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Orioles broadcasters send apology to Toronto Blue Jays fans
The Baltimore Orioles broadcasters offered an apology to Toronto Blue Jays fans after questioning their intelligence live on air during the first game of the series between the two teams.
During game 1 of the Blue Jays and Orioles series, Baltimore's broadcasters took a shot at Blue Jays fans intelligence because they were booing a pick off attempt.
Orioles broadcasters apologize to Blue Jays fans
Orioles broadcaster Brian Roberts decided to deliver an apology after the backlash online from Blue Jays fans.
Roberts stated that he did not want to disrespect anyone at all and he has always enjoyed coming to Toronto, finally adding that he hopes fans accept his sincere apology.
«I do want to apologize to Toronto fans for something I said on the air the other day,» Roberts said.
«I definitely never ever meant to cause anyone to feel like I was disrespecting them at all. I have always enjoyed coming to Toronto, I've always enjoyed playing here, I told you that when we first got here. So I hope that they will accept my sincere apology.» -Roberts
«I definitely never ever meant to cause anyone to feel like I was disrespecting them at all. I have always enjoyed coming to Toronto, I've always enjoyed playing here, I told you that when we first got here. So I hope that they will accept my sincere apology.» -Roberts
The Brian Roberts apology.
However before the apology, Roberts had double down on his comments stating that baseball is not the biggest sport in Canada and the average Canadian does not know much about the sport.
«It's not the native sport of Canada,» Roberts told the Toronto Star on Saturday. «And I would say that most Canadians - and maybe that's a generality, but I would say that there's a decent amount of Canadians who would come to America that wouldn't know a lot about baseball compared to a general amount of Americans that play baseball.» -Roberts
Blue Jays infielder Ernie Clement heard about these comments and made sure to throw a shot back Roberts' way stating that he was upset because the Orioles do not pull in the same amount of people as the Jays.
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SEPTEMBRE 15 | 983 ANSWERS Orioles broadcasters send apology to Toronto Blue Jays fans Do you accept Brian Roberts apology? | ||
| Yes | 297 | 30.2 % |
| No | 686 | 69.8 % |
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