Brett Netzer was a minor league player for the Boston Red Sox. Netzer was supposedly cut by the team after posting racist and homophobic messages to social media.
Brett Netzer Firing Details
Netzer Fired After Racist Posts. “The Boston Red Sox released minor league player Brett Netzer after the 2017 third-round pick sent out a series of racist, homophobic and antisemitic tweets, according to The Athletic. On Friday night, Netzer took shots at transgender people and Black Americans, and said Red Sox executive Chaim Bloom is a “hypocrite and an embarrassment to any torah-following Jew.”” [Fox]
Report: Netzer Made Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Posts. “I’m told the Red Sox have officially released former third-round pick Brett Netzer following a series of racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic posts on Twitter.” [Chad Jennings]
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