'Inexcusable:' MLB requires sensitivity training for Brewers' Hader; Twitter account deleted

MILWAUKEE -- Major League Baseball officials announced on Wednesday, July 18 that the Office of the Commissioner will require sensitivity training for Milwaukee Brewers' relief pitcher Josh Hader. Hader, 24, will also have to take part in the MLB's diversity and inclusion initiatives.

The requirement comes in the wake of Hader’s appearance in the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday -- and news of racist, sexist and homophobic tweets Hader published that date back to 2011 and 2012. Hader's Twitter account has shut down since those tweets surfaced.

Hader addressed the tweets after Tuesday's game. He apologized -- saying he was 17 and immature at the time of the tweets.

"I was 17 years old, and as a child I was immature, and obviously I said some things that were inexcusable," Hader told reporters in the visitors’ clubhouse at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. "That doesn’t reflect on who I am as a person today."

Milwaukee Brewers' General Manager David Stearns released the following statement on Hader's actions:

Major League Baseball issued the following statement:

The tweets started trending as Hader was on the field during Tuesday's All-Star Game. One tweet reads: "I hate gay people." He has since deleted his Twitter account, and said he plans on apologizing to his teammates.

"Awful. I have a son who is gay. I take that personally. I don't like it at all. I think it is inappropriate. He has a right to his opinion, but keep it to himself," said Sue Jarvela.

Travelle Robinson said he believes Hader is a changed man.

"He may not feel the same way. Honestly," said Robinson.