All-Star pitcher apologizes for terrible, offensive old tweets

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.

Though Hader got knocked around during last night’s name, he got it worse online for the racist and homophobic tweets dating back to 2011 and 2012 when Hader, now 24, was a teenager. 

Hader took responsibility for the tweets after the game, telling ESPN, “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…

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