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07-18-2018, 11:56 PM
All-Star pitcher apologizes for terrible, offensive old tweets
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Instead of reveling in his first Major League Baseball All-Star Game appearance, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Josh Hader wound up at the center of an online firestorm after old offensive tweets of his resurfaced during the game.
SEE ALSO: Michael B. Jordan roasts Roseanne Barr at the MTV Awards (https://mashable.com/2018/06/19/michael-b-jordan-roseanne-barr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Though Hader got knocked around during last night's name, he got it worse online for the racist and homophobic tweets (https://www.metro.us/sports/what-did-josh-hader-say-twitter-anti-gay-racist-transcript) dating back to 2011 and 2012 when Hader, now 24, was a teenager.*
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— Vinnie (@fretz88) July 18, 2018 (https://twitter.com/fretz88/status/1019419061422297088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Hader took responsibility for the tweets after the game, telling ESPN (http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24126018/josh-hader-milwaukee-brewers-apologizes-old-inappropriate-tweets), "You know, it was something that happened when I was 17-years-old. As a child, I was immature, and I obviously said some things that were inexcusable. That doesn't reflect on who I am as a person today, and that's just what it is." Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/18/josh-hader-brewers-racist-homophobic-tweets/)
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Instead of reveling in his first Major League Baseball All-Star Game appearance, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Josh Hader wound up at the center of an online firestorm after old offensive tweets of his resurfaced during the game.
SEE ALSO: Michael B. Jordan roasts Roseanne Barr at the MTV Awards (https://mashable.com/2018/06/19/michael-b-jordan-roseanne-barr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Though Hader got knocked around during last night's name, he got it worse online for the racist and homophobic tweets (https://www.metro.us/sports/what-did-josh-hader-say-twitter-anti-gay-racist-transcript) dating back to 2011 and 2012 when Hader, now 24, was a teenager.*
Josh Hader not only getting lit up in the ASG...pic.twitter.com/7V3Bikcwps (https://t.co/7V3Bikcwps)
— Vinnie (@fretz88) July 18, 2018 (https://twitter.com/fretz88/status/1019419061422297088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Hader took responsibility for the tweets after the game, telling ESPN (http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24126018/josh-hader-milwaukee-brewers-apologizes-old-inappropriate-tweets), "You know, it was something that happened when I was 17-years-old. As a child, I was immature, and I obviously said some things that were inexcusable. That doesn't reflect on who I am as a person today, and that's just what it is." Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/18/josh-hader-brewers-racist-homophobic-tweets/)
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