Chorus of boos for Josh Hader here in San Francisco.
It's Hader's first road game since his racist and homophobic tweets surfaced. pic.twitter.com/3m0oqKgyPp
— Sam (@sammyhustle) July 27, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO – Before Thursday night’s series opener between the Giants and the Milwaukee Brewers, manager Bruce Bochy was asked how he thought Giants fans would react to an appearance from Brewers pitcher Josh Hader.
During the All-Star game, a number of racist, homophobic and misogynistic tweets from Hader surfaced. Among the tweets, at least one explicitly used racial slurs, and another read, “I hate gay people.” Bochy said he had been thinking more about the Giants playoff race than Hader.
“I don’t know, I haven’t even thought about it,” Bochy said. “To be honest, that’s the last thing I’ve been thinking about the last couple days. So I don’t have any thoughts on it. My thoughts right now are we need to get rolling here. We’re four games back and find a way to get ourselves on a nice run here.”
Giants fans made their thoughts on Hader abundantly clear on Thursday, as Hader appeared in relief in the bottom of the sixth inning. As Hader trotted in from the right-field bullpen, fans booed him loudly until after he reached the mound.
#SFGiants crowd reaction to Josh Hader entering the game pic.twitter.com/5UbEFq85QC
— Josh Holub (@JoshHolub) July 27, 2018
#SFGiants fans chanting “let’s go twitter” at Josh Hader pic.twitter.com/kneJN5166x
— Josh Holub (@JoshHolub) July 27, 2018
