Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb lost a no-hitter with two strikes and two outs in the ninth inning on a single from the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor. It was pitch No. 134 for Newcomb.
And things got much worse for Newcomb within minutes of losing the no-hitter.
Many offensive — and especially homophobic — tweets from Newcomb were unearthed. The tweets are from 2011 and 2012. Newcomb turned 25 in June.
Some examples:
Sean Newcomb is cancelled pic.twitter.com/0KGrXXLm6Z
— squid (@NatsSquid) July 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/kellyawallace/status/1023672442894643203
So, those tweets are bad. And how on earth did Newxcomb — or his agent, or someone in the Braves’ organization — not delete the tweets after we just went through this same situation with Josh Hader *12 days ago*?!
How stupid are these teams, agents and players that they aren’t having someone audit their tweets for stuff like this? Especially after Hader was exposed?
Unless there’s something in the CBA, this seems like an egregious oversight. https://t.co/ONWNzpqWjs
— AlGoreRhythm (@brewdrown) July 29, 2018
The tweets have since been deleted, but there hasn’t been a statement released from Newcomb or the Braves yet.
Update: Newcomb spoke to the media about the tweets.
Sean Newcomb said he saw the tweets resurfaced when he was on his phone after today’s game and he wanted to get ahead of it and apologize, so he asked the #Braves if he could meet with media now to issue statement.
— Kelsey Wingert-Linch (@KelsWingert) July 29, 2018
“This is something that obviously can’t be happening. I feel bad about it. I don’t mean to offend anybody. I definitely regret it.” – Sean Newcomb
— Kelsey Wingert-Linch (@KelsWingert) July 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/KelsWingert/status/1023688923980222470
When asked if he was worried about how stuff like this would play in the clubhouse, “I think that people who know me know that’s not the kind of person I am.” – #Braves Sean Newcomb @FOXSportsBraves
— Kelsey Wingert-Linch (@KelsWingert) July 29, 2018
Update II: The Braves released a statement on the tweets,
Statement from the Atlanta Braves regarding Sean Newcomb: pic.twitter.com/T9kP9TF5d1
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 29, 2018
