The Red Sox on Wednesday released a statement acknowledging recent quotes from former MLB outfielder Torii Hunter about racism at Fenway Hardy Nickerson Jersey Park. The clubwrote that intolerance in the Boston sports scene is a real problem.

Hunter , where he said he for years received racial abuse. He recalled a time when kids chanted the N-word Chris Baker Jersey at him during a game.

He's far from the only black player to encounter racism from fans at Fenway Park even in modern times. In 2017, for example, Red Sox fans and threw peanuts at him.

"Last year there were 7 reported incidents at Fenway Park where fans used racial slurs," wrote the Red Sox in their statement Wednesday. "Those are just the ones we know about. And it' Jordan Evans Jersey s not just players. It happens to the dedicated Black employees who work for us on game days."

This is real.

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Torii Hunter was appreciative of the me sage sent by the Red Sox's statement.

"Change starts now," Hunter wrote."Much love!"

Change starts now. Much love!

Fair or not, Boston carries Jeremy Hill Jersey a reputation of being unwelcoming to black people. The Red Sox were the last MLB team to sign a black player, integrating 12 years after the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson.

Former owner Thomas Yawkey, who oversaw A J Green Jersey the team when it held off on adding a black player for more than decade, is still honored with a street B.W. Webb Jersey named after him outside of Fenway Park.

The Red Sox have in recent years talked about changing Yawkey Way to recognize a figure not a sociated with racism but have yet to do so. Perhaps their acknowledgement of a problem in the Boston sports scene will portend movement on that end.