Christenson making the salute while greeting players in the dugout at the end of the game. You can see pitcherBut, he eventually went back to the Nazi salute one more time."Today in the dugout I greeted players with a gesture that was offensive. In the world today of [COVID-19] I adapted our elbow bump, which we do after wins, to create some distance with the players."
"My gesture unintentionally resulted in a racist and horrible salute that I do not believe in. What I did is unacceptable, and I deeply apologize.""We do not support or condone this gesture, or the racist sentiment behind it." The team added,"This is incredibly offensive, especially in these times when we as a [club] and many others are working to expose and address racial inequities in our country."
No
Cancel culture be like 👁👄👁
Damn, he’s so cavalier with the blatant disrespect! No apologies accepted
Who does this?! I forgot, a Nazi does.
But black power fist in the air is a ok
😳😳😳
GO AWAY!!
Yooo. FUCK that guy. Ain’t no joke here. Wtf?
Very fine people.
Fire his ass!!
Not buying it...this us not silly or funny...he should be fired!
Apologizes? He should be fired!
He apologizes for nazi salute. Let's all let that one sink in. This idiot is apologizing for using a salute to a man responsible for the violent slaughter of more than 10,000,000 human beings. I don't want his apology.
Fire him
Naughty
He not sorry. He would not have done that salute. He is a Nazi and always will be a Nazi
Smh....get the fuck off the field.
They should introduce him to REAL Nazis.
WTF
How does this tool hold this position?
There should be laws that strictly punish I any form of hate or incitement to it.
I've never trusted Americans with German ancestry! Especially the MALES! Haven't met a good one yet, NOR do I want to! Mr. Christensen, tear down this wall! 🧱✝️
Stupid move
UNACCEPTABLE...fire him Athletics
These white people are doing way to much
Because in 2020 a grown ass man doesn’t know NOT to do this? No. Keep your apologies
mlb doing nothing about this? NOTHING?! Inexcusable.
can stick his sorry, i do not accept it, its disgusting, one of the worst ive ever seen, wow he needs to be gone, not enuf hate in the world know
Why not fired like everyone else!!!!
You know that sorry came out of his ass, right?!!
He should be fired. Where is realDonaldTrump tweet about his outrage? He is all over twitter about athletes taking a knee...
No no no nope... This shit can't happen in 2020 with the movements going on. no excuse... I refuse to even read this shit cause its gonna be absolute bullshit excuses.
Uff... si unos se ponen de rodilla al piso y el otro con esta insensatez.
I thought Nazis would be out of style by now. 😒
“My country, ' tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountainside let freedom ring!”....then, OOPS!
SECURITY!!!!!
Yes...Yes “I’m sorry I stuck my arm out at a 45 degree angle...” “WWII was only 80-90 years ago... Too Soon?” 🥴
Fire that bitch!
WTF MAN?
Too little to late. What he did reflects truly what’s in his heart and soul. APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED...
Idiot! Who would do that, even as a joke?
🤷🏾♂️
They all just need to play ball. The next few games they will be lucky to have 30,000 viewers, that's my prediction!
Fire him
I hope he lost his job.
The Bay Area is full of folks like this. They finally comin out ain’t notin new
Bench him? He should fired! That’s a statement that in braces hate!
NoWords Athletics MLB 🤦🏻
Get in trouble for this. But can disrespect America WTH
karen KarensGoneWild karens THESE WEAK APOLOGIES ARE JUST LAME!!
That’s bullshit. Not only did he do it once, he did it again after another player pushed his arm down. Do the Athletics really want a Nazi sympathizer on their team?
Matter of fact he actually blocking the sun🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
Why he didn’t do it before? He mad 😡 BLM for life, that arm gonna fall off!!! blackpower blm MAD WE RIDERS!!
Hit the road Jack
The freeze frame makes it worse looking
I’ve seen the video and it looks like he was being funny and just dumb. Got to keep it real after seeing the video. Call it like i see it.
