MINNEAPOLIS - Racial epithets aren’t a thing of the past when it comes to sports, as the incident Monday night in Boston with Orioles outfielder Adam Jones illustrated.
Oakland outfielder Khris Davis is familiar with racial taunts, including in Boston, he said. “We’ve all had our fair share,” Davis said when asked what Jones endured at Fenway Park. “Do I have to specify? I don’t like thinking about that place.”
Davis said that he doesn’t have Twitter because he’s been subjected to racial slurs on social media.
“It’s just a shame,” he said. “It’s 2017.