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@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Did you even attempt to reach out to any of the many other women Bauer has harassed online or are you not even aware of their existence? How much of this insulting PR puff piece did his agent write for you?
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal As if your dismissive treatment of the harassment he & his followers continue to inflict on multiple women wasn't bad enough you also left the comments open so some could continue to be abusive.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Where do you draw the line for closing comments? Is it just domestic violence? Does a woman have to be physically assaulted before you decide it's best to not let just anyone comment on a subject?
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal You claimed you thought what James Porter did was wrong. But your callous dismissal of what Bauer has done for years & continues to do is how men like James Porter get away with harassing women for year.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal You obviously haven't really listened to the writers & the fans out there who have described feeling unwelcome in MLB. Those of us who are cis women, LGBTQ+, &/or BIPOC constantly receive reminders that MLB is still ruled by straight white men.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal You let a straight white man write an article about a player who routinely harassed women. He also has a history of transphobic & racist tweets. Here you dismiss concerns because you claim he was "well-liked" by his teammates from last season.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Did it ever occur to you that his teammates, particularly any BIPOC ones, might not say anything out of fear of reprisal? Did you talk to any teammates from previous years and teams? It was all an afterthought to you.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Do you know his agent joins him in harassing women? They & their followers then claim that the target being a woman is irrelevant because his agent is a woman. You should learn about internalized misogyny before trying to cover that part.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal They both use the familiar tactic, familiar to victims at least, of harassing someone & then claiming they're really the victim when someone calls them on their harassment.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Bauer quote tweets women so his large number of followers will see it & then some will also harass the person. Here his agent tries to claim she's the victim of that. Luba has >60K followers. The person she targeted here has <9500.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Here's one where he uses the exact words women have said to him to try to pretend he's the victim.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Here is suggests someone should kill themselves. Fifteen minutes later after someone repeats what he to him he plays the victim.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal There's evidence out there he isn't well-liked by all his previous teammates.
https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2017/02/cleveland_indians_pitcher_trev_7.html
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/21/why-on-earth-is-climate-skeptic-twitter-troll-trevor-bauer-mlb-most-hated-man
https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/02/19/trevor-bauer-cleveland-indians-training-tools-twitter-controversy-cy-young
https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2017/02/cleveland_indians_pitcher_trev_7.html
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/21/why-on-earth-is-climate-skeptic-twitter-troll-trevor-bauer-mlb-most-hated-man
https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/02/19/trevor-bauer-cleveland-indians-training-tools-twitter-controversy-cy-young
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal The next time you decide to write a PR piece to boost a player's free agency & then discover afterwards that he's engaged in harassment you should actually investigate. Don't just slap a few dismissive paragraphs on it.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal I should add that your comment section under the article is nothing compared to what women's mentions are like after Bauer has put a target on them.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Directly in reply to the reporter. Notice how one dismisses this because it's not as bad as assault.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Here's another harasser. Another one that justifies it because it wasn't physical abuse.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal Your coverage of Porter should have reflected how the Mets asked 0 women about him before hiring him & how they revealed identifying info of the victim to reporters. You should explain how Bauer directed his followers to harass someone.
@TheAthletic @Ken_Rosenthal You should explain to men that women do not talk about harassment they've received to "feel special" and how it is a gender thing most often with Bauer.
