A few Miami Marlins spoke out regarding this.
Smack talk is visible across all sports, with few taking it too far. One Boston Red Sox fan took it to another level during Monday’s night game against the Orioles, calling outfielder Adam Jones the n-word.
Apparently, this is nothing that current players haven’t seen before. Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reported that Dee Gordon, Giancarlo Stanton, and Ichiro Suzuki have faced racist remarks while on the diamond before.
“There’s more of that stuff than you would think,” said Dee Gordon, “[but] it’s not one isolated incident.