WASHINGTON -- Even though Bryce Harper remains in Washington and his team didn't make any blockbuster deadline deals, it was a tumultuous day at Nationals Park.
Forty-five minutes before Tuesday's 4 p.m. ET non-waiver trade deadline, shortstop Trea Turner held a news conference in regards to offensive tweets he made in 2011 and '12 that surfaced over the weekend,. The tweets included a gay slur, anti-gay comments and a joke with racist undertones.
"For starters," Turner said, "I want to apologize to everybody that was affected by things that I said.