Baseball player Torii Hunter says Boston is so racist, his contracts had "do not trade me there"
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IsThatBrothaMouzone?
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Racist white people are racist white people no matter what state you're in
But in the South, look at the elected officials in Mississippi, Kentucky, West Virginia, Iowa, shyt, all those southern states. At the very least NE doesn't have enough of those types of outright racists to vote for those types of candidates. Those elected officials have far more impact on black people's lives than drunk racists shouting stupid shyt at athletes in sports events.
I get his point though.
Racists up north will look down on southern rednecks even though they are just as racist. It's like "all y'all cacs are the same except for your accents" but Jimmy Quinn thinks he's better than Bubba McGraw.
Especially with those Southie accents
I actually like Boston as a city. Downtown is nice and full of character but the vibe there always been off.
man Boston is a fukking dump.
been there many times and I have no idea how brehs can live there. All of the brehs I would see there almost have this “cloud” over them that’s weighing their spirit down, even in the so called hood. And shyt gets worse as you see what life is life in those towns/cities outside of Boston.
Energy there is so toxic that I wonder what it would take to have something that even resembles a thriving black community. If you have pro athletes on some fukk Boston shyt, imagine what it’s like for regular people.
Dorchester, Hyde Park and Roxbury have thriving black communities within them.
Aje
All Madden
The story would be if anyone who heard this was surprised.
F8cking scumbags
F8cking scumbags
I have an unpopular opinion. New Jersey is more 
than Boston. Expecially south jersey and all those towns by the coast. If my car broke down passing through one of those small towns I would feel safer in Massachusetts than Jersey.
than Boston. Expecially south jersey and all those towns by the coast. If my car broke down passing through one of those small towns I would feel safer in Massachusetts than Jersey.Boston is really a weird place, it’s like a 50/50 mix of the trashiest white people and cool people. There’s the dumbest and the Ivey leaguers. And on. A lot of the East is that way. People like to only focus on the the Ivey league people, BCG, Bain, bankers and hipsters, but it’s when you look at sports fans that you get the real representation.
With that being said, watching an old baseball documentary. Why did we give up on baseball, by the 80s we were 20% or the league, today we are 5%
With that being said, watching an old baseball documentary. Why did we give up on baseball, by the 80s we were 20% or the league, today we are 5%
Kevin Youkilis elaborated on the racism opponents — and even teammates — faced while playing at Fenway Park
Youkilis is one of the many MLB players to have spoken up about incidents of racial discrimination in Boston.
As a white baseball player, Kevin Youkilis feels like his experience playing at Fenway Park was vastly different than what his Black teammates had to go through.
In an interview with Fox Sports Radio on Wednesday, the former Red Sox first and third basemen discussed the racial tension, and discrimination, he noticed firsthand coming from fans at the ballpark. Having spent much of his career playing in Boston, Youkilis said that on one occasion, he even had to intervene when a fan directed their comments at a Black baseball player.
“Boston was tough. Being a fan favorite there, being a white guy, being Jewish with Brookline right down the street – a very Jewish neighborhood, I was lucky. They loved me. But I did see some tension with even my own teammates,” he said. “There was one incident where a fan came running down and was being extra harsh towards one of our black players, and I just got fed up and I stood up and told him to ‘Shut the ‘F’ up, and if you don’t like it get out of here’.
“I will never forget that moment because I was boiling. You could see the tension, and it wasn’t the same tension that was towards a white player. For the most part, I’d like to say too, though, with Red Sox fans, it’s not the majority it’s a minority of people that act like that. But the minority is too big, and you have to eliminate that.”
Youkilis is one several former players to have spoken up about the racism they observed firsthand while playing at Fenway Park. Retired outfielder Torii Hunter told ESPN that he was called the N-word several times by fans as young as “little kids,” and he later said that he has heard more racist remarks in Boston than any other city.
“I would get it everywhere,” Hunter said on WEEI-FM’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Wednesday. “Seattle. Kansas City. Kansas City once did something to validate it. When they called me the ‘N’ word standing over our dugout. Our whole team was almost going to jump this guy, but this guy’s kid covered his mouth. The police right next to our dugout got up and took him to a back room, talked to him, interrogated him and banned him for life. That was cool. I was like, ‘Wow, Kansas City took care of that.’
“But when I went to Boston it was so consistent. After a while, I just kind of shoved it off and I went out and played. I played with aggression though. I played like I really wanted to play well in Fenway. It has nothing to do with the Red Sox. It has nothing to do with the players. It has nothing to do with the organization. It really has nothing to do with the fans. But that’s the issue when you hear that…It has something to do with society.”
Hunter said that he even felt uncomfortable with the idea of his family living in Boston if he had signed there.
“That’s why I got the no-trade clause, the list of teams, and I put Boston in there,” he added. “I love Boston. I wanted to play there. It just hit me that I can’t have my wife and my kids in this area. There is no way I can do that because I don’t ever want them to go through that and if they do I don’t know what I would do and I would be the angry black guy and that wouldn’t be good.”
In response to Hunter’s comments, the Red Sox issued an official team statement on Wednesday, calling his experience “real” and stating that there were “seven reported incidents” of fans using racial slurs at Fenway last year alone. In 2017, the Orioles’ Adam Jones said that he was called a racial slur 100 times and once had a bag of peanuts thrown at him. The incident then prompted the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team to investigate the history of racism and racial slurs directed at players of color in Boston, showing that racism is an even greater issue at large not only within sports arenas, but throughout the city as well.
