ATLANTA -- Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb says he "regrets" posting a series of offensive tweets that surfaced during his near-no-hitter Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The tweets were sent in 2011 and 2012, when Newcomb was a senior in high school. One tweet included a racial epithet that was part of a rap lyric, and several others contained gay slurs.
The 25-year-old Newcomb spoke after he came within one strike of pitching a no-hitter in a 4-1 Atlanta victory. Newcomb said he saw mentions of the tweets on his phone and that it was his idea for a Braves official to bring reporters back into the locker room so he could address the subject.