Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has apologized on behalf of the city for the racist taunts that Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said he was subjected to during a Monday night game at Fenway Park, according to CBS Boston.
“Something like this doesn’t belong in sports,” Walsh told the station. “I wish we could find out who these people were or who this person was that says this. If they claim to be a sports fan, they’re not a sports fan–nothing but a racist.”
Jones said someone threw a bag of peanuts at him while he was on the field and he was, “called the ‘N’ word a handful of times.