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Minnesota Restaurant Chain Boycotted After Tweets
The Minneapolis-based company later backtracked and issued an apology for their joke.
MINNEAPOLIS — Buffalo Wild Wings is in some spicy hot water with the city of Houston after making fun of their professional baseball team this weekend. The Minneapolis-based restaurant chain made a joke on Twitter suggesting that the Astros weren't penalized by Major League Baseball enough for stealing signs in the 2017 season.
While many baseball fans across the country loved the tweet, the people of Houston didn't particularly enjoy it. Astros fans said they would boycott the restaurant over the joke.
One fan posted a video of himself cutting up a Buffalo Wild Wings gift card he was given for Christmas.
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The company, scared by the immediate backlash, later backtracked and issued an apology for the joke:
So last night was the roast of Buffalo Wild Wings, courtesy of the city of Houston. And honestly, we deserved it. Well done H-Town for coming to your team’s defense, and we're sorry about what we posted.
— Buffalo Wild Wings (@BWWings) February 15, 2020
The apology, however, drew anger from those who think the Astros deserve roasting. In the end, it appears that Buffalo Wild Wings' attempt to make a light-hearted joke made both pro and anti-Astros fans annoyed.
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Do not apologize to those worthless cheaters.
— Jim Furlong (@EWOKinLA) February 15, 2020
Read more about the Astros cheating scandal here.
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