Pedro Martinez apologies for offensive Native American joke

Longtime pitcher — and current TBS analyst — Pedro Martinez has apologized for his offensive joke about Native Americans.

Martinez was talking about the Cleveland Indians sweeping the Boston Red Sox before making a stereotypical Indian war cry.

oh no. no, no. https://t.co/L02sx17GFF pic.twitter.com/yh7zY7Dg3b

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) October 11, 2016

“I used to hunt Indians, but now I’m going to pay tribute to Indians,” Martinez said before making the war cry.

Martinez would later apologize in a Tweet.

I send my apologies if I was misunderstood when I was trying to pay tribute to the Cleveland Indians on the TBS post season show.

— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) October 11, 2016

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