A Major League Baseball investigation into the national anthem fiasco involving the San Diego Padres and the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus has concluded the "regrettable situation was a product of human error" and had no malicious intent. MLB launched its own investigation into the controversy after it hit the mainstream news cycle earlier this week . On Saturday, members of chorus were ready to sing the national anthem at Petco Park when a recorded version of the song played with a woman's voice. The chorus left the field embarrassed and said later they were being taunted with homophobic slurs by fans. Afterward, the group called for an investigation to find out whether this was discriminatory or a "hate crime." The Padres and eventually MLB obliged, with separate investigations. Here's MLB's full statement on its findings, which indicate that some Padres employees were ill-prepared for the national anthem mix-up but there was no malice involved. Major League Baseball announced today that it has completed its investigation into the unfortunate events of Saturday, May 21 st , when members of the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus had been scheduled to perform the Star-Spangled Banner before...
MLB concludes Padres national anthem fiasco wasn’t malicious
Published May 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM
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