All-Star pitcher apologizes for terrible, offensive old tweets

Instead of reveling in his first Major League Baseball All-Star Game appearance, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Josh Hader wound up at the center of an online firestorm after old offensive tweets of his resurfaced during the game.

Though Hader got knocked around during last night's name, he got it worse online for the racist and homophobic tweets dating back to 2011 and 2012 when Hader, now 24, was a teenager.

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Hader took responsibility for the tweets after the game, telling ESPN, "You know, it was something that happened when I was 17-years-old. As a child, I was immature, and I obviously said some things that were inexcusable. That doesn't reflect on who I am as a person today, and that's just what it is."

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As Hader's tweets gained traction online, several were deleted and then his account was made private. By Wednesday morning, his account had been deleted.

All of this has made it a bit difficult to suss out more details about his tweets beyond screenshots and others that linger in Google Cache. Several tweets were movie quotes, and at least one of the cached tweets was a lyric from a song by rapper Juicy J that included the n-word.

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There's no excuse for the tweets, and it caught up with Hader on Tuesday night. That the controversy unfolded mid-game created another stir with even more speculation.

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Hader confirmed he would address the situation with his Milwaukee teammates and had already talked to two other Brewers, Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain, who were also part of the National League All-Star team.

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For now, Hader has a few days to get his story together as the All-Star Break continues through Thursday with the Brewers resuming play on Friday.