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Oakland A's coach Ryan Christenson says apparent Nazi salute was 'not intentional'

Fans were outraged Thursday when cameras caught Oakland A's bench coach Ryan Christenson raising his arm in an apparent Nazi salute, a gesture Christenson says was accidental.

"Obviously I wasn’t doing that intentionally," Christenson told The Chronicle's Susan Slusser. "I just blacked out, my mind wasn’t there and I spaced out. I’m sure it looks terrible. I did it, but it was not intentional. I don’t know what more to say."

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