horrible word, i cannot force myself to say it. how he thinks he can get away with it, i do not know. but doyle, in context, right? clearly he s bringing it up in praise of the museum that he s just visited. if his record is as he represents, it s a 20-year clean track record and no history of any related type of an issue, then i think firing was too strong of a punishment. and by the way, so does bob kendrick. one more. do i have time to do this as well? no, clearly a mispronunciation. nothing else leads me to believe there was any malice intended by him. kelly, if you heard an announcer used that word in the midst of a broadcast and that s all you knew, you d say you ve got to fire him, of course. nothing is worse than the utterance of that word. but, again, to watch it and know
offer. on that day i chose to spend my personal time by educating myself and learning more about mlb s history by going to the negro league museum. i spent nearly three hours there in an effort to better understand and appreciate the difficulties and social barriers african american players endured in mlb s early years. when the subject of the museum visit came up in the pregame show i was excited and eager to share what i had done and seen that day. in my excitement, i rushed through the word negro resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation. i sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt by this. it was a terrible, but honest mispronunciation. i take full responsibility. he added, please know racism is in no way a part of me. it never has been and never will be. i wish the oakland a s and nbc sports would have taken into consideration my 20-year career, my solid reputation and integrity and character. but in this current environment traits like integrity and character are no
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