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Playing in the All-Star Game is supposed to be an honor. But for Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader, it turned into an absolute disgrace.

As Hader pitched in the game Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Twitter users retweeted posts from his past that contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments.

According to USA Today, some of the tweets from 2011 and 2012 included:

“I hate gay people.”

“White power lol” (with an emoji of a clenched fist).

“KKK.”

In another post, he mentioned wanting women only for sex, cooking and cleaning, The Washington Post noted. Hader’s Twitter account has since been locked and the offensive tweets have been deleted, the outlet reported.

“I was immature,” Hader, 24, said after the game. (Hear his comments in the clip above.)


“There’s no excuse for what was said,” he added. “I’m deeply sorry for what I’ve said and what’s been going on. And like I said, it doesn’t reflect any of my beliefs going on now.”

Hader said he was in high school at the time and still learning who he was. When asked to provide context for the messages, he replied that he didn’t know what was circulated but said he was “sure” they were rap lyrics.

According to ESPN, Lorenzo Cain, a black Brewers player who also made the National League All-Star team, called Hader a “great guy” and “a great teammate.”

“We’ll move on from it,” Cain said.

“You have to give people a second chance,” he added, per the New York Post.

Major League Baseball Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem said the league might release a statement Wednesday, The Washington Post reported. The MLB did not immediately respond to a HuffPost request for comment.

The night didn’t go well for Hader on the mound either. He surrendered a tie-breaking home run to Seattle’s Jean Segura in the eighth inning. The American League won in 10 innings, 8-6.

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Josh Hader apologizes for racist tweets, claims they 'don't reflect any of my beliefs now'
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WASHINGTON – Josh Hader was well-known in baseball circles before Tuesday night, his blazing fastball and devastating slider creating one of the most dominant relief weapons in baseball and sending him to his first All-Star Game.

With greater notoriety, however, comes greater scrutiny. After the Milwaukee Brewers left-hander served up a crucial home run, a Hader nobody knew emerged: A 17-year-old who did not hesitate to send out racist, homophobic, misogynistic and threatening tweets.

By the time he returned to the clubhouse after yielding a three-run homer to the Mariners’ Jean Segura, Hader was informed that intrepid Internet users, their interest likely piqued by his goat turn in the All-Star Game, unearthed tweets that cast a star pitcher on the cusp of adulthood as a paragon of hate.

“White power lol”

“KKK”

“N-----bot? The (expletive)! That just made my night! Smh”

“I hate gay people.”

The tweets were sent between 2011 and 2012, some coming less than two months before Hader’s 18th birthday – and less than four months before he was a 19th-round draft pick of the Baltimore Orioles.

After the American League defeated the National League 8-6 in 10 innings at Nationals Park, Hader was left to defend the indefensible, and explain the unexplainable: That a 17-year-old’s thoughts on social media somehow do not represent the 24-year-old man he is now.

“There’s no excuse for what was said,” Hader said early Wednesday morning. “I’m deeply sorry for what I’ve said, and it doesn’t reflect any of my beliefs going on now. I was young, immature and stupid, and there’s no excuses for what was said or what happened.”

Yet Hader proceeded to pose excuses, based on his age and the time that lapsed since. Twice in a four-minute news conference, he referenced “what happened seven years ago.”


Twice he referenced the fact he was 17. “As a child, I was immature and 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.

“We’re still learning who we are in high school. You live and you learn. This mistake won’t happen again.”

Hader also said: “I’m sure it’s some rap lyrics being tweeted. I really don’t know exactly what all’s out there.”

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Following his remarks, Hader’s damage control took a more personal turn, as he sought out Brewers teammate and fellow NL All-Star Lorenzo Cain, who is African-American, to explain his comments.

Cain did not specify whether Hader apologized, and hadn’t seen Hader’s tweets beyond knowing they were “hate comments.” He did not believe Hader to be a hateful person.

“When anybody does something like that, you’re always surprised,” said Cain, in his first season with the Brewers. “At the end of the day, you’ve got to give people a second chance, you understand you have to forgive people, move on from it.

