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The Blue Jays spend Yunel Esbar for three gam on Tuday for wearg eyeblack wh an anti-gay slur wrten Spanish durg a game on Saturday Toronto.

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BLUE JAYS SPEND SHORTSTOP 3 GAM FOR GAY SLUR WRTEN ON EYEBLACK

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Toronto Blue Jays player Yunel Esbar will miss this week's three-game seri agast the New York Yanke for that anti-gay slur wrten unr his ey.

BLUE JAYS TO ADDRS ESBAR'S ANTI-GAY SLUR

My home rator is gay, my hair stylist is gay. * yunel escobar anti gay *

I didn't want this to be misterpreted by the gay muny. The salary Esbar is losg durg his spensn will go to You Can Play and the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn. In Cuba, where Esbar is om, 's said to be offensive and refers to a gay man, an sultg way.

It's a homophobic slur.

BLUE JAYS SPEND YUNEL ESBAR 3 GAM FOR ANTI-GAY SLUR

Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke has done a lot of work to get rid of homophobia pro sports. He was also gay and me out publicly late 2009. Last season, Gee talked wh Brian about the chanc of an openly gay NHL player.

Homophobia In Canadian Schools. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTBlue Jays Spend Shortstop 3 Gam for Gay Slur Wrten on EyeblackSept. 18, 2012The Toronto Blue Jays spend shortstop Yunel Esbar on Tuday for three gam for wearg eyeblack tape durg Saturday’s game on which he had wrten a gay slur Spanish.

The money that Esbar will lose to the three-day spensn, roughly $83, 000, will be directed to the You Can Play project, which works to ensure athlet are treated the same regardls of sexual orientatn, and the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Blue Jays also held a team meetg Tuday at Yankee Stadium, acrdg to Manager John Farrell, to rm the players of Esbar’s punishment, warng them to be more reful and rpectful. ”Esbar went on to say he has nothg agast homosexuals, and ced a list of gay iends. When asked to specify, he said: “I have iends who are gay.

YUNEL ESBAR SPEND FOR ANTI-GAY MSAGE

The person who rat my hoe is gay, the person who cuts my hair is gay. I have var iends who are gay.

Farrell, who said he did not believe that homophobic sentiments were a problem baseball, said he felt that no one stopped Esbar om wearg the offendg eyeblack bee no one noticed . ” A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn B, Page 13 of the New York edn wh the headle: Blue Jays Spend Shortstop 3 Gam for Gay Slur Wrten on Eyeblack. MLBThe Toronto Blue Jays say they're lookg to reports that shortstop Yunel Esbar played Saturday's game agast Boston wh a homophobic slur wrten Spanish unr his schl media nference New York todayBlue Jays shortstop Yunel Esbar has a Spanish phrase wrten on his eye-black on Sept.

YUNEL ESBAR HAS MANY STEREOTYPILLY GAY FRIENDS

(Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Imag)The Toronto Blue Jays are vtigatg why shortstop Yunel Esbar played Saturday's game agast Boston wh a homophobic slur wrten Spanish unr his ey.

"Jocks g gay slurs2000: In what is still nsired one of the most homophobic, sexist and racist rants, former Atlanta Brav pcher John Rocker explaed to Sports Illtrated his reasons for not wantg to play New York Cy. 2011: Atlanta Brav pchg ach Roger McDowell was spend for two weeks after g a gay slur and makg c gtur to fans San Francis.

2011: Los Angel Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was fed $100, 000 US for g a rogatory gay term at a referee durg a game agast the San Anton Spurs.

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2011: Chigo Bulls centre Joakim Noah was ptured on mera throwg an anti-gay slur at a fan followg a send foul a playoff loss to the Miami Heat. 2012: Hoton Dynamo midfielr Col Clark was spend three gam wh pay for utterg a gay slur at a Seattle Sounrs ball boy.

"It's a homophobic slur. MLBShortstop Yunel Esbar has been spend for three gam by the Toronto Blue Jays for a homophobic slur wrten unr his ey durg a Sept.

15 home game agast Jays shortstop Yunel Esbar played Saturday's home game agast Boston wh a homophobic slur wrten Spanish unr his ey. ' (Kathy Willens/Associated Prs)Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Esbar will miss this week’s three-game seri agast the hometown New York Yanke for an anti-gay slur wrten unr his ey durg a Sept. It wasn't anythg personal, was somethg I always do wh the stickers on my ey, " Esbar said through an terpreter at a news nference at Yankee g gay slurs2000: In what is still nsired one of the most homophobic, sexist and racist rants, former Atlanta Brav pcher John Rocker explaed to Sports Illtrated his reasons for not wantg to play New York Cy.

BLUEJAYS SHORTSTOP YUNEL ESBAR WR SPANISH ANTI-GAY SLUR ON HIS EYE BLACK

"Esbar played Saturday's home game agast Boston wh a homophobic slur wrten Spanish on the black sun glare stickers unr his ey.

"Esbar told reporters he has nothg agast the gay muny and nothg agast those who were affected by his ments. "I have close iends that are gay, " he said, "my home rator is gay, my hair stylist is gay and I have several iends that are gay.

"Esbar will participate an outreach iative to help te society about sensivy and tolerance to others based on their sexual orientatn, and also attend a sensivy trag program acrdance wh the Blue Jays and Can Play, an anizatn dited to elimatg homophobia sports, was found by Patrick Burke, the son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke. "The Toronto Blue Jays had a different read, spendg their startg shortstop for three gam on Tuday for wearg eye-black displayg a homophobic slur Spanish durg a game last weekend agast Boston.

MLB STAR YUNEL ESBAR -- I'M SORRY FOR EYE BLACK GAY SLUR

""I don't have anythg agast homosexuals, " he said, addg he didn't mean for the term to be "misterpreted" by the gay spensn -- issued after put om Commissner Bud Selig, the players' unn and team management -- was to have started Tuday night. Esbar's lost salary durg the ban -- about 82, 000 -- will be directed to two advocy groups, the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn and You Can Play.

"Today's actns show that MLB and the Toronto Blue Jays are mted to creatg an environment that all fans and fai n enjoy, not a place where discrimatory language and anti-gay attus are accepted, " Graddick said a statement.

BLUE JAYS SHORTSTOP YUNEL ESBAR'S ANTI-GAY SLUR PROVIS TEACHABLE MOMENT

"In May 2011, MLB spend Atlanta pchg ach Roger McDowell for two weeks whout pay for appropriate ments and gtur wh homophobic and sexual overton he ma toward fans before a game San April, Miami Marls manager Ozzie Guillen was spend for five gam by his team bee of ments that he lov Fil Castro. Yunel Esbar, the Toronto Blue Jays shortstop who has now been spend for three gam for scrawlg a seemgly anti-gay msage his eye black, was unable to shed light on what, exactly, “Tu Ere Marin” was supposed to mean. However, Esbar did clarify that he did not mean to offend any gay people.

He would never do that, nsirg all the stereotypilly gay iends he has. “I have close iends that are gay, ” he said, fallg back on a fense so awkward that has bee the joke of the mea culpa world. “My home rator is gay, my hair stylist is gay and I have several iends that are gay.

Yunel Esbar Has Stereotypilly Gay Friends. Translated to English, means "you are a (sert f-word that's a slur agast homosexual men). It’s a homophobic slur.

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