I Never Witnessed Racism at Fenway

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Ask 14: Jim Rice: I Never Witnessed Racism at Fenway
Published 5/2/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Ask 14: Jim Rice: I Never Witnessed Racism at Fenway But wait’ll I get elected next year...then you’ll hear some major guff! Last week a story came out in which Torii Hunter remarked that he heard racist taunts while playing as a visitor at Fenway. Other people have made remarks to the media about racism at Fenway over the years and, though I can’t speak for what another player has experienced, in my 15+ years of playing in Boston, I never encountered this type of behavior directed at me, a teammate, or opposing player. Actually, I never really heard of this type of behavior ...

Baseball Today: Friday, May 2
Published 5/2/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... I NEVER SAW IT: As I said the other day, for what it is -- a forum to answer questions and quickly address issues -- Jim Rice's blog consistently delivers interesting material. Today he tells us he never experienced the type of racism Torii Hunter described during his visit to Fenway last week. ...

Jim Ed Rice : Friendly Fenway Was Free Of Racism
Published 5/2/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
From Jim Rice’s lips to Jim Burt’s ears. The former Red Sox LF shared the following with the readers of his Sullivan Tire (!) hosted blog (link swiped from Repoz and Baseball Think Factory) : Last week a story came out in which Torii Hunter remarked that he heard racist taunts while playing as a visitor at Fenway. Other people have made remarks to the media about racism at Fenway over the years and, though I can’t speak for what another player has experienced, in my 15+ years of playing in Boston, I never encountered ...

Jim Rice Defends Fenway Against Racism Charge
Published 5/2/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... Some people would chant that out, some people would throw beer or whatever . . . batteries.” The former longtime Red Sox outfielder Rice, in his ASK 14 blog this week: “ As for racism, I ...

Jim Rice Answers Torii Hunter's Claims About Racism at Fenway Park
Published 5/2/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... . As a black former Red Sox outfielder, Rice is in a good position to enlighten us about the goings-on in that part of Fenway. He took to his blog to respond to Hunter's claims. He said he never heard anything negative in Boston nor on the road, interesting because one would imagine the times he played in being more racially charged than recent years. He went on from there. ...

Will Jim Rice's new blog put him in the Hall of Fame?
Published 5/4/2008 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... at the time, but things have been pretty quiet since... until this weekend. Thursday, Rice penned an entry defending Boston's fans, saying he "never heard" racism from Boston's fans during his career: Last week a story came out in which Torii Hunter remarked that he heard racist taunts while playing as a visitor at Fenway. Other people have made remarks to the media about racism at Fenway over the years and, though I can't speak for what another player has experienced, in my 15+ years of playing in Boston, I never encountered this type of behavior directed at me, a teammate, ...