A Baltimore Orioles broadcast personality was in contrition mode Sunday after casting doubt on some Canadian fans’ baseball IQ during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays two days earlier.

“I hope that they will accept my sincere apology for what I said on the air the other day,” Orioles colour commentator Brian Roberts said during a Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) afternoon broadcast and shared to X by Luke Slabaugh.

“I definitely never, ever meant to cause anyone to feel like I was disrespecting them at all.”

The former 14-year pro second baseman’s mea culpa follows comments he made in the series opener at Rogers Centre on Friday night.

After a healthy cohort of the 35,367 fans booed a failed eight-inning first base pickoff attempt by Orioles’ reliever Shawn Dubin on the Jays’ My

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