BOSTON (AP) -- Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said Tuesday that racial taunts that prompted immediate condemnation around baseball and Boston have no place in today's game but speak to larger racial issues in the United States.
"I thought we'd moved past this a long time ago," said Jones, who said he heard fans call him the N-word on Monday night and had a bag of peanuts thrown in his direction.
"With what's going on in the real world, things like this, people are outraged and are speaking up at an alarming rate," he said.
Jones received a personal apology from Red Sox team president Sam Kennedy on behalf of the club.