White Sox 2B Beckham apologizes for "Gay" reference

1:46 PM Posted by Mario Galarza

Chicago White Sox baseball player Gordon Beckham excused himself on Saturday for scratching an inappropriate comment in the Infield Dirt earlier this week in an accident for the first time by the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

When the Kansas City Royals were playing the White Sox on Monday night, Beckham scratched "gets IS! GAY" GB "in the dirt." Beckham, said that it was a joke of Royals baseball player Chirs Getz, a former teammate and friend directed.

Beckham says his infield scratching was misinterpreted, but he's sorry. (Getty Images) Beckham says his infield scratch incorrectly interpreted was, but he is unfortunately. (Getty Images) "Course I apologize me and kind of want to move," Beckham said on Saturday in a report from ESPN Chicago. "Obviously, it was intended as a joke, but obviously it was in the wrong place and I believe it not so." "I'll just try to go."

Beckham apology comes shortly after earlier in the day homosexual slurs by Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson to light came and earlier incidents, what Joakim Noah and Kobe Bryant.

"There must be only an awareness for be, if you are in the public eye," said White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams of the Chicago Sun-times. "Mean something between two friends as a joke?" "Are good, they represent not only themselves, but your team, your sport, your family."

"I am disappointed," Williams continue to the Sun-times. "I know Gordon, the man, and I no less of him can't think because I know him. And I know he and Getz are friends, but we traded Getz and Josh fields in the low season (before the 2010 season) for mark Teahen.

"But I'm only disappointed for this on the heels of the Kobe Bryant case and [Joakim] Noah come, and, Yes, one number of years, the problem with Ozzie [Guillen]."

Bryant uses a gay slur towards a referee in April and later was fined $100,000 excused well ahead of the next day. Noah was $50,000 for directing a gay slur at a fan during the playoffs fined end of May. Guillen was fined and suspended for a similar incident in 2006, the Member of the media.


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