Schilling: 'If he (Jones) wants to maintain the lie he made here, that's fine'
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Just over a week after Curt Schilling dismissed Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones' claims that he received racist taunts in Boston, calling them "bullshit," the former Red Sox pitcher maintained that position Tuesday.
Following an interview with Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, Jones briefly responded to Schilling, saying "he's never experienced what I have," and added that Schilling has "never been black, and he’s never played the outfield in Boston."
It didn't take long for Schilling to chime in for the second time.
"If he wants to maintain the lie he made here, that’s fine. No one denies racism exists, but when people like him lie about an incident and others just take him at his word, it perpetuates a mythical level of racism," Schilling said through text, according to Alex Reimer of WEEI.
"And for some reason, it appears blacks believe only blacks can talk about racism and only whites can be racists. I promise you if some scumbag yelled the N-word at Adam Jones in Fenway, it would have been on Twitter, Facebook and every other social media site asap, like every other 'incident.' Not to mention the liberal Boston media would have broken its neck to identify the racist. But just taking him at his word means there are a bunch of white cowards and racists living here, because no one stood up to the guy.
"Adam has an agenda and one needs to only look at his past commentary on race and racism to see it. But see, when you question fake hate crimes in this day and age it somehow makes you a racist. If you use this use every word or none at all."
Since the controversial incident in Fenway Park, the Red Sox have acted accordingly, permanently banning the suspected fan from the ballpark.
Jones received a standing ovation in his first at-bat following the taunts and was offered support from Mookie Betts, Red Sox manager John Farrell, and team owner John Henry, who met with Jones afterward.
The Orioles will return to Fenway Park on Aug. 25.