Josh Hader gave up a tiebreaking home run to Seattle’s Jean Segura in the eighth-inning of the All-Star Game, but that wasn’t the lowlight of the Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher’s night.
Nope, that would be when racist, sexist and homophobic tweets Hader posted in 2011 and 2012 that were discovered and began circulating on social media during the game.
In one of the tweets (which were deleted but can be seen here), Hader simply wrote: “I hate gay people.”
After the game, the 24-year-old apologized for what he had posted online prior to being drafted in the 2012 amateur draft.
“There’s no excuse for what was said,” Hader said in part 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.”
Josh Hader addresses the tweets that surfaced during the game pic.twitter.com/Zzh6uS2frH
— Ryan Fagan (@ryanfagan) July 18, 2018
Josh Hader, part 2 of his comments addressing the tweets pic.twitter.com/tWs2zBmukS
— Ryan Fagan (@ryanfagan) July 18, 2018
It wasn’t a great night Hader’s family or fans either.
Some members of Josh Hader’s family, wearing his All-Star replica jersey, have taken them off and been given generic jerseys without his name on the back.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 18, 2018
One person wearing a Josh Hader shirsey just took it off, turned it inside out and put it back on.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 18, 2018
The incident overshadowed a great night of baseball that saw the American League defeat the National League 8-6 in extra innings.
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