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Sean Doolittle Talks Trend of MLB Players' Homophobic, Racist Tweets Surfacing

After a number of MLB players have recently apologized for posting racially insensitive and homophobic tweets in the past, Washington Nationals closer Sean Doolittle discussed the topic during a lengthy Twitter thread Monday.

"It's been a tough couple of weeks for baseball on twitter," Doolittle wrote (warning: thread contains profanity). "It sucks to see racist and homophobic language coming from inside our league—a league I'm so proud to be a part of that I've worked really hard to make a more accepting and inclusive place for all our fans to enjoy.