ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics say they are in touch with the commissioner's office a day after outfielder Matt Joyce directed a gay slur toward a fan during Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels.
"We have been in contact with the commissioner's office, as this is a workplace code of conduct issue," A's spokeswoman Catherine Aker said in an email to The Associated Press. "They have opened an investigation."
The exchange occurred in the eighth inning of Los Angeles' 8-6 win after Angels first baseman C.J. Cron made a diving stop of Joyce's hard-hit grounder.