The Orioles center fielder claimed he was the target of racial slurs, and he had a fan throw a bag of peanuts at him from the stands at Fenway Park during the O’s game vs. the Red Sox.
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“A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me,’’ Jones said, via Bob Nightengale of USA Today. “I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight. Thanks. Pretty awesome.’’
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The fan who threw the bag of peanuts was eventually located by security and escorted from the stadium, but Jones believes the punishment for such actions should be much more severe.
Jones, who regularly speaks out about race issues in baseball, is one of 62 African-American players who were on major league opening day rosters this year, per Nightengale’s article.
That’s how you hurt somebody. You suspend them from the stadium, what does that mean? It’s a slap on the wrist. That guy needs to be confronted, and he needs to pay for what he’s done.
At the end of the day, when you throw an object onto the field of play, the player has no idea what it is. What if something hit me right in the eye and I can’t play baseball anymore. Then what? I just wear it? No.
Things like that need to be handled a little more properly, in my opinion.
