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SF Giants Apologize for Offensive Tweet

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Published September 20, 2016 at 5:40 PM

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The San Francisco Giants are apologizing for a tweet they say mistakenly went out Monday night in reference to Madison Bumgarner's three strikeouts against Dodger Enrique Hernandez.The Giants lost 2-1 to the LA Dodgers Monday. But that's not all. They also found themselves tied for the second wild-card spot with the St. Louis Cardinals and Bumgarner got into a bit of a shouting match with Dodger Yasiel Puig. Whoever was in charge of the Giants' Twitter account Monday was obviously also having a bad night. Dodgers Troll Giants Ace Bumgarner on Social Media At 11:55 p.m., @SFGiants fired off a tweet which said: "Mr Bumgarner gets KKKike for the 3rd time tonight."Whoever wrote the tweet used "KKK" to refer to Bumgarner's three strikeouts, not a great choice obviously. KKK is the abbreviation for the Ku Klux Klan, an extremist group. They also forgot the accent for Enrique Hernandez' nickname "Kiké," as a result the word came out as "kike," an ethnic slur for Jewish people. How Much Does a Condo in the Millennium Tower Cost? The tweet was immediately deleted, but not before it caused some stir on the internet.On Monday, the Giants apologized with this statement: "Last night a...

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