John Rocker pitched 4 more years after his infamous Sports Illustrated interview, which is different from the Josh Hader situation in a few ways, but the general sentiment and subsequent fallout remains the same: people who use their platforms to reveal the hatred within necessarily alienate themselves from community.
There’s no question that Hader’s statements/opinions/tweets reflect an angry, racist, immature person born of a culture that celebrates all those things. There’s no question that he’s only ashamed because he got caught. It’s no surprise that the Brewers fans gave him a standing ovation in his first appearance after the All-Star Break, but Sports Illustrated believes that super-progressive San Francisco will not be so welcoming this weekend.