fun fact, the red sox were the last MLB team to have a black player (good ol pumpsie), holding out I think 12 years after Jackie Robinson. Their old owner, Yawkey, who I believe has a street named after him in beantown was extremely resistant to having black players and has a pretty sordid legacy when it comes to racism.
That sign, holy shit, is lol city at fenway park given the history of that team.
Something similar to Yawkey's quote happened a few years ago with the Atlanta Hawks. It happened shortly after the stuff with Sterling and him having to sell the Clippers, so it didn't make the news outside of sports media.
In the email, Levenson offered the following: "My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites, and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base."
Among Levenson's observations and complaints, he wrote that the "Kiss Cam," in-arena bars, music, timeout contests, postgame concerts and cheerleading squad are too black; and African-Americans aren't prompt and don't cheer loudly for the home team.
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1 SDIHTD 2017-09-14
This is David Prince's fault. Fuck him.
1 Eternal_Mr_Bones 2017-09-14
Surprise it's all white people.
1 pepperouchau 2017-09-14
Who else can afford tickets to Fenway?
1 TheAltRightIsAlright 2017-09-14
Starts with a J and ends with ews
1 Frank_Tenpenny 2017-09-14
Whenever I play monopoly with my nephew...
1 buttermyself 2017-09-14
White people are really crazy.
1 TheAltRightIsAlright 2017-09-14
The most crazy of all people.
1 neutralvoter 2017-09-14
fun fact, the red sox were the last MLB team to have a black player (good ol pumpsie), holding out I think 12 years after Jackie Robinson. Their old owner, Yawkey, who I believe has a street named after him in beantown was extremely resistant to having black players and has a pretty sordid legacy when it comes to racism.
That sign, holy shit, is lol city at fenway park given the history of that team.
1 SethRichOrDieTryin 2017-09-14
Something similar to Yawkey's quote happened a few years ago with the Atlanta Hawks. It happened shortly after the stuff with Sterling and him having to sell the Clippers, so it didn't make the news outside of sports media.
1 cannedairspray 2017-09-14
If it was white people they should be arrested and they're shit bags.
If it was black people trying to say something profound, they're now heroes.
If it were white people acting as woke allies, they were SRDines.
Let's see who gets outraged and bask in it.
1 SethRichOrDieTryin 2017-09-14
I wonder if this was planned or impromptu after hearing half the Fenway faithful scream "nigger" at Khris Davis every time he came to the plate.
1 Frank_Tenpenny 2017-09-14
/u/baskargamkote y u stealing my flair?
1 KingNothing305 2017-09-14
Those people can't grasp a simple concept like time and place