Oakland Athletics Announcer Apologizes for Using Apparent Racial Slur 

By: Navneet Singh

The Oakland Athelitics Said they addressing the situation after play by play announcer Glen Kuiper appoliged on air f

or using a racial slur during the pregame segment on friday before the kansas city Royals game.   

or using a racial slur during the pregame segment on friday before the kansas city Royals game.   

Kuiper say the slur on NBC Sports california's pregame talk segment when he reffered to visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas city, Missouri.

Kuiper apologized Before the Begining of sixth game  

"Welcome back to Kauffman Stadium. I just want to...a little earlier in the show, I said something, didn't come out quite the way I wanted it to," Kuiper said

"And I just wanted to apologize if it sounded different than I meant it to be said. And like I said, I just wanted to apologize for that."

A's said in a statement that kuiper Such type language "unacceptable"

"The Oakland Athletics do not condone such language. We are working to address the situation," the statement said.

Kuiper covering baseball in the Bay Area for  NBC Sports California Since 1992 and A's game was his 20th season