In case you missed it, after Monday night’s three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox by the Cleveland Indians Pedro Martinez decided it was a good time to offend all sorts of people.
Not only did he say that he used to “hunt Indians” he then doubled down on that misstep by breaking out some sort of misguided war cry.
https://twitter.com/JMKTV/status/785670565176770560
Ouch, indeed.
Needless to say, Martinez felt the need to apologize for his actions, both in English as well as in Spanish…
I send my apologies if I was misunderstood when I was trying to pay tribute to the Cleveland Indians on the TBS post season show.
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) October 11, 2016
I was referring to my pitching years facing Cleveland. Nothing else. Again, my apologies.
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) October 11, 2016
Envío mis disculpas si fui malinterpretado por mi comentario respecto al tributo que hice a los Indios de Cleveland en @TurnerSportsPR
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) October 11, 2016
En el comentario me referí a mis años de competencia contra Cleveland. No hice alusión a nada más. Mis disculpas.
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) October 11, 2016
Of course he didn’t mean anything by it. Nor do probably the thousands of dopes who do similar things week-in and week-out in places like Atlanta, Tallahassee and Cleveland, right?
I think the real story and ultimate in irony here is that Martinez had to apologize for doing something racist with regard to Native Americans on Columbus Day because he was covering a professional sports team named the “Indians.”
There is definitely more than one disconnect happening in this whole situation.