Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick said in a statement Saturday he will aim to forgive Oakland A's announcer Glen Kuiper for using the N-word during a live broadcast Friday night.

Kendrick, president of the NLBM since 2011, hopes others can find it in their hearts to forgive Kuiper too.

"I'm aware of the unfortunate slur made by Glen Kuiper. I welcomed Glen to the NLBM yesterday and know he was genuinely excited to be here," Kendrick wrote on Twitter. "The word is painful and has no place in our society. And while I don't pretend to know Glen's heart I do know that my heart is one of forgiveness. I hope all of you will find it in yourselves to do the same!"

During the pregame, Kuiper was describing a trip to the museum in Kansas City, Missouri, with colleague Dallas Braden. 

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Kuiper used the slur when referring to the museum, when he likely meant to use the word "Negro."

Later in the game, Kuiper apologized but did not go into much detail regarding the incident.

"Welcome back to Kauffman Stadium. I just wanted to ... a little bit earlier in the show, I said something, didn’t come out quite the way I wanted it to," Kuiper said. "And I just wanted to apologize if it sounded different than I meant it to be said. And, like I said, I just wanted to apologize for that."

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The A’s issued a statement condemning Kuiper’s language. 

"The language used by Glen Kuiper during today’s pregame broadcast is unacceptable," the A’s posted to Twitter. "The Oakland Athletics do not condone such language. We are working to address the situation."

Kuiper is in his 20th season calling games for the A’s and has been covering baseball in the Bay Area since 1992, according to ESPN.

Kuiper has been suspended and will be off the air until a review of the incident is completed.

Fox News' Joe Morgan and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Military veterans, including the 70 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who put their celebrated baseball careers on hold to serve, received a special honor on Saturday.

The U.S. Navy christened the USS Cooperstown in New York City. The National Baseball Hall of Fame is located in Cooperstown, New York.

Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Tris Speaker and George Sisler are just a few of the Hall of Famers who fought in World War I. Other notable players include Ted Williams, who flew 37 combat missions in World War II and Korea.

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The newly commissioned USS Cooperstown joins the active fleet as the latest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship.

According to the Department of Defense, LCS ships are "fast, optimally-manned, mission-tailored surface combatants that operate in near-shore and open-ocean environments."

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Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Joe Torre were on site for the ceremony.

"I can't begin to tell you what an honor it's going to be to represent the Hall of Fame," Bench told USA Today.

 "It will be an amazing, amazing thing. You look at guys like Ted Williams and Bob Feller and Jerry Coleman who gave up all of those years of their careers and lives, to enlist and fight for our freedom."

Bench's father served in the military for eight years.

In addition to Williams, legendary baseball players who served in WWII include Bob Feller, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Stan Musial and Jackie Robinson.

Robison was a four-sport athlete in college, served in the Army, and went on to break baseball's color barrier.

Legendary Chicago Cubs infielder and 24-time MLB All-Star Willie May are among those who served in Korea. Mays was teammates with Bobby Bonds in San Francisco, where the two became close friends. Bobby's son Barry Bonds went on to break Hank Aaron's all-time home run record. 

The younger Bonds' baseball career was marred with controversy, largely due to accusations that he used performance-enhancing drugs. He has not been elected to the Hall of Fame.

Staterooms on the 351-foot-long ship will be named after Hall of Fame players. The USS Cooperstown's motto is "America's Away Team."