When the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Trevor Bauer to a record-setting contract, they faced immediate criticism over adding someone to the organization with a public track record of perceived harassment.
The focus of Bauer’s tweets that long have come into question were those aimed at women. “Everyone makes mistakes in the past,” Bauer said during an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium.
“I’ve tried to learn from them, I’ve tried to learn as quickly as I possibly can, I try to understand other peoples’ viewpoints on things and be better in the future. I think if you look at my history as a baseball player, my history on social media, my history as a person for those who know me well, they’ll see that I apply that process to everything that I do.