Bret Boone didn't exercise the soundest judgment on Wednesday when he sent a series of questionable direct messages to the Seattle Post Intelligencer's Stephen Cohen.
Unprompted, Boone sent Cohen DMs making light of sexual harassment, complaining about "liberal B.S." Cohen took screenshots of the messages, and then released them in a Tweet. Boone explained he was making a joke.
Ta-da... pic.twitter.com/rx1CvM0sq1
— Stephen Cohen (@scohenPI) November 29, 2017
The messages were sent not long after Cohen had Tweeted about Garrison Keillor, the longtime radio host of "A Prairie Home Companion," who was accused of "inappropriate behavior" and subsequently fired by Minnesota Public Radio.
Hours later, the former Seattle Mariners second baseman issued an apology via his own Twitter account:
All, there are zero excuses for what I said earlier. None. It was 100% wrong. It was offensive. It was inappropriate. It was not remotely productive to any conversation regarding harassment. I apologize and it will never happen again.
— Bret Boone (@theboone29) November 30, 2017
