Baltimore Orioles starter Kevin Gausman was ejected in the second inning against the Red Sox after he hit Boston batter Xander Bogaerts with a pitch. Red Sox team president Sam Kennedy said 34 people were ejected for various reasons Monday night and reiterated the team's "zero tolerance" policy for such incidents. "We have to recognize that this exists in our culture". "It's not indicative of Boston. It's an indictment on the ignorant people and intolerant people who utter these words, who say these things, and they need to be held accountable". Later that same evening, the team had another fan escorted out of Fenway Park after throwing a racial slur at another fan in the stands. Thirty-four fans were ejected, about twice the normal amount, although none for uttering racial slurs. "But not before I was brought to identify him, at which point the man denied saying what he had said to me three times", Hennick said. He thanked Hennick for reporting the issue and said he was proud of how the park's staff had reacted. According to USA Today, Jones was taunted during the game and a bag of peanuts was thrown at him. "I'm kind of a squeaky wheel". "But I'm glad the Sox are encouraging fans to come forward. I was trying to throw one with a lot of depth and (it) just slipped out of my hand".
The slur was reported by a man named Calvin Hennick, who was at the game with his son and father-in-law and relayed his experience to the Boston Globe. At first he assumed the other fan mistook him for a kindred spirit, Hennick said, but now he believes the man was reacting to the uproar over Jones.
"I'm a grown man with a family to raise".
Surely, Hennick thought, he must have misheard.
The team said that the incident had occurred during Tuesday's game, that the fan had been escorted from the stadium and that the matter had been turned over to the Boston police to see if further action was warranted.
Major League Baseball told the Red Sox and Orioles to stop their festering feud. Ushers at the gates will be notified that the fan is not to be admitted.
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"I've heard a couple athletes say, 'You expect that when you go to Boston, '" James told reporter.
"We're going to have to work really hard with our security operation", Kennedy said.
Heyward was one of several players who was asked about the incident, with Kyle Schwarber adding that the news of Jones' situation left him with a "pit in (his) stomach".
The Red Sox appear determined to counter the image of their stadium and city as places openly hostile to minorities, but Hennick, shaken by his experience, was left pondering the hate he may not have fully realized was in his midst.
"My wife and I have been happy here". "For me, I've been to Boston".
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