Toronto Blue Jays Get Strikeout After Apologizing for Player's 'Islamophobic' Social Media PostsThe Toronto Blue Jays have issued an apology for "Islamophobic" posts made by player Anthony Santander after Santander criticized the election of Abdul El-Sayed and rightly warned of the dangers of Sharia law.
We met with leaders in Toronto's Muslim communities today, who shared the harm caused by Anthony Santander's Islamophobic social media posts. The opportunity to listen and learn was important and reaffirms our beliefs and values as an organization. We condemn Islamophobia and all forms of hate.
The Blue Jays are deeply sorry to the Muslim community and our fans for the pain and harm these Islamophobic posts have caused. We will work with leaders in Muslim communities to fight against all forms of hate.
The Blue Jays will continue to ensure our organization reflects the inclusive community we are proud to call home.
Criticizing Abdul El-Sayed and Sharia law is not Islamophobia, because Islamophobia doesn't exist. No one has an irrational fear of Islam.
If they're so committed to diversity, they should adhere to Sharia law and ban women from the games.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/11/13/toronto-blue-jays-apologize-for-islamophobic-comments-n2686412Blue Jays Grovel to Muslim Leaders for Their Player — The Replies Are Not Going the Way They HopedThe Toronto Blue Jays met with local Muslim leaders Thursday and then issued a public apology for outfielder Anthony Santander's Instagram posts. Santander apparently committed a heinous crime by calling out Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) and radical Islam, which RedState reported on last week.
Team president and CEO Mark Shapiro said the Muslim leaders "shared the harm caused by Anthony Santander's Islamophobic social media posts."
"The Blue Jays are deeply sorry to the Muslim community and our fans for the pain and harm these Islamophobic posts have caused," the statement continued.
What, Mark, did you think saying 'Thank you, sir, may I have another' and holding a bending-the-knee ceremony would be a little too obvious? Grow a set, you absolute tool.
The team then posted Shapiro's public neutering on X, where it was promptly ratioed. A well-deserved one at that. Here it is if y'all want to pile on.
Santander, a former MLB All-Star and Silver Slugger Award winner, reshared the posts that started all this after El-Sayed won Michigan's Senate race last week.
One was captioned “America voted for Sharia Last Night.” The other was titled “Islam is not peaceful.”
No lies detected. Yet Santander would delete them two days later.
That wasn't enough for the outrage brigade. Steven Zhou of the National Council of Canadian Muslims told reporters that community members were "very, very upset."
Cry more. The Blue Jays also dipped into some interesting authoritarian territory here. Zhou, who attended Thursday's meeting, also said the club committed to putting Santander through "educational training."
Toronto could have stood up for free speech and their own damn player, and instead, they're shipping him off to Room 101 at the Ministry of Love. Shapiro was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, so he presumably has some grasp of the concept of free speech. He's just choosing not to exercise it, or rather, allow his players to exercise it.
Santander must think he's back in Venezuela.
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/11/13/blue-jays-grovel-to-muslim-leaders-for-their-player-the-replies-are-not-going-the-way-they-hoped-n2209361Most of you don't follow sports as closely as I do, but find this story so ironic. Any and every freaking time an athlete or team displays any semblance of outward Christianity, Judaism, or Mormonism, left-tards despise such an outrage. The still constant criticism of former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow for his Christianity is disgusting. Yet a Venezuelan immigrant with a nice career in baseball dares criticize a Muslim? ****ing hypocrites, the lot of them.