You are a few hours late TMZ...There's no room for this type of behavior in America, on the field or off the field. oaklandathletics really need to re-evaluate his place on this team. Hendriks did the right thing.
The apology means absolutely nothing!
If Nicky AKA The Former Mrs Mariah Carey Cannon can keep hosting The Masked Singer then this guy can keep coaching. After all they both apologized.
One of the players corrected him the first time and he did it seconds later fool knew what he was doing .
fire him
Gotta go! He Hates Jews Soooo you know what he thinks about niggas that can’t hit .200!?!?
'My gesture unintentionally resulted in a racist and horrible salute that I do not believe in. What I did is unacceptable, and I deeply apologize.'
Good for you Hendriks!!
What an idiot.
Jussie Smollett literally faked a beating from Trump Supporters .. and a guy that may be showing his hand as safe is going down..IN BASEBALL?
Fire his ass
I'm thinking that the people that do these things don't actually like Nazis they're just being Trolls
So going with the left thought process.. maybe he was throwing a baseball sign to steal 2nd plate ...I highly doubt someone would do that on national TV.
Gross
Nope.....Gotta Go!! If after everything that has been going on and you don't get it.....Be Gone!!!
Hmmm...should be a no tolerance policy involving something like this. Straight up embarrassing.
He needs to be fired. Miss me with, 'he just made a mistake'. People use the word mistake way too loosely. Actions like this aren't a one time mistake. Doing them publicly was the only 'mistake' he made. These incidents only reveal someone's true self.
Looks like a coaching job just opened up!
He should worry
Trump about to praise him like he's Jesus.
Send him back to Germany then
He must be fired. I hope he is fired for his unpatriotic disrespect for America! I wish he could be thrown in prison!
Maybe ge was playing to get attention.... well he succeeded in that MissionAccomplished
Trump is proud of him .
Screw him he knew exactly what he was doing
So is this the same as quoting hitler?
He wasn't joking. He knew what he was doing and was called out by someone on the team so thankfully this doesn't appear to be a common accepted thing among the team. And spake me the whining about cancel culture. How about you just don't represent Nazis.
It’s like they’re trying to get fired.
There’s a coach for the bench?
Like what?
Y’all just look to try to make everyone look bad even though he was just telling his players to spread out and social distance.
His ass needs to be fired, should be zero tolerance
You don’t have to apologize for been you racist
Stretch before you reach... smfh
Seems like a fair punishment 🙄
IDIOT‼️
Trash
Nope. You're apologizing because...
He knew what he was doing, look how proud he is.......
😂😂
Send him back to Germany
He's just signaling for the righty to warm up in the bullpen. 🤣
Big dummy
Why is he not fired ? Bc he’s a democrat?
Accidental nazi salute? Racist much?
This is disgusting. He needs his ass fired.
He’s sad he got caught on camera. Disgusting
I wonder who else is gonna come out
Apology not accepted
Here's my take... step down, next fckn case. next fckn racist case. thanks for the understanding and communication 'not' and welcome to unemployment line with an * do not hire.
'Someone get that son of a b**ch of the field'
Wtf 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷♂️ RAIDER_AL_310
What good is his apology? The only reason he apologized was to keep his coaching job! He should be fired!
jerk!!!fire his ass!!!
wow smh
I don’t believe him. It was intentionally done. He knew exactly what he was doing. Lame apology. 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾
Who gives Nazi salutes? Nazi’s do.
can someone purportedly be part of a master race be this dumb?
This is news?
Seems like an innocent mistake. You can tell because he only did it twice and then got a chuckle out of it.
What r u people on? Are liberals taking antidepressants that cause lies to seem real? Really.
that's really not okay but let's forgive and forget and let the poor man learn from his actions
Iam sick of this shit apologizes should not be excepted for racism,stupidity and only because I got caught and someone made me apologize I hope he loses his job
I think he's earned his own walk-up song for this one.
