Brewers' Josh Hader Apologizes For Old Tweets

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader apologized for homophobic and racist tweets that resurfaced Tuesday night while he was pitching in the All-Star Game. When he came out of the game, tweets from 2011 and 2012 came back to haunt him. MLB has decided not to suspend him.

"There's no excuse for what was said," Hader said. "I'm deeply sorry for what I've said and what's been going on. It doesn't reflect any of my beliefs going on now."

Hader blamed his immaturity as a 17-year-old as the reason for the controversial tweets.

Major League Baseball issued a statement saying Hader is required to enroll in the league's diversity and inclusion initiatives.

According to USA Today, his tweets included:

• “White power lol”
• “KKK”
• “N-----bot? The (expletive)! That just made my night! Smh”
• “I hate gay people.”

"I'm ready for any consequences that happen for what happened seven years ago," Hader said.

Hader said he did not "vividly" remember the tweets, WISN reported, but he said "some rap lyrics" were likely a part of it.

"This mistake won't happen again," Hader said.

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