“For me, it’s over and done with. He said it; it got out there. I’m moving on from it individually, anyway.”

Hader still has a clubhouse of teammates to convince, and will likely face a strong rebuke from Major League Baseball. While it cannot impose discipline for matters that occurred before he was drafted, MLB could suggest Hader undergo sensitivity training or urge him to meet with Billy Bean, its ambassador of inclusion.

MLB chief legal counsel Dan Halem said Tuesday night that the league may issue a statement later Wednesday.

“I’m ready for any consequences for what happened seven years ago,” Hader said.

Those consequences will begin immediately. Hader was slated to fly out of Washington with Brewers teammates Cain, Christian Yelich and Jesus Aguilar on Wednesday morning. As the door to the NL clubhouse swung open in the late innings of the game, Hader could be seen in the doorway consulting with officials.

Outside, a gaggle of family members wearing his jersey awaited in a tunnel. Hader grew up in Millersville, Md., just a 30-mile drive from Nationals Park.

The homecoming went from bad – Segura’s homer – to disastrous, once the tweets emerged.Hader made his Twitter account private soon after. Even after midnight, Hader was huddling with a Brewers PR official thumbing through his phone.

“That’s one reason why I don’t have social media, for things like this,” Cain noted. “You always get in trouble for things you said when you’re younger.”

Said Yelich, who had not yet seen what Hader tweeted: “I don’t know what he did or what happened. The guy I know, he’s a great guy with a kind heart.”

Hader likely has much more work ahead to convince others the same.
 
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Ugly tweets from Brewers’ Josh Hader surface during MLB All-Star Game




Adam KilgoreJuly 18 at 1:39 AMEmail the author

Racist, homophobic and misogynistic tweets that Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader sent in 2011 and 2012 surfaced as he pitched in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game at Nationals Park, turning his appearance into an embarrassing stain for Hader and a public-relations nightmare for Major League Baseball.

After Hader surrendered a three-run homer in the eighth inning, several Twitter users — starting, it seems, with an account named MLB Insider Dinger — found and retweeted messages Hader sent as a 17-year-old. The tweets included numerous uses of the n-word and an allusion to “white power” next to an emoji of a closed fist. One tweet read only, “I hate gay people.” Another referenced wanting women only for sex, cooking and cleaning.

“It’s just something that happened,” Hader, a former All-Met from Old Mill who grew up in Anne Arundel County, said after the game. “I was 17 years old. As a child, I was immature. I obviously said some things that were inexcusable. That doesn’t reflect on who I am as a person today. That’s just what it is.”


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Hader discovered that the tweets had surfaced after he exited the game. When he arrived in the locker room, “my phone was blowing up,” he said. As the game came to a close, several of Hader’s family members and friends milled outside the clubhouse, all of them wearing all-star jerseys with “Hader” across the back.

Hader, still in full uniform, motioned his wife inside to a lobby outside the locker room. As they talked, the rest of Hader’s party removed the jerseys and either changed out or reversed clothing with the player’s name on it.


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MLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem declined to comment and said the league was considering releasing a statement Wednesday.

When the National League clubhouse opened to media, Hader was standing alone at his locker, his blond hair pulled into a bun. Reporters surrounded him. A public-relations official asked reporters to wait. Another PR man said to the other: “Give it a second. We got a couple more [reporters] coming. We got a bunch more.”

Hader blamed the tweets on youth and immaturity and insisted they did not reflect his current beliefs.

“There’s no excuse for what was said,” he said. “I’m deeply sorry for what I’ve said and what’s been going on. That doesn’t reflect any of my beliefs now.”

How could the tweets have lived online for so long without Hader deleting them?

“No deletes,” he said. “Obviously, when you’re a kid, you just tweet what’s on your mind.”

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Before the game ended, Hader had deleted his old tweets and locked his account. He said he would accept any suspension or punishment, with the caveat of his age at the time he sent the tweets.

“I’m ready for any consequences for what happened seven years ago,” he said.

“Like I said before, I was young, immature and stupid. There’s no excuses for what was said or what happened.”

