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Red Sox release self-described homophobic and racist baseball player
A post shared by Brett Netzer (@brettnetzer)The Boston Red Sox released minor league prospect Brett Netzer on Sunday after the 25-year-old tweeted a series of homophobic, transphobic, racist and anti-Semitic statements, including some directed at Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom, who is Jewish.The news was first reported on Twitter by journalist Chad Jennings, who covers the Red Sox for The Athletic. Netzer responded to the tweet with, “interesting.”interesting.