In what felt like an inevitable continuation of a sad series of stories, Sonny Gray has been the latest MLB player to have offensive social media posts rediscovered. Shortly after his disastrous start on Wednesday afternoon, a 2012 tweet was unearthed that, at best, casts the pitcher in a very ignorant light.
Please note that some readers may want to skip over the embedded tweet, as it can offend or insult:
This is a disappointment, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. As much as we like to pretend that our team and our players are above things like this, everyone’s human.