Torii Hunter has heard hate at Fenway

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Torii Hunter Has Heard Racial Taunts At Fenway Park
Published 4/23/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... that kind of pales in comparison to abject racism spouted from the stands at the players on the field, though. Torii Hunter spoke to the Riverside Press-Enterprise before the start of a series at Fenway Park this week and related how he'd treated during earlier trips to Boston. "My first five or six (years), I was 'That N-word.' Some people would chant that out, some people would throw beer or whatever . . . batteries." The Boston Herald picked up on the story today and spoke with David Ortiz, ...

Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Playground for the Cocksuckers” Edition
Published 4/25/2008 by Sweet Uncle Lou at Hire Jim Essian!
... It’s too bad Marty Brennaman already dubbed Cubs fans the worst in baseball. Because the Red Sox fans try really hard to win that award every year. ...

Jim Rice Defends Fenway Against Racism Charge
Published 5/2/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... . I think for a situation to escalate to that level, you have to do something to incite that type of behavior.“ David Ortiz , when asked about Hunter’s comments, also said he’d never heard racist taunts at Fenway, but “ You know how it is. When you play for the other team, you’re going to hear some (stuff) like that - wherever you’re at. He’s aware of that. ” Rice, who played for 15 years back in times probably not as racially sensitive, also shot down Ortiz’s “on-the-road” observo: “Actually, I never really heard of this type of behavior at any of the opposing ballparks that ...