BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox President Sam Kennedy is apologizing for fans taunting Orioles center fielder Adam Jones with racial slurs.
Kennedy also apologized Tuesday for a fan throwing peanuts at Jones on Monday night. He says the organization is "sickened by the conduct of an ignorant few."
Jones, who is black, 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.
The five-time All-Star 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.