The mess created by Anthony Bass — some of which was avoidable — was made considerably worse by the Blue Jays' rather bizarre run-and-hide handling of it through obtuse and elusive commentary from senior team officials, writes longleysunsport
“The video itself, obviously I took it down. I felt it was too much of a distraction. But I stand by my personal beliefs and everybody’s entitled to their personal beliefs.
Bass is indeed entitled to his beliefs, just as the team is entitled to its Pride Weekend celebration, one in which the Jays organization wonderfully devotes considerable resources and typically is incredibly well received by the city and its fan base. Atkins admitted that he was “angry” at the post and that he asked the reliever to take it down. He also repeated what he told the Toronto Sun last week that the “authenticity” of the apology is what saved Bass from team discipline beyond apologizing to his teammates and showing contrition.
Atkins was evasive when asked if there will be added security measures in place in the Jays bullpen area, which is close to fans. Bass was booed heavily in his first appearance since the video aired and less so in his second outing. But with the incident and issues in the spotlight this weekend, it could get ugly at the Rogers Centre.
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