"I made a mistake and will not deny it," Christenson said."Today in the dugout I greeted players with a gesture that was offensive. In the world today of COVID, 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.
Video of the incident shows A's pitcher Liam Hendriks returning to the dugout to celebrate and bending Christenson's arm so that his gesture did not mimic a straight Nazi-style gesture. Christenson is seen straightening his arm out once more., Christenson said that Hendriks told him at the time,"No, no straight arm, you have to bend your arm.""I apologize for everything," the coach told Slusser.
Ryan Christenson must be fired. This anti Semitic Nazi salute to Hitler is unacceptable. No adult. No one should make this gesture.
But he did it twice.
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Oh geez! Can we stop with overanalyzing every little movement and gesture?! You sound as ridiculous as the majority of these comments.
The salute didn't 'appear' to be a nazi salute - it clearly is a nazi salute and he did it twice. So sick of the BS walk-backs when people get called out. We clearly saw what he did and an apology doesn't cut it! That guy needs to go. He's a disgrace to America and baseball.
The stupidity of leftists is accelerating at an alarming rate
Some people will go to great lengths to become a Trumpian fine person.
He did it twice, once AFTER being told by his teammate not to do it. It wasn't a mistake. Get rid of him.
Stuff those sorries in a sack Mr. Nazi.
He needs to be fired and pitcher Liam Hendriks 16 needs to be commended for slapping down his arm doing that crap Athletics
Athletics MLB This is not acceptable and the apology alone is insufficient. The coach should be suspended at least 10 games susanslusser sfchronicle
Wait, is a big news company actually reporting on antisemitism? About damn time
So I guess the ‘A’ isn’t short for the Oakland Antifas?
Guess he got too excited & his nazi side slipped out. As they say, you can’t always hide your true nature.
The accidental nazi-salute.
It looks like he is just raising his arm to do an elbow bump with a team member. The media needs to apologize to it's audience for promoting fake hate propaganda. This is a clear example of the Russian agenda to divide US. Does NBC work for Russia?
Fire him Athletics MLB
Apology not accepted Fire anti semite
Looked intentional tho
Don’t believe him or accept his apology Get rid of him
Oooohhh. Antifa gonna be pissed.
Not sure that a simple apology is going to cut it..
Apologies? Fire the pig
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