Sorry. Cat’s out of the bag. Can’t take that kind of thing back. You’re going to miss our democracy bro when Trump destroys what’s left of it.
His apology is like a wet fart the smell is fading but the stain is still there, and a shity thing for him to do!
Why isn't he fired yet?😡
tay0715 “whoopsie my bad”
No accident. Fire him
Really
But BLM is the problem 😂😂 White people fucked up
Fired immediately
NOT GOOD ENOUGH HE FUCKING KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING HE EVEN DID IT A SECOND TIME AFTER A TEAMMATE TOLD HIM TO PUT HIS HAND DOWN. HONESTLY FROM ONE JEW TO YOU FUCK YOU!!!
He didn’t think he’d get called out.
what if its just edgy ass humor people do it all the time not saying thats a good thing but the internet bitches about anything nowadays HOLY SHIT. oh wait forgot its twitter nvm 😂
Disgusting.
Will he get the Nick Cannon treatment
I am absolutely done accepting apologies from people who do things that they know are clearly wrong, and only offer fake apologies after receiving public backlash. I do not accept his apology and no one else should either.
Why don’t you treat him like you guys did with Kaepernick7 ? Excuses will not suffice!
I'm just waiting for the Hydra attack on SHIELD now.
omg!! and they let his slide? yt racists are so bold these days!! wow i am disgusted!!!
🤦🏽♀️
This clown needs to go away forever right quick.
That disgusting he should get a suspension don't believe his BS excuse
I mean foreal ... did he really think this was okay 🤬🤬 no excuse whatsoever
Could of simply lost his Yo-Yo
He did it twice! Fire him😡
Apologies aren’t enough...suspense him!!
Fire this weak fuck
Why hasn’t he been fired?
That's not a mistake, that's a deliberate choice.
Apologize, What A Clam. They Have To Let People Know What Side They Belong...! Hahahahaha 😩⚰️🍆💦 breaking GodBlessTheMotherLand yijaaaaaa
WTH! I am an As fan! He’s got to go.
I'm not really much of an advice giver to people in major league sports. 'I'd hold off of that buddy.'
Everybody's full of apologies for their behavior these days 🙄 Photo surfaces of Cuyahoga County Health Commissioner in blackface
You can’t be sorry for being a Nazi. You can’t be like “lol. I didn’t know 😫👉👈” he is disgusting
is he condoning the murder of 12 million jews neveragain
Joe Biden does this all the time
F this guy
And if you were non-white or Jewish, why would you ever want to work with someone like this? In 2020, there are no 'oh I didn't know' excuses anymore.
Fos
Can't do that.
Keep your PHONY apology! True colors exposed!
No way this was a mistake
How do you apologize for this? You meant it. You’re a hateful person. Go away.
Not good enough.
He needs to be fired.
EdgeofSports
Fire his ass!!!
Where’s Hugo Stiglitz when you need him?
Watching the video explains everything. We shouldn't be doing this everytime gaslit imbeciles make something like this viral. People need to start looking at things logically. Morons online are destroying our country. Shame on all of you.
Some things are unmistakable and unforgivable. Nazi salutes are one of those things.
The white man didn’t “know” it was offensive🙄🙄COMPLETE IDIOT.
Athletics HE NEEDS TO FIRED FOR THAT SHIT! HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING! Nazi
Racist
It would've been OK if you were a black guy for sure
o7
They’re getting bold. They’re testing the water, conditioning people to be ok with it and apologize if it didn’t work
Lolo wtf lolol
Will he get the Nick Cannon treatment Of course not.
These apologies mean nothing.
That is not by accident
Baseball is having a few problems this year. Lol
Wow...no outrage!
Look at all the ppl acting like nazi over a guy “using” a nazi salute.
A’s pedo’s and nazi’s.
