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A sports anchor has apologized to a Japanese baseball player for saying that his use of interpreters in interviews damages the sport.
Stephen A. Smith, an ESPN host, who is black, was accused of xenophobia after saying that Los Angeles Angels pitching and hitting sensation Shohei Ohtani s translators negatively impacts Major League Baseball s popularity. The fact that you got a foreign player that doesn t speak English, believe it or not, I think contributes to harming the game to some degree, when that s your box office appeal, Smith said during Monday s episode of First Take.
Smith was fiercely criticized for his comments, but initially resisted backing down.
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By Jason Barringer
May 7, 2021
The Tampa Bay Rays (18-15) rallied to a 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels (13-17) on Thursday night in Anaheim.
The Angels built a 3-0 lead early in the third inning - after Phil Gosselin doubled in a run, Shoehi Ohtani blasted his tenth home run of the season to give Los Angeles a 3-0 lead. It looked for a while as though that would be all the offense the Angels would need, but the Rays would rally late.
After MIke Zunino got the Rays on the board with a solo home run in the seventh, the Rays blew the doors off this one in the eighth inning. The Rays sent twelve batters to the plate and scored seven runs off three Angels pitchers to build an 8-3 lead. The win would give Tampa Bay a four game sweep of the Angels in Anaheim and their fifth win in a row dating back to the finale of the Astros series on Sunday.