Red Sox release Brett Netzer after hateful tweetstorm: ‘I am a racist’

The Crimson Sox launched minor leaguer and 2017 third-round decide Brett Netzer following a collection of racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets, based on a number of experiences. The Boston Globe reported the Crimson Sox confirmed the posts have been Netzer’s.

Netzer, 25, focused Crimson Sox govt Chaim Bloom, the LGBTQ neighborhood and black Individuals, saying in a single tweet: “i'm a racist. i do generally make assumptions based mostly on one other individuals [sic] race/ethnicity/tradition. glad that's out of the way in which.”

After The Athletic’s Chad Jennings reported that Netzer was being launched, Netzer quote-tweeted him, agreeing that he was racist and homophobic however taking situation with the characterizattion of him as anti-Semitic.

“[Chaim] bloom is a hypocrite and a humiliation to any torah-following jew,” Netzer wrote.

Netzer attacked Bloom for supporting Black Lives Matter and LGBT initiatives in one other tweet. He additionally wrote that black individuals ought to “return to their roots and begin to re-establish their true black tradition,” and in one other tweet, referred to as closeted transgender individuals rapists.

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The Crimson Sox launched minor leaguer Brett Netzer after a collection of hateful tweets.
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In one among his tweets, Brett Netzer wrote, “I'm a racist.”
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Netzer, who hadn’t performed a recreation since previous to the COVID-19 pandemic, had a profession .263/.327/.355 slash line within the minor leagues. He was on the restricted record in 2021.

It appears now that Netzer may not ever return to an expert baseball discipline.

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