The Boston Red Sox suspended Jarren Duran for two games

The Boston Red Sox suspended Jarren Duran for two games on Monday without pay after he shouted a homophobic slur to a fan behind home plate who heckled him in a loss to the Houston Astros a day earlier. The exchange was caught on a live microphone during the broadcast. The fan at Fenway Park can be heard shouting “You need a tennis racket!” Duran turned his head toward the fan and replied: “Shut up,” followed by a curse word and the slur. Red Sox manager Alex Cora said: “There’s a lot of work to be done, and I’m here to help him out.” “He made a big mistake, he’s living with it.” Cora said. Durran said there was no intent behind the word, and it was just “the heat of the moment.”