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Red Sox apologize for fans’ racial taunts toward Adam Jones

BOSTON — Red Sox President Sam Kennedy is apologizing for fans taunting Orioles centre 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.”

Statement from the #RedSox regarding Adam Jones incident at Fenway Park: https://t.co/GxMgzEnWih

— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) May 2, 2017

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.