Apologizing doesn’t make him not a Nazi.
TheDautLB WTF! Fire this clown!!!
Looks like the player tried to correct him and he realized and felt embarrassed and that’s why he did the salute a second time as a joke. Wasn’t smart to do a second time but it was obviously a knee jerk reaction locker room type humor. Lighten up people, fuck.
Fire his stupid ass
Very Anti Sematic if you ask me
Well, he unintentionally hit you in the head with a baseball bat.
We live in a time where stupidity is not admissible. He mad a mistake and deal with the consequences
STOP ALL THE b/s......Just STOP playing the Nation Anthem at all Events. What the hell ! Were did this load of sh it come from anyway? Singing, Standing with hand over the heart to a flag. A flag is not GOD? Who DO YOU WORSHIP?
What a bunch of BS...... The USA is no more.... Get ready folks.... what is coming very soon will BLOW U AWAY.....
How the f*$% was that a mistake! Even the runner who came in for the high five tried to bring his arm down as if to say, ' dude don't do that here'! He looked very practiced at doing it! JM2C.
😊 These clowns are all crawling from behind their racist hoods.
Guess he figured they hadn't lost enough fans yet so he would just stir the pot a little more
That's what Trump wants. He goes by Hitler's playbook. 😢
Whyte supremacy defenders comin up in 3, 2, ...
America want to make this a “Nazi” thing. The funny thing is this is how white kids in America use to salute to the National Anthem in American schools like 100 years ago. Of course until the rise of Nazi Germany.
He should be fired. Period.
SHUT UP! Again I say..They only apologize when they get caught. YOU MEANT IT!
Idiot
WTF?! Done. Fire him. Out. You don't get to signal white supremacist crap twice and call it a mistake. Its a game for them now: do whatever they want and then see if they can get away with it.
I can’t wait to see Julian Edlemans video denouncing this in public 😌
matt_fulks 😬
Watch the video and you see it’s totally unintended. The player walks by and taps him and prolly says something like “dude that looks bad” to which you see the coach nod and drops the arm and when he turns around he does it again prolly saying “dang I flashed the Nazi salute”
Go to your tv and look how many shows are on about Hitler and or Nazi's. It's called predictive programming
Why is it A L W A Y S an apology after they get caught😠
He's got to go, No apologies necessary. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Race baiters. I wonder when they get their racial war they always wanted will they even pick up a gun and fight.
Get him off the field
Not sorry you can't say oops
all of the excuses explaining how this isn’t a nazi seig heil are pathetic and quite honestly bullshit. Let’s call it what it is.
Oops his white supremist affiliation is showing. He can keep his apology. The cats out of the bag now. When people show you who they are, believe them.
He, along with the other racists can go. People continue showing their true colors and hope apologizing fixes everything. Hope the Athletics let him go. We don’t need his energy.
Needs to be fired
you people are despicable. headline is a race baiting misinformation campaign. he was doing NON-CONTACT high fives and later realized what it looked like.
I'm surprised this happened in Oakland. California is super conservative and pro republican! *sarcasm
Please point to anything in the man's life that would indicate he is affiliated with Nazis. A raised arm that looks like a Nazi salute does not mean he was doing a Nazi salute. He clearly said that's not what he was doing. FFS, people.
He’s not sorry.
A karate chop huh? Naw son.
Wtf
A White Supremacist Extremist he is should be fired!!
Why ? AMEN
There is NO forgiving this disgusting behavior. Apology NOT accepted.
ADL
He did it twice tho, thats where he messed up
Wtlf?
He still has a job?
Not man enough to stand what he did! Weak motherf&$ worried to keep his job. Apologies should be not acceptable, he should be responsible.....
Bro you can’t just “apologize” bout some shit like this
Nah fuck that
This guy is a tool
He should be fired he knows exactly what he did cnnbrk AJCGlobal AP nytimes espn MLB
He should be fired
'America's Pastime,' folks
Okland Bench Coach is stupid. I would have just called everyone crazy, show me people who don't do that hand gesture. Nazi are everywhere huh?
