BOSTON, MA - JULY 22: A Black Lives Matter message from the Boston Red Sox is displayed on a billboard outside of Fenway Park before the start of the 2020 Major League Baseball season on July 22, 2020 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. The season was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
Boston Red Sox fans did not handle their new ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner very well.
Even while MLB action was on pause this summer, the Boston Red Sox found themselves in the middle of controversy.
Former All-Star outfielder Torii Hunter, with racism again at the forefront of the American conversation following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis PD and the killing of Breonna Taylor in her own home, detailed his experiences at Fenway Park over the years.