來源: The USA Today
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White Sox's Kopech apologizes for racist, homophobic tweets
白襪投手Kopech為種族歧視跟恐同推特道歉
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox rookie pitcher Michael Kopech has
apologized for racist and homophobic tweets he posted as 17-year-old and has
since deleted.
芝加哥白襪菜鳥投手為了他17歲在推特上發表的種族歧視跟恐同推特文道歉，然後刪除那
些推特文。
The tweets from 2013 surfaced Tuesday as Kopech made his major league debut.
2013年時的推特在星期二Kopech在MLB首役時被人起底出來。
"I had to delete some stuff," Kopech told the Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday.
"Things I said that were immature and inappropriate. I used some poor
language in there. Obviously, I'm trying to be looked at as a role model and
the last thing I want to do is have some kid look at what I'm saying and take
it the wrong way.
「我必須要把那些東西給刪掉，」星期四Kopech跟芝加哥當地媒體說到。「那些我說的東
西是不成熟也是不適當的。我那裡面用了很不好的文字，很明顯地，我試著想要讓其他人
認為我是可以學習的對象，而我最不想要的就是有小朋友看到我說的東西然後誤解了。」
"It's unfortunate that I was ever at that point mentally, but it's not who I
am now. Yeah, I cleaned some tweets up and tried to get rid of them. But,
obviously, people saw them. It's not who I am now and it's not who I want to
be. It was something I did in high school, and with everything I've gone
through in pro ball the last five seasons I feel like a big part of my career
was maturing. Hate to see it, but it's not who I am anymore."
「我在那時候有那種行為真的很糟糕，但是我現在已經不是那種人了。沒錯，我把推特清
了一下，把那些不適宜的刪掉。但是，人們已經看到了。我現在不是那種人，我將來也不
會是。那是我在高中時候做的，而在經過五年的職業棒球洗禮，我認為一大部分的我已經
成熟了，很討厭看到那些，但是我已經不是那種人了。」
Kopech grew up in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and attended Mount Pleasant High
School.
Kopech在德州Mount Pleasant長大，念Mount Pleasant高中。
Also recently, years-old racist, misogynistic and homophobic tweets from
Milwaukee reliever Josh Hader were found during the All-Star Game. Then,
Atlanta pitcher Sean Newcomb and Washington shortstop Trea Turner had their
own offensive tweets unearthed.
最近，密爾瓦基救援投手Josh Hader在明星賽時間被翻出以前的種族歧視，仇女跟恐同的
推特文。勇士投手Sean Newcomb跟國民游擊手Trea Turner也被起底以前的一些令人不適的
推特文。