If this was unintentional like he says it makes me wonder how he functions, no common sense.
That was innocent! Cry baby gen needs to have a seat! Jesus Christ 🙄🙄🙄
F*** YO APOLOGY
He should be fired
perhaps it was a Bellamy salute. look it up.
So done with apologies, they mean nothing. Demand action from now on.
And he still has a job...wow
Alexzx6r12 SremmLifeIsaiah PIMPJIUCE87
Lol that wasn’t international I forgive him I’m more surprised they’re still slapping each other hands after a game
He might as well go stay at one of them KKK compound. He gone!
What does his closet look like
Fire his ass
A little help making sure everyone knows what this coach did please - Buster_ESPN Ken_Rosenthal JeffPassan JonHeyman NYPost_Mets MarcCarig kevinburkhardt BarstoolBigCat AdamRubinMedia
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Why do these “apologies” always get to be given and enough for forgiveness 🤦🏾♂️ ! Nevermind I know why 🤷🏾♂️
But what was does TimJDillon think?
NO QUESTION HE’S A RACIST JUST LIKE TRUMP
Go away!
He only sorry that he forgot not to do it publicly 🤷🏽♂️
WOW
Fire him, everyone’s replaceable
That’s it? An apology?! Wow...y’all racists are out of control...
That’s one dumb motherfucker
Yikes
Apology not accepted ! Take that shit home!
To be fair. Didn’t we cancel history So called start over. That gesture doesn’t mean anything.
There is no way you can stand there and give the nazi salute and not know what you're doing.
You're fired!!
he was probably kidding around.lighten up.freedom of speech. people can paint shit on streets and nobody complains.our country has become liberal turds.
Guy knows he was doing a Nazi salute twice..
Wonder if 45 will call him a “son of a bitch” and tell him to get off the field...
Wow! Nothing will be done to this white guy. If he take a knee doing the national anthem then they want to fire him 😳
Translation: I am antisemetic. It came out by accident. Sorry. Won’t happen again.
Wtf
“throwing up a Nazi salute TWICE during Thursday's game” He got his message out. Idk why but it feels/looks like he’s done that before
ReaganGomez
WHY!!! Why would you do something as stupid as that and the play the “I didn’t mean to offend anyone” game. Plus you got theses racists dumba$$e$ on here defending him. This will NEVER CHANGE!!
Too little too late.
Fine him big time!
Really? A fake apology and all is ok? Is this a sick joke. FIRE HIM. Where is the mlb in all this?
Well he should hail Hitler all the way to the unemployment office.
He ain’t sorry though.
Should be thrown out.
2020...year of true colors 🤡
I think that's most white peoples worst nightmare, wake up,'oh I just had the worst dream, I had my dream job&for no reason did a Nazi salute in front of billions OBLITERATING MY JOB in an instant, man that would of been rough if it was reality, oh no wait Im not dreaming,nooo'😂
Not once but twice. Come on now
Apology? Lmao
No apologies, fire him.
925mlbfan this is even bigger than that other guy 🤣🤣🤣
Athletics seems your bench coach denounced his citizenship to America and choose to pledge his allegiance to Germany as his home country. Does he have a VISA to be here
You knew what you were doing. Only accidents get recognized apologies. Acts of hate get you fired! YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!
Does he know most of Oakland is Black & Hispanic? He should never do it to begin with so he doesn't have to apologize.
Oopsie I did a Nazi
Give me a fuckin break. Find something else to bitch about..
So where is NickCannon .... 🤷🏽♀️I’m asking for MTV
No apology. Fire him Athletics
what the hell was he thinking?!?
Desean Jackson rn
Sorry my ass
TWICE? nah...FIRE HIS ASS.....PERIOD
Athletics so apparently you guys hire non Americans. Does he have a visa to be in the UNITED STATES. We salute the American flag here. He seems to pledge his allegiance to another country.
