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“If it wasn’t for me, they wouldn’t be having a reunion,” he said. “But if they want to stick with their politically correct, progressive bulls—, that’s fine.”
Though the statement did not specify which tweets the team was referencing, Huff has made headlines in recent months for posts involving everything from his support of the Second Amendment to a tweet stating he wanted to kidnap Iranian women.
In November, the athleteshared a photofeaturing himself holding a target covered in bullet holes while at a gun range with his sons.
“Getting my boys trained up on how to use a gun in the unlikely event @BernieSanders beats @realDonaldTrump in 2020. In which case knowing how to effectively use a gun under socialism will be a must. By the way most the head shots were theirs @NRA,” he wrote.
In January, Huff replied on Twitter to a user who said the U.S. should invade Iran and take their women.
“Let’s get a flight over and kidnap about 10 each,” Huff wrote in asince-deleted tweet, later backtracking with an additional tweet that said he was joking.
“Does nobody have a sense of humor anymore!? The way Iranian women are treated over there I simply wanted 2 say I’d go there 2 rescue them & bring them back 2 the states. And they would be so thankful 2 escape that hell that they’d fan me & feed me grapes. Never said rape!” he wrote.
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The Athleticreporter Andrew Baggarly wrote onTwitterthat he’d spoken with Giants officials, who clarified that Huff’s banning had nothing to do with politics.
“They believe he has crossed the line when it comes to misogyny, vulgarity and common decency,” Baggarly wrote.
“My locker room humor on Twitter is meant to be satirical, and sarcastic,” he wrote. “And it was that type of humor that loosened up the clubhouse in 2010 for our charge at a World Series title. They loved it then, and it hasn’t changed. That’s not the issue. It’s politics.”
Huff wrote that he found the situation “very hypocritical,” considering Baer was involved in an incident in March in which he was caught on video in a physical altercation with his wife.
Baer was never charged with a crime, as the San Francisco district attorney’s office declined to file any charges against him, theSan Francisco Chroniclereported.
Huff played with the Giants from 2010 to 2012, the latter of which was his final season with Major League Baseball. He batted .290 during the 2010 championship season, and hit 26 home runs.
source: people.com
