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Sean Newcomb Apologizes for Past Racist, Homophobic Tweets

For the second time in as many weeks, a Major League pitcher's social media posts have been exposed as being racist and homophobic.

This time, it was Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb's Twitter post from several years ago that were exposed just minutes after he had a no-hitter broken up against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

Warning: The following tweets contain sensitive language

The tweets appear to be from several years ago and Newcomb repeatedly uses homophobic language in the post. He has since deleted the tweets.

Newcomb was quick to apologize on Sunday, meeting with the media to issue a statement.