WTAF
Everyone needs to calm down. The Oakland Athletics coaching staff is not the new nazi regime, calm the fuck down.
OaklandAthletics bench coach RyanChristenson you are Fired. the same goes for anyone else doing that salute.
It was evil and embarrassing for Oakland.
Unbelievable What is wrong with people
who tf cares
It’s laughable that he says it was unintentional....pah-lease stop it!
He’s dumb. After he is corrected and told, it’s like he thinks it’s funny and does it again like “ Haha your right, Hail Hitler”
Goodluck finding a new job
He made a mistake again when he turned towards that audience and made the same gesture. What a joke. The guy that pushed his hand down tells me that this was not the first time he has done this kind of thing.
Benched is a bandaid he should be fired.
A mistake? Hell no! He should be terminated immediately!
It's so funny to see these type of people who do really idiotic trump things. Has to think twice after deciding to do it in the first place.
Lol okay...
This is the only thing I could think of
Cant apologize for what you truly feel.
He did this? Lmaoo
Again “I didn’t mean it?”
😂😂 like they got s 😂 MFs clutching straws 😵 yesterday's straws, & from a enemy country 🤷🏾😏 u MFs lost 😁
He needs fired immediately.. there is no room here for that.. they need to send a very loud message
I think what has to happen is All American TV stations should start showing WW2 movies and shows to remind Americans that NAZI'S was a bad thing. Since maybe most skipped the history class that talked about it.
They do stuff like this, then try to apologize. They know exact what they were doing and what it meant. Why apologize now?
Nahhh his form to was tooooo good for him not to be oractiving that regularly.
Is always the same shit! They will offend someone feelings then Apologise. I dont get it.
Auggh well we are glad he apologized --- what the hell was he thinking?
Fire him now!!!
Never trust TMZ. Go elsewhere for full stories. It was an honest mistake. Fake news is evil.
Athletics Fire him!
Fire him. Check his Twitter and if he’s a maga piece of 💩he meant it. I’m tired of this garbage. Athletics fire thispgs ass.
So NickCannon loses his show and this d*ck head gets a Pass?
He stated: 'In the world today of [COVID-19] I adapted our elbow bump, which we do after wins'. OK - Fine. Not everyone is obsessed with every little motion he or she might make. It is good he has been made aware he should Stop.
jgallo818 As poverty franchise
Oh hell no. Doing it not once, but twice is completely unacceptable.
Fire his ass
He forgot he wasn't at home.
Qhat dud he say, 'I'm sorry im a white supremist'?
If you're going to do some racist shit, don't chicken out after being called out. Stand by it and show us that you're not afraid of the consequences that come with it!!!
Had to go to another site for full story b/c of course TMZ won’t do it. It could interfere with their efforts to start a race war. Anyway, it was totally unintended. He was trying to get creative w/non-contact high 5 like gestures & didn’t realize what he did & apologized.
FakeNews
Disgraceful
You can't apologize for being who you are, a RACIST !!!
He only apologized because he knew he was about to be put in the hot seat and get set on fire for that Nazi shit that he pull. That's why he's apologizing. Naw bruh keep it 💯! Show your true colors for the whole world 🌎 to see 👀! Don't be scared now!
You know if the black/brown players refuse to play he won't have a job.
fire him
This guy needs to be fired. There is no excuse for this type of behavior.
What the fuck?
If you can kneel for the flag why can't this idiot make his salute?
Wtf?!!
Oof... yikes. Smh.. Cali is not winning at all.
He gotta go, shit was purposely done.
Easy mistake people make all the time
At least he is a honest white supremacist 🤷🏾♂️ unlike most of them 🤷🏾♂️
why do it if you’re gonna apologize for it
APOLOGIZES?!!!!! Send his a** to jail.
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