ATLANTA — Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar has apologized for using an anti-gay slur, which could lead to disciplinary action from Major League Baseball.
Pillar was angry at Braves pitcher Jason Motte for allegedly quick-pitching him to get a strikeout that ended the seventh inning in Wednesday night’s 8-4 loss to Atlanta. Replays appeared to show Pillar using the slur as he yelled toward the mound.
The Blue Jays issued a statement Thursday from Pillar acknowledging the use of a word “that has no place in baseball, in sports or anywhere in society today.