Published September 19, 2012, 07:06 AM
Escobar suspended
Toronto shortstop Yunel Escobar was suspended for three games Tuesday by the Blue Jays for wearing eye-black displaying an anti-gay slur written in Spanish during a game last weekend against Boston.
NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto shortstop Yunel Escobar was suspended for three games Tuesday by the Blue Jays for wearing eye-black displaying an anti-gay slur written in Spanish during a game last weekend against Boston.
Escobar apologized to his team and “to all those who have been offended” for what he said was meant to be “just a joke.”
“It was not something I intended to be offensive,” he said.
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