Say an athlete posts messages on social media containing racist, homophobic and misogynistic language as a teenager and the messages later surface. Say the athlete is a key player on a beloved Los Angeles institution. And say the athlete apologizes profusely, crying as he explains that he isn’t the same person who posted the offensive messages.
Here’s a request to the fans of Los Angeles: When the athlete returns to the field, don’t do what the fans at Miller Park did when Josh Hader scaled the mound Saturday night.
Hader was making his first appearance since the All-Star game, when a series of objectionable tweets he wrote as a 17-year-old started circulating on social media.