BALTIMORE — Nestor Cortes apologized and claimed he was “pissed” at himself for old tweets in which he used offensive language almost a ten years ago when he was in large faculty.
A Twitter person retweeted some old tweets on Sunday in which Cortes applied the n-word (n—a) a lot more than a dozen occasions.
When Cortes understood they experienced resurfaced following his begin against the White Sox in Chicago, he explained he was “shocked.”
“Those aren’t the messages I want to mail out,” Cortes said right before the Yankees faced the Orioles at Camden Yards on Monday. “I deleted my Twitter [account] to clean stuff up. Hopefully I can make a far better effect in the earth for the persons that glimpse up to me to give a superior illustration.”
Questioned if he remembered the tweets, Cortes acknowledged that he did.
“I’m not gonna say I don’t, but I did not know they were nevertheless there,” Cortes said. “It’s unacceptable. I could have managed myself better and claimed stuff differently.”
Cortes is in the midst of a breakout year for the duration of which he’s followed an outstanding 2021 with an even superior start to this yr. He’s hoping to get back again to interacting with enthusiasts quickly.
“I hope to be again in the upcoming several times,” claimed Cortes, adding he wished to continue inspiring athletes trying to defeat odds.
“I like to entice folks like me, not the prototype 6-foot-5, 97 [mph pitcher],” Cortes explained. “For the final two or a few decades, I have been quite beneficial on Twitter. When I noticed that I was a tiny pissed off at myself.”
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