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Milwaukee Brewers pitch-
er Josh Hader (71) delivers
against the San Francisco Gi-
ants during the sixth inning of
a baseball game, Thursday,
July 26, 2018, in San Francisco.
Associated Press

MLB's

inclusion

efforts

must now

overcome

offensive

tweets

By NOAH TRISTER
Major League Baseball has
made an effort to grow
the sport among African-
Americans, and there are
finally some small signs of
progress. Meanwhile, ball-
parks from coast to coast
host nights celebrating the
LGBT community, another
example of baseball's at-
tempts to promote diver-
sity. Right now, all of that
is being overshadowed af-
ter the discovery of some
inflammatory old tweets
from current players, social
media posts that threaten
to undermine some of the Woodland feels at home in
work MLB has invested in.
“I think the main challenge St. Louis, leads PGA with 64
is that a lot of times good
deeds are not as interest-
ing as misdeeds,” said Billy
Bean, MLB’s vice president Gary Woodland watches his putt on the 18th green during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Bellerive
for social responsibility and Country Club, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, in St. Louis.
inclusion. Associated Press
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