Hader said he did not “vividly” recall sending any of the offensive messages. “That was seven years ago,” he said. “I don’t remember too far back then.”

Hader repeated his age and the time passed since the tweets. While he was nearly an adult when he sent them and not, as he called himself once, a “child” at the time, Hader insisted the tweets would not reflect on him.

“Not at all,” he said. “I was in high school. We’re still learning who we are in high school. You live and you learn. This mistake won’t happen again.”

After he spoke with reporters, Hader huddled over his phone with a PR representative as Brewers teammate Jesus Aguilar packed up at the locker next to him. Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain sat a few stalls down.

Hader walked over to Cain, slung his arm around him and whispered into Cain’s ear. Cain’s son chattered nearby. They talked for a bit, and then Hader walked away.

“I was just trying to understand the situation,” said Cain, who is black. “He’s young. We all say some crazy stuff when we’re young. That’s one reason why I don’t have social media, because things like this. You always get in trouble for things you said when you’re younger. We’ll move on it. The situation is what it is. I know Hader. He’s a great guy. I know he’s a great teammate. I’m fine. Everybody will be okay. We’ll move on from it.

“Yeah, I was surprised. When anybody does something like that, you’re always surprised. At the end of the day, you got to give people a second chance. And I understand you got to forgive people and move on from it. For me, it’s over and done with. He said it. It got out there. I’m moving on from it. Me, individually, anyway.”

When Hader finished speaking with Cain, Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich walked over to Hader and hugged him.

“I don’t know what he did or what happened,” Yelich said. “But the guy I know is a really great guy with a kind heart.”

Hader, a 24-year-old left-hander, has pitched to a 1.50 ERA in 48 innings this season, striking out 89 of the 177 batters he has faced.
 
Brewers reliever Josh Hader remorseful for offensive tweets

WASHINGTON -- Josh Hader's All-Star experience went from bad to worse.

After a bumpy outing in his first All-Star appearance, the Milwaukee Brewersreliever suddenly found himself caught up in a Twitter firestorm. Late during Tuesday night's All-Star Game, some racist and anti-gay tweets that Hader sent when he was a teenager surfaced.

After the game, Hader apologized for his actions.

"You know, it was something that happened when I was 17 years old," he said. "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."

Hader, 24, said that his old messages do not reflect his current beliefs.


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"Obviously, when you're a kid, you just tweet what's on your mind, and you know, that's what's on," he said

The reliever, who appeared in the eighth inning and gave up three runs and four hits, including a three-run homer to Mariners shortstop Jean Segura, said he wasn't aware of the controversy until after the game.

"Just came in, and my phone was blowing up," he said. "You can't, there's no excuse for what was said. I'm deeply sorry for what I've said and what's been going on, and like I said, it doesn't reflect any of my beliefs going on now."

Although he had yet to address the issue with any of his Milwaukee teammates, he said he planned to do so.


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"Yeah, for sure. It's something that they shouldn't be involved in," he said. "Being 17 years old, you know, you make stupid decisions and mistakes."

The second-year player also said he was prepared for any discipline that might be handed down as a result of his actions.

"I'm ready for any consequences that happen for what happened seven years ago," he said.

Deputy commissioner Dan Halem, speaking outside the NL clubhouse, said he had spoken to Hader. He said Major League Baseball would not have any comment before Wednesday.

As Hader's tweets were going viral, some of Hader's friends and family in attendance were given blank gear while sitting in the stands. They were wearing blank National League gear outside the clubhouse toward the end of the game.

Fellow Brewers All-Star Lorenzo Cain addressed reporters postgame and revealed that, by that time, he had spoken with Hader.

"We just talked a little bit. I was just trying to understand the situation," Cain said. "He was young. We all say some crazy stuff when we're young. That's one reason why I don't have social media -- for things like this. You always in trouble for things you said when you're younger. So we move on from it. The situation is what it is. I know Hader, I know he's a great guy, he's a great teammate. So I'm fine. Everybody will be OK. We'll move on from it, for sure."

The Brewers entered the All-Star break with a record of 55-43 and are 2½ games behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central.

