2018 All Star Game (07-17-18): AL (Sale) at NL (Scherzer) 6:30 PM CDT [NL loses, 8-6 in 10 innings -- Josh Hader apologizes following game for old inflammatory tweets]

[KeithStone53151]

It wasn't only that he said ignorant, hateful things at 17. It was that he was too dumb or lazy to clean them up in all the years afterward.

 

MLB is a business that can't let its public-facing employees do shameful things without punishment. This isn't about Hader. It's about what Manfred's obligation is to society and to the game's efforts to attract gay and African American fans.

 

If Hader said any of these things as an adult, after being drafted/signed...I think there might be some cause for disciplinary action. I think anything before that should be off limits for suspension purposes.

[TURBO]

I consider myself to be pretty responsible when I was a teenager.

 

Yeah, you and every other teenager that ever lived.

 

[markedman5]

It wasn't only that he said ignorant, hateful things at 17. It was that he was too dumb or lazy to clean them up in all the years afterward.

 

MLB is a business that can't let its public-facing employees do shameful things without punishment. This isn't about Hader. It's about what Manfred's obligation is to society and to the game's efforts to attract gay and African American fans.

 

If Hader said any of these things as an adult, after being drafted/signed...I think there might be some cause for disciplinary action. I think anything before that should be off limits for suspension purposes.

 

Agreed

 

You have to draw the line somewhere.......if he did it as a member of the Brewers organization it's a different deal.....if you are going to punish people for what they said or did in high school you couldn't field a team.