major-league players experience it as such really isn’t.
CC Sabathia Says Every Black Player Expects Racist Taunts At Fenway
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Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says Red Sox fans shouted racist insults at him in Fenway Park last night, and some of the dumbest people in sports media have spent the day wondering not only if Jones is telling the truth, but why Boston fans have a reputation for being racist in the first place. Those skeptics should take a look at these quotes from Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia:
Whether Boston is more racist than other big cities is up for debate; whether major-league players experience it as such really isn’t.
Basicallyhttp://deadspin.com/cc-sabathia-says-every-black-player-expects-racist-taun-1794851777
CC Sabathia Says Every Black Player Expects Racist Taunts At Fenway
Tom Ley
Today 4:17pm
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Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says Red Sox fans shouted racist insults at him in Fenway Park last night, and some of the dumbest people in sports media have spent the day wondering not only if Jones is telling the truth, but why Boston fans have a reputation for being racist in the first place. Those skeptics should take a look at these quotes from Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia:
Whether Boston is more racist than other big cities is up for debate; whether major-league players experience it as such really isn’t.
I bet Mark Wahlburg says nothing.
Still no beiii in here? 
In Boston? I'm shocked.
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