Hader’s racist, homophobic tweets surface

Milwaukee reliever Josh Hader took responsibility for racist, sexist and homophobic tweets that resurfaced while he was pitching in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night.

Hader, 24, was alerted to an online firestorm regarding the tweets when he came out of the game. He locked his account and said the posts stemmed from immaturity when he was 17.

“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.”

Asked if he was worried about facing discipline, Hadersaid he would live with it.

“I’m ready for any consequences that happen for what happened seven years ago,” Hader said.

Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem said Major League Baseball would not have any comment before Wednesday.

Hader did not “vividly” remember the tweets. “I’m sure there’s some lyrics, some rap lyrics being tweeted,” he said. “I really don’t know exactly what’s all out there.”

As Hader’s tweets went viral, some of his friends and family in attendance were given gear without his name to wear.

Hader, who allowed four hits, including a home run to Seattle’s Jean Segura, talked to Milwaukee teammate Lorenzo Cain in the clubhouse after the NL’s 8-6 loss. Cain said he did not ask for an apology and simply wanted to understand the situation.

“We’ve all said crazy stuff growing up, even when we’re 17, 18 years old,” Cain said. “If we could follow each other around with a recorder every day, I’m sure we all said some dumb stuff. Basically, we’re going to move on from this. He said it. It’s over with. It’s done with.”