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Jaren Duran is the ultimate up-and-comer.

The 27-year-old outfielder for the Boston Red Sox embodies their next-generation player.

And earlier this summer, he was named the MVP in Major League Baseball's All-Star game.

He is a bona fide rising star.

So, when Duran stepped up to bat nine days ago during a game against the Houston Astros,

people were watching. And when he unleashed a profanity-laced tirade

including a homophobic slur at a fan who had been heckling him all of baseball

heard it. It was just a heckler heckling me, you know, the entire game and I just let the moment get the best

to me.

It just said something that I shouldn't be saying.

Duran apologized from the locker room the next day while team leadership looked on.

There was no intent behind the word that was used. It was just the heat of the moment and just happened to be said,

you know, it's just it's on me for that word coming out, but there was no intent behind that word being used.

The Boston Red Sox suspended Gerin Duran for two of their regular 162 games with Major League Baseball's blessing.

They're donating his salary for those two games to the LGBTQ Advocacy Organization

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