Buoyed by Hader's standout relief pitching and the offseason signing of Cain and fellow free agent Christian Yelich, Milwaukee was in first place for much of the first half but lost its last six games heading into the All-Star break to fall behind Chicago.

A 19th-round pick of the Baltimore Orioles in 2012, the left-handed Hader was traded to the Houston Astros in July 2013. Two years later, he was dealt to the Brewers before the 2015 trade deadline. This season, in 31 games with Milwaukee, Hader is 2-0 with seven saves and a 1.50 ERA. In 48 innings, he has recorded 89 strikeouts, most among relievers.
 
WASHINGTON — A feel-good, three-day All-Star celebration at Nationals Park concluded in shocking fashion late Tuesday when Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader owned up to a series of hate-filled tweets from 2011 and 2012.

The tweets, which contained racist, sexist and homophobic comments, hit social media Tuesday as Hader pitched in the All-Star Game and gave up a tie-breaking, eighth-inning home run to Seattle’s Jean Segura. While Hader wound up not losing the game, an 8-6, 10-inning victory by the American League, he absolutely lost the night.

“There’s no excuse for what was said,” a somber-looking Hader said following the game, in the NL clubhouse. “I’m deeply sorry for what I said and what’s been going on. It doesn’t reflect any of my beliefs now.”

Even though Major League Baseball has disciplined players in recent years for offensive comments and gestures, it will be difficult to penalize Hader, 24, for these since they occurred before the Orioles selected him in the 2012 amateur draft. However, MLB powers could request that Hader undergo sensitivity training, and Hader would certainly embrace any opportunity to further distance himself from what he once wrote.

“I’m ready for any consequences for what happened seven years ago,” he said.

In his brief question-and-answer session with reporters, Hader repeatedly mentioned the time frame of his tweets. “I was in high school,” he said. “We’re still learning who we are. I was in high school. You live and you learn. This mistake won’t happen again.”

In the NL clubhouse, Hader’s Brewers teammate Lorenzo Cain, who is black, huddled for about 30 seconds with Hader before addressing the media.

“I was trying to understand the situation,” Cain said. “He’s young. We all say crazy things when we are young.”

Cain continued: “I know Hader. He’s a great guy. He’s a great teammate.”

Asked to provide context for his tweets, Hader said, “I’m sure it was some lyrics, some rap lyrics being tweeted. I really don’t know exactly what’s out there.”

He said he would speak to the rest of his teammates when they reconvene Friday in Milwaukee. It appears Cain, the respected veteran, will have Hader’s back.

“We are going to move on from this,” Cain said. “You have to give people a second chance.”

Outfielder Christian Yelich, another Brewer on the All-Star team, declined comment, saying he didn’t know enough about the matter.
 
Hader also said: “I’m sure it’s some rap lyrics being tweeted. I really don’t know exactly what all’s out there.”

The 'ol "rappers say it, so it must be okay" defense.
These muthafucahs make me sick. They've always got an excuse. And then they beg for forgiveness, which is given cause they're white, and on they go.
Meanwhile if somebody black says anything remotely close they spend their whole life carrying the shit around. On top of being Black.
 
Why is the media throwing this guy a damn parade for apologizing?

WTF is that?

He had NO CHOICE?

He COULD NOT have said NOTHING at the damn ALL STAR GAME SURROUNDED by REPORTERS!!!!!!

He aint ho hero, it wasn't BRAVE..

he did what he HAD to do.

and we JUST gonna IGNORE the fact that he NEVER deleted those tweets huh?

these white folks are a trip.
 
World B Free said:
Who is "they"? Homie, the "Joy Reid" situation has nothing to do with this racist. Plus, looking at an old tweets is called "research," there is nothing wrong with calling out a racist.
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Big picture man. Notice he got knocked for homophobia too. Called out for being anti-woman. Just remember, what's acceptable today will not be 5,10,15 years from now.

The so-called 'research' will expand and calling out will expand. If you don't think there will be a time when black people get fucked with more and more by this you're kidding yourself. They'll be digging up 20 year old tweets to fuck folks over.
 

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