Major League Baseball and the players association independently denounced comments made on the air Thursday by Colin Cowherd, even after the ESPN radio host attempted to clarify his remarks about Dominican players in his Friday show.
Cowherd’s explanation that his comments were taken out of context did not satisfy officials from either organization, with baseball issuing a statement demanding an apology.
“Major League Baseball condemns the remarks made by Colin Cowherd, which were inappropriate, offensive and completely inconsistent with the values of our game,’’ the statement said. “Mr. Cowherd owes our players of Dominican origin, and Dominican people generally, an apology.