Sean Newcomb had enough problems explaining the pitch he threw to Chris Taylor when he was within a strike of throwing a no hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Then he had to call reporters back to the locker room Sunday in Atlanta to offer something even more difficult to explain - racist, homophobic tweets from his teenage years that Newcomb says do not reflect the man he is now. Someone looked up old tweets from Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner, while a few weeks ago Milwaukee reliever Josh Hader was called out for saying essentially the same kind of things as a teen.
Column: What is the punishment for offensive tweets?
Published July 31, 2018 at 12:35 PM
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