Posted on 07/30/2018 6:55:28 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
ATLANTA -- Left-hander Sean Newcomb apologized to his Atlanta Braves teammates on Monday for a series of offensive tweets he sent as a teenager.
Newcomb's apology was delivered in a meeting attended by players, coaches, manager Brian Snitker and Atlanta staff.
Ender Inciarte and Dansby Swanson said players accepted the apology. Each said tweets made public on Sunday did not represent Newcomb's actions on the team.
I loved Glavine, Smoltz and Maddux.
One of the greatest pitching groups of all time.
Glavine-Smoltz-Maddux should have won more titles in the 1990s, but the mighty Yankees of Paul O’Neill and Derek Jeter prevented that.
However, Glavine-Smoltz-Maddux had their own clubhouse issues in 2000, with Braves’ John Rocker’s remarks.
If he wasn't a good major league pitcher the guy would have been out of a job in a second.
Mr Newcomb, I knew John Rocker. John Rocker was a friend of mine. Mr. Newcomb, you are no John Rocker.
He threw the word “fag” around a lot and said the word “nigga” while quoting a rap lyric.
No one on the team cares. They all had to play the PR game.
Die Gedanken sind frei, wer kann sie erraten,
sie fliegen vorbei wie nächtliche Schatten.
Kein Mensch kann sie wissen, kein Jäger sie schießen
mit Pulver und Blei: Die Gedanken sind frei!
(Thoughts are free, who can guess them?
They fly by like nocturnal shadows.
No person can know them, no hunter can shoot them
with powder and lead: Thoughts are free!)
Interesting background to those words -- Wikipedia. Of course, it's also good to be able to express thoughts when young -- whether wisely or not -- and not be condemned for the rest of one's life for them.
His life was literally on the line.
He had no other choice to apologize.
He was facing death threats in Atlanta.
That’s pure bs...show me an article or news cast in Atlanta stating such.
It’s done it’s over and no one gives a shit.
This is at the 3rd thread you’ve started on this topic. You seem weirdly preoccupied with it.
*at least
Newcomb wasn’t niggardly in his use of slurs...
I’m preoccupied with it because it is all over ESPN and Yahoo.
It’s a learning experience for Mr Newcomb
Yes, he was facing threats. My family lives in Atlanta and they told me that LGBTQ people were LIVID.
So, there’s that.
Here’s what Newcomb learned:
...they told me that LGBTQ homos people were LIVID.
Homos are always “LIVID”, especially when the pharmacy is out of butt lube and the pet store stops running 2 for 1 sales on gerbils.
How coy. I repeat, you posted , at least, 3 articles on this topic.
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