We need a general tweet of the day thread

RaceBannon said:

Richardson, who is Black, spoke at length about the sequence of events that led to his getting thrown out in the third inning of San Francisco’s 13–2 victory over San Diego. The Giants’ first-base coach explained that the incident started when Shildt, the Padres’ third-base coach, began to approach San Francisco’s dugout.

After the two assistants exchanged a few words, Richardson said that Shildt, who is white, yelled, “You need to control that motherf---er” to the Giants’ dugout. Richardson said that the comment prompted his reaction and subsequent ejection for “instigating.”

“[Shildt] yelled ‘You need to control that motherf---er,’” Richardson told reporters, per Evan Webeck of the Mercury News. “At that point in time, I went to the top step and said, ‘Excuse me,’ because I couldn’t believe what I heard. At that point in time, Gibson, the crew chief, decided to toss me from the game.

"I say this because his words were disproportionately unwarranted and reeked undertones of racism when he referred to me as 'that motherf---er,' as if I was to be controlled or a piece of property or enslaved. I think it's just really important we understand what happened tonight.

“And the second part that’s equally disappointing is that me being tossed by that umpire empowers this coach to continue to have conversations like that with people like me, and that’s really unfortunate that’s what happened tonight.”


That motherfucker needs to sack up and stop being such a pussy