Sonny Gray deletes Twitter after questionable tweet resurfaces

Sonny GraySonny Gray’s rotten Wednesday extended off the field, as he was left to defend himself against anonymous Twitter trolls.

The right-hander became the latest high-profile person to have to answer for questionable comments on Twitter from their past, as a tweet surfaced during Wednesday’s game from six years ago in which Gray responded to an unseen message to Sir_Peanut with “1. You didn’t go to college. 2. You are black. #followdaleaderleaderleader clap clap clap.”

Asked about the tweet following the Yankees’ 7-5 loss to Baltimore in The Bronx, Gray defended himself and said Sir_Peanut was a close friend, former minor league teammate, Rashun Dixon, who also played in the A’s…