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Josh Hader’s first All-Star Game experience tanked on multiple fronts — on the field he was lit up by Jean Segura, and off the field, of course, he was outed for homophobic, racist, and sexist tweets he sent out as a teenager. But there is good news for the Brewers relief ace everyone loved up until Tuesday night… he’s not getting suspended.
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Instead he’s being mandated to undergo sensitivity training, which honestly sounds like something Michael Scott would have to go through:
Major League Baseball issues statement requiring #Brewers Josh Hader to enroll in diversity and inclusion initiatives. He will not be suspended pic.twitter.com/wDpvfkDzlA
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 18, 2018
Brewers GM David Stearns condemned Hader’s tweets in a statement, but also stated the team “will work through this issue with Josh:”
A statement from Brewers GM David Stearns: pic.twitter.com/Whxhnt2P1Q
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 18, 2018
Basically Hader is way too good, and cheap (still in the pre-arbitration stage of his contract), for the Brewers to just cut ties with him for good. No surprises there.
Hader locked down his Twitter during the ASG, and has since deleted his account. His Instagram page has also been taken down.
Here’s Josh addressing his nasty tweets postgame:
Josh Hader, part 2 of his comments addressing the tweets pic.twitter.com/tWs2zBmukS
— Ryan Fagan (@ryanfagan) July 18, 2018
Josh Hader addresses the tweets that surfaced during the game pic.twitter.com/Zzh6uS2frH
— Ryan Fagan (@ryanfagan) July 18, 2018