Jarren Duran suspended 2 games by Red Sox for shouting homophobic slur at fan who heckled him

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Pink Sox suspended Jarren Duran for 2 video games on Monday with out pay after he shouted a homophobic slur to a fan behind house plate who heckled him in a loss to the Houston Astros a day earlier.

The alternate that was caught on a reside mic through the broadcast of the sport occurred when Duran — who was 0 for two with two strikeouts at that time within the sport — was on the plate within the sixth inning. A fan at Fenway Park will be heard shouting “Tennis racket! Tennis racket! You want a tennis racket!”

Duran turned his head towards the fan and replied: “Shut up,” adopted by a curse phrase and the slur.

Duran issued an apology by way of the crew Sunday evening and once more within the clubhouse Monday, saying he “used a very horrific phrase” and felt “terrible.”

The Pink Sox stated in a press release that Duran’s wage through the suspension can be donated to PFLAG (Federation of Mother and father and Buddies of Lesbians and Gays).

The alternate with the fan got here after Duran was honored throughout a pregame ceremony because the crew’s recipient of the Coronary heart and Hustle Award, which acknowledges one participant per crew who “demonstrates a ardour for the sport and finest embodies its values, spirit, and traditions.”

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