Kevin Youkilis elaborated on the racism he witnessed at Fenway Park | Boston.com
Youkilis is one of the many MLB players to have spoken up about incidents of racial discrimination in Boston.
As a white baseball player, Kevin Youkilis feels like his experience playing at Fenway Park was vastly different than what his Black teammates had to go through.
In an interview with Fox Sports Radio on Wednesday, the former Red Sox first and third basemen discussed the racial tension, and discrimination, he noticed firsthand coming from fans at the ballpark. Having spent much of his career playing in Boston, Youkilis said that on one occasion, he even had to intervene when a fan directed their comments at a Black baseball player.
“Boston was tough. Being a fan favorite there, being a white guy, being Jewish with Brookline right down the street – a very Jewish neighborhood, I was lucky. They loved me. But I did see some tension with even my own teammates,” he said. “There was one incident where a fan came running down and was being extra harsh towards one of our black players, and I just got fed up and I stood up and told him to ‘Shut the ‘F’ up, and if you don’t like it get out of here’.
“I will never forget that moment because I was boiling. You could see the tension, and it wasn’t the same tension that was towards a white player. For the most part, I’d like to say too, though, with Red Sox fans, it’s not the majority it’s a minority of people that act like that. But the minority is too big, and you have to eliminate that.”
Youkilis is one several former players to have spoken up about the racism they observed firsthand while playing at Fenway Park. Retired outfielder Torii Hunter told ESPN that he was called the N-word several times by fans as young as “little kids,” and he later said that he has heard more racist remarks in Boston than any other city.
“I would get it everywhere,” Hunter said on WEEI-FM’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Wednesday. “Seattle. Kansas City. Kansas City once did something to validate it. When they called me the ‘N’ word standing over our dugout. Our whole team was almost going to jump this guy, but this guy’s kid covered his mouth. The police right next to our dugout got up and took him to a back room, talked to him, interrogated him and banned him for life. That was cool. I was like, ‘Wow, Kansas City took care of that.’
“But when I went to Boston it was so consistent. After a while, I just kind of shoved it off and I went out and played. I played with aggression though. I played like I really wanted to play well in Fenway. It has nothing to do with the Red Sox. It has nothing to do with the players. It has nothing to do with the organization. It really has nothing to do with the fans. But that’s the issue when you hear that…It has something to do with society.”
Hunter said that he even felt uncomfortable with the idea of his family living in Boston if he had signed there.
“That’s why I got the no-trade clause, the list of teams, and I put Boston in there,” he added. “I love Boston. I wanted to play there. It just hit me that I can’t have my wife and my kids in this area. There is no way I can do that because I don’t ever want them to go through that and if they do I don’t know what I would do and I would be the angry black guy and that wouldn’t be good.”
In response to Hunter’s comments, the Red Sox issued an official team statement on Wednesday, calling his experience “real” and stating that there were “seven reported incidents” of fans using racial slurs at Fenway last year alone. In 2017, the Orioles’ Adam Jones said that he was called a racial slur 100 times and once had a bag of peanuts thrown at him. The incident then prompted the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team to investigate the history of racism and racial slurs directed at players of color in Boston, showing that racism is an even greater issue at large not only within sports arenas, but throughout the city as well.
Kevin Youkilis elaborated on the racism he witnessed at Fenway Park | Boston.com
I grew up in that area and I will never live there again because it's cold, and has a good amount of miserable people. But the way these threads always go, it's like the South and their outright racism doesn't exist
thats a real dumb post, so you really think cities like houston, atlanta, memphis, and Dallas are on par with Boston, racism is everywhere white people are, but still these Boston cacs are the worst
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Until he apologizes for tearing down fellow black man Sean Taylor haphazardly like a common sports haCAC, I dont give a damn what wilbon has to say
baseball is expensive homie.Boston is really a weird place, it’s like a 50/50 mix of the trashiest white people and cool people. There’s the dumbest and the Ivey leaguers. And on. A lot of the East is that way. People like to only focus on the the Ivey league people, BCG, Bain, bankers and hipsters, but it’s when you look at sports fans that you get the real representation.
With that being said, watching an old baseball documentary. Why did we give up on baseball, by the 80s we were 20% or the league, today we are 5%
when i was growing up in the BRONX we was still playing stick ball with the Dominicans before we got in the PDL.
shyt, my son is 10 and his GLOVE his fukkin GLOVE cost me damn near $200.
and thats after paying for him to get in the Lil Long Island kids league they got.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
BREH....I’m trying to get my son off this football shyt and got him into baseball this past spring, already dropping over $500 before COVID killed it. I got homies giving me their sons old bats because them shyts cost almost $300 a piece.baseball is expensive homie.
when i was growing up in the BRONX we was still playing stick ball with the Dominicans before we got in the PDL.
shyt, my son is 10 and his GLOVE his fukkin GLOVE cost me damn near $200.
and thats after paying for him to get in the Lil Long Island kids league they got.
yeah it sucks man!
but if you got the bread, man invest in that baseball shyt for your son.
and my sons mother is ALL IN too!
hes just naturally ill with his tho!
hes just smooth.
i mean, i wouldnt be mad if he doesnt become an athlete and all that.
he could be a bumb and im still gonna support him.
but id be lying if i said this kid aint got it.
Copy Ninja
Superstar
So racist a$$holes yelling shyt at sporting events are worse than racist a$$holes who hunt down and kill black people, openly admit they are KKK, suppress black votes, and vote for white supremacists candidates?
