Former SF Giant Aubrey Huff tweets homophobic rant in response to Pride hat controversy

[Duncan Grant]

Former SF Giant Aubrey Huff tweets homophobic rant in response to Pride hat controversy

“You know how I know what he (Buster Posey) wants to say? Because it’s exactly what I, & most every single player, coach & front office executive who were part of the SF Giants World Series dynasty teams that brought the city 3 World Series titles in 5 years would say. And say confidently into the camera…,” he continued. “‘I’m not wearing this gay bulls**t,'” he continued. “‘Queers don’t watch Baseball anyway. They watch The View, enjoy therapy,'” the tweet continued — again we are omitting some of the more offensive language. And anyone inside the LGBTQ community, or those who support them don’t like what I just said, then I say to you… Go f*** yourselves.”
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Huff also tweeted a screenshot of a comment he apparently posted to a San Francisco Chronicle story about Posey refusing to address the controversy around four Giants players refusing to wear, or defacing, their Pride Night hats earlier this month.

“Are you that dumb to realize that Buster is from Georgia, and a good old boy with traditional Christian value? Of course he’s not going to comment on s**t that is not Baseball related …nor answer, unhinged, aggressive & quite honestly irrelevant questions that pertain to the sexual preference of mentally handicapped, sexually confused & always offended wastes of sperm that populate the LGBTQ community,” the comment read. “Not to mention having to get completely berated, disrespected, & unwilling to respect his wishes to talk about Baseball.”

“I know it’s San Francisco, and most of the population there are definitely into the gay lifestyle. However, that doesn’t mean they go to Giants games,” he added. “I don’t see how dedicating an entire month for a community of people who don’t attend baseball games anyway is even on the totem pole of issues a Baseball organization should address.”

[johnnyfins]

1. What a dick.

How does he even know whether or not the LGBTQ community enjoys baseball?

This is the real reason that I LOVE the 1st Amendment. It guarantees that assholes like this will eventually out themselves.

Fuck him.

[Duncan Grant]

4. I was a season ticket holder for 10 consecutive seasons during the World Series years.

As a San Franciscan, this entire episode has really pissed me off.

[VMA131Marine]

2. He seems nice ....

NOT!

[Duncan Grant]

5. ...cultured and educated, too.

I hope he doesn’t have kids.

[usonian]

3. Aubrey Huff is well known as the greatest asshole ever to play for the Giants.

He was NOT invited to the 10th anniversary celebration of a world series win.

That said, Buster Posey, president of Baseball Operations called a news conference to address the situation in the previous game, where Rafael Devers objected on the field to be pulled for a pinch-runner in a close game. What I got from that is that he never spoke to Devers, but that Devers and this manager had worked it out on the plane ride back, and the team played a spirited game upon return home.

What he DIDN'T say speaks tons.

He was asked about the players who wrote Genesis something or other on their caps, to protest Pride Night. As far as I can tell, wearing an unaltered uniform is the ONLY requirement on players, who are free to express their opinions everywhere else.

Some points:
This is actually not Posey's job. A senior official in the organization should have addressed it.

He did NOT help by bristling at the questions and saying "I'll answer baseball questions only"

Point A.

Someone else high up in the organization should have addressed the issue, but didn’t. They have a chief diversity officer (I found out this morning) and other (silent) executives.

Point B.

The importance of honoring the fan base apparently was not communicated persuasively to the players before the game, which apparently was done very successfully in the past.

Giants' management's dead silence on the issue, not even a press release, has made a shitstorm of the situation.

Now, I heard that our "Christian Nationalist Homophobic DOJ" is investigating the "denial of religious freedom" to the protestors, so there MIGHT be. a reason, but it is NOT communicated, and certainly, the DOJ is threatening a vast number of people in basically a war of attrition, or stochastic terrorism, suing everyone who doesn't salute the Fuhrer, and one should not go along with those fascist knuckleheads.

I get the sense that their silence on the matter is a sign of guilt over failing to get players on board, and then covering it up with silence (which, according to the Streisand Effect, only amplifies it)

It's a total shit show and nobody in the Giants' organization, normally very aware, (except for Magat Leper King owners Charles and Greg Johnson) is saying a word.

More as this unravels.