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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Giants post, delete what could be seen as offensive tweet

The San Francisco Giants last night posted a tweet that seemed totally innocent with its meaning but could have been seen as really offensive.

The tweet, which is posted at the end of this artice, is supposed to acknowledge Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner on striking out Enrique Hernandez three times in their game last night.

Hernandez' nickname is Kike, but the Giants emphasized the K in Kike a little too much and wrote KKKike.

Obviously we know that KKK stands for the Klu Klux Clan.

It's also obvious that the three Ks stand for the three strikeouts against Hernandez, as a symbol for a strikeout in baseball is the letter K.

Still, the Giants soon deleted the tweet.

A screenshot of the